Stoner/DOOM Bassists thread part 37: Ancient Alien Fuzz

[mc_muench]

...because it's clearly an Illuminati conspiracy!

YOU DONT SAY...

I need to see the Declaration of Independence then...

 

[LOCOPELAND]

So I guess Dick Dale is playing a small club in town tonight. My buddy just texted me info. Sounds like fun.

 

[Satyrnine]

The ideal taper for a SHO would be reverse audio, which is denoted with a C (5kC). Thats why the pot works so well when it is wired in reverse. Mr. Vex just used a lin pot in his early SHO because they were easier to get hold of and back in the day reverse audio taper pots were not readily available.

@jerreymcdougal: audio pots do not behave the same in either direction. google up some pot-tper graphs and you'll see why.

Yep, makes total sense. The schem I used asked for reverse audio taper, but just assumed I could flip the pot. Looks like I can "make" a reverse Audio taper pot though, with a resistor across some legs. Maybe I'll give that a shot. Thanks a lot!

 

[Corey Y]

I need to see the Declaration of Independence then...

Would you like to borrow my Declaration of Independence decoder device?

 

[mc_muench]

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[twhitedc]

So my co worker who is a guitar nerd and often loans me piles of pedals to try was telling me about "The Console", a nintendo like pedal that you put diff cartridges in for different effects. All open source so anyone or any company can make disks for it. Kinda cool idea and Im interested in hearing the final product. Seem to be on thieir way, doubling their kickstart goal.
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I remember seeing this a few months back, I thought it was pretty cool.

I just got my big spider on tuesday, and I ordered it at the beginning of october.

Love Mine, Love My Meatsmoke pre even more, Love em together! Not so crazy about the massive nature, but I got room, and I can always use an excuse to re-establish the board.

For reals hahaha

Any of you guys like Ambient music?

I enjoy and highly recommend tortoise, if that's what your talking about.

So I guess Dick Dale is playing a small club in town tonight. My buddy just texted me info. Sounds like fun.

Missed him a number of years ago, and am yet to make it up.

 

[Moloch666]

Finally got a chance to try out the FZ-2 yesterday (mental health day).
Ran my ESP/LTD AX-400 (Mahogany, EMG 81/81) --> FZ-2 --> Eminar P606 --> Eminar 2x15
Amp EQ was flat. Wasn't terribly impressed with the Fuzz 1 setting. Couldn't find a sound that was really good, unlike the Fuzz 2. So I set it to Fuzz 2, dimed the bass knob, instant EW territory. Would probably sound better with passive pickups. Gets some weird almost chorus-y/octave up sounds with higher gain.
The garage where my amp lives isn't exactly acoustically tuned (concrete walls and floor) so I'll need to try it somewhere else and try it on bass as well. The reflections in the garage were pretty bad.
Very, very heavy sound out of this pedal.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

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[JoeVictim]

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Cool. I'm wearing my Supervoid shirt today.

Note, the day I wear your shirt, is the day there is a sweet blog about you. First Monobrow, now Supervoid. Although, I think there would have been a super sweet write up regardless.

 

[mc_muench]

You get a shirt when we start sending our recordings out...



Also congrats Laz

 

[Niff]

Who is digging Datura (New Zealand) here? They spitted two LPs in 90s & dissapeared. Just love their simple yet catchy psy. stoner... With time I found myself digging, listening & playing simple music... Less movement, more sence - thats what I really like last years.

Yeah I dig Datura and the bass player's solo project Lamp of the Universe which is really chill music with alot of eastern/indian influence. Check out the album Acid Mantra if you haven't already. I really dig that one.

hey, something I know about! i know this fella and he is a ****ing fantastic musician.

his new project is Arc of Ascent and they ****ing rule.

 

[bolophonic]

For reals hahaha

Any of you guys like Ambient music?

Biosphere, Lustmord, Pete Namlook, all kinds of this stuff.

 

[Kilometers]

Anyone care to point me towards the right fuzz pedal for a great sludge/stoner sound? I've got a Bongo 5 going into an Ibanez Sound Wave 100. I'm not overly picky about the sound, I'd just like to hear what you guys think goes best with that setup. I was looking at the ehx big muff pi and the wooly mammoth. The ehx seems a little better for me since its <$100 but I don't know.

 

[Niff]

get a big tube head, a cab, then a bluebeard+el oso. general stoner/doom consensus, haha.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

You'll find an active bass is a little more disagreeable with fuzz pedals but that doesn't mean it can't be done! Just may require some trial and error. My Bluebeard worked well with my ATK though.

Maybe try something like an El Oso. Very awesome pedal and can be had for around $125 new when Prymaxe Vintage is having a sale.

You don't need tubes! But they certainly are fun. But you can still kill it with an inexpensive solid state rig.

And get big speakers or lots of small ones!

 

[JoeVictim]

Anyone care to point me towards the right fuzz pedal for a great sludge/stoner sound? I've got a Bongo 5 going into an Ibanez Sound Wave 100. I'm not overly picky about the sound, I'd just like to hear what you guys think goes best with that setup. I was looking at the ehx big muff pi and the wooly mammoth. The ehx seems a little better for me since its <$100 but I don't know.

Start here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/overdrive-fuzz-quest-882997/

There are quite a few fuzz pedals making the rounds in this thread right now.

Bluebeard
Big Bass Muff (a good starter into the world of fuzz)
El Oso
Rat Tail
Grey Stache
Supercollider
Ox Fuzz

I say hit the TB classifieds (so if you don't like something, you can flip it at almost no cost). Lastly, good luck!

 

[ampegfuzz]

Anyone care to point me towards the right fuzz pedal for a great sludge/stoner sound? I've got a Bongo 5 going into an Ibanez Sound Wave 100. I'm not overly picky about the sound, I'd just like to hear what you guys think goes best with that setup. I was looking at the ehx big muff pi and the wooly mammoth. The ehx seems a little better for me since its <$100 but I don't know.

Actually a mastotron would probably be good if you like the WM sound. It has the push/pull knob that helps with active basses. It can be had for under $100 used. You have a really good bass i would really look to invest in a new rig before pedals. Your amp my not like the pedals you put into it.

 

[OldCrow]

You'll find an active bass is a little more disagreeable with fuzz pedals but that doesn't mean it can't be done! Just may require some trial and error. My Bluebeard worked well with my ATK though.

Maybe try something like an El Oso. Very awesome pedal and can be had for around $125 new when Prymaxe Vintage is having a sale.

You don't need tubes! But they certainly are fun. But you can still kill it with an inexpensive solid state rig.

And get big speakers or lots of small ones!

Or lots of big ones.

 

[mc_muench]

Actually a mastotron would probably be good if you like the WM sound. It has the push/pull knob that helps with active basses. It can be had for under $100 used. You have a really good bass i would really look to invest in a new rig before pedals. Your amp my not like the pedals you put into it.

Agreed, a better amp would make the most difference, then comes the quest for fuzz..

I'll throw mine out there too, Mojo Hand Colossus

 

[Niff]

Hey fellas, my critic-dubbed "stoner pop" band Imploder released a single today. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. It's currently pay to hear the whole thing (not my choice!) but it'll be available on Spotify very shortly.