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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

#20,701
Lazarus.Bird said:
Well I typically only keep a main amp and a backup amp. I don't really see myself using the Orange over the Carvin at all and I've got my Traynor Monoblock II as my backup. Plus we owe the tax man over 5 figures this year :p

And yeah we recorded our 2 track EP demo at Treelady.
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I'm not sure how you are using the word figures, but ouch either way. You deducted your house purchase right?

And yea I was reading an article about recording 70's style, and I guess the treelady people wrote it and said they spent good money on a drum kit with big shells and no one records on it because it's too different from people's existng kits so it sits unused.
 
#20,705
mc_muench said:
Just sayin...those Standards can run at 2 ohms at a lower wattage...also jump the channels, if you havent done that already.



Also the good quality pics of the Galactic Hatchet PVY Henge unveil show are up on the GH facebook.

http://facebook.com/galactichatchet
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I have been trying to find info on this head as far as how to run it. It has two outs in the back. The dude that sold it to me was saying hook up two speakers at 130 each. My guitar player was saying 260 is the watts is runs at 2 ohms. Meanwhile, online I found your post from I'm when you got one.
 
#20,710
JoeVictim said:
I haven't been able to find anything from peavey. How safe is jumping channels? How safe is 2 ohm? I don't want to kill it prematurely.
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Jumping channels, completely safe. Running 2 ohms, I mean they designed it with overbuilt heatsinks and to drop wattage to drop heat, but youre still pushing it harder than normal, so Id say if you can get by without runnings 2 ohms do that, but it is capable.
 
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JoeVictim said:
I haven't been able to find anything from peavey. How safe is jumping channels? How safe is 2 ohm? I don't want to kill it prematurely.
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Channel jumping is fine i imagine, it's not an issue like speaker loads on tube amps. Still wait for max to reply, also he might have a suggestion.

2 ohms should be fine, those old peaveys are just a big ass tranny and a front face most of the inside is dead space. All the weight is that tranny so carrying them is always unbalanced IMO... One time I tripped carrying my old mark IV and The unbalanced head in my arm swung back and hit my thigh, I had a bruise the size of a grapefruit for weeks lol.

JoeVictim said:
I'm thinking this might end up being the "clean" amp and just use the 6-10 that came with it. The Carvins and yamaha will get effects. I'll try it both ways just to be sure. Can't wait!
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That 6x10 might not be made for a very strong bass signal, I'd probably run my dirt into the lower wattage undoubtedly Grindy 70-130 watt 260 6x10 setup, then run a clean/modulation/more dirt through that 4x15 stack that was made for bass and certainly has more headroom.

Ymmv and you can actually here it, I'd just assume even with unbreakable speakers the peavey setup would not stay clean at the levels the bigass power amp setup is running and if it did it might be hard to hear.

Edit: listen to max
 
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Look at muff... My dirty fuzzy muff.

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Got both my first year Black Russian muffs fixed!
 
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Tried out a guitar player yesterday. It went OK, not great.

He can play fine and mostly was able to jam along with the drummer and I. He had some equipment issues, but I'm chalking that up to playing through an amp that wasn't his. I had some issues too, I think the preamp tube in my LH1000 is going south, was getting some volume/output swings.

The guy was just a little weird. He told us right off the bat that he's not a songwriter. I said " That's fine, neither am I, but we could collaborate. I'd rather do that than have a singer-songwriter show up with a notebook full of songs."

So we jammed on a couple of my riffs/basslines and the skeleton of a song that I've put together and that all went ok. Getting tired of my material, I asked him if he's got some riffs or ideas. Nope. Nothing at all. He replied with: "I never said I had any ideas".

...ok.

So I'm thinking it's a no go, I don't have the time to be primary songwriter for everything the band does. I was hoping for a more organic back-and-forth collaboration in the jam room but it wasn't there. Yes, it was the first time that we'd met the guy and things could get better - but if I'm going to be met with blank stares and silence every time I'm looking for input then I don't think it's going to work. Andrew (drummer) can offer suggestions, but he only plays drums, no guitar or anything like that so it's tough for him to come up with riffs or song ideas.

I'm debating whether or not to give it another try with the dude, but I don't know...
 
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The_Janitor said:
Tried out a guitar player yesterday. It went OK, not great.

He can play fine and mostly was able to jam along with the drummer and I. He had some equipment issues, but I'm chalking that up to playing through an amp that wasn't his. I had some issues too, I think the preamp tube in my LH1000 is going south, was getting some volume/output swings.

The guy was just a little weird. He told us right off the bat that he's not a songwriter. I said " That's fine, neither am I, but we could collaborate. I'd rather do that than have a singer-songwriter show up with a notebook full of songs."

So we jammed on a couple of my riffs/basslines and the skeleton of a song that I've put together and that all went ok. Getting tired of my material, I asked him if he's got some riffs or ideas. Nope. Nothing at all. He replied with: "I never said I had any ideas".

...ok.

So I'm thinking it's a no go, I don't have the time to be primary songwriter for everything the band does. I was hoping for a more organic back-and-forth collaboration in the jam room but it wasn't there. Yes, it was the first time that we'd met the guy and things could get better - but if I'm going to be met with blank stares and silence every time I'm looking for input then I don't think it's going to work. Andrew (drummer) can offer suggestions, but he only plays drums, no guitar or anything like that so it's tough for him to come up with riffs or song ideas.

I'm debating whether or not to give it another try with the dude, but I don't know...
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I'd give it another go. also ask him straight up if he has any interest in coming up with ideas and suggestions. doesn't have to be full songs just a riff here and there or a chord progression.
 
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The_Janitor said:
Tried out a guitar player yesterday. It went OK, not great.

He can play fine and mostly was able to jam along with the drummer and I. He had some equipment issues, but I'm chalking that up to playing through an amp that wasn't his. I had some issues too, I think the preamp tube in my LH1000 is going south, was getting some volume/output swings.

The guy was just a little weird. He told us right off the bat that he's not a songwriter. I said " That's fine, neither am I, but we could collaborate. I'd rather do that than have a singer-songwriter show up with a notebook full of songs."

So we jammed on a couple of my riffs/basslines and the skeleton of a song that I've put together and that all went ok. Getting tired of my material, I asked him if he's got some riffs or ideas. Nope. Nothing at all. He replied with: "I never said I had any ideas".

...ok.

So I'm thinking it's a no go, I don't have the time to be primary songwriter for everything the band does. I was hoping for a more organic back-and-forth collaboration in the jam room but it wasn't there. Yes, it was the first time that we'd met the guy and things could get better - but if I'm going to be met with blank stares and silence every time I'm looking for input then I don't think it's going to work. Andrew (drummer) can offer suggestions, but he only plays drums, no guitar or anything like that so it's tough for him to come up with riffs or song ideas.

I'm debating whether or not to give it another try with the dude, but I don't know...
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That's weird, but I'd send him some YouTube links as inspiration and say make like 1-5 riffs to bring to the table see you in 1-2 weeks.

I mean how could you play any instrument, want to play in a band and have 100% nothing to show or even an idea? Maybe he's nervous and newer to playing and doesn't want to show you stuff he might think is weak, or that you guys might.

The fact he didn't have his own stuff is kind of a worry, unless there's an explanation there.
 
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I've been there. The dude with nothing to add. Last band as a matter of fact. The two I was playing with were just lightyears beyond my skill level.
Out of all the times we practiced I might have contributed 3-4 riffs.
Biggest issue I had was we'd work on music one of them had composed(goddamn that sounds pretentious) and I'd be brain fried trying to sort it out. Really killed my creative spark. At least as opposed to the last band where I was doing a fair bit.
Playing with them accelerated my technical and timing skills, not so much my inspiration.
 
#20,719
Blank_0101 said:
Are there any bands heavy or not, that the drummer focuses heavily or exclusively on the toms and bass drum? Tribal big booming stuff, like trying to summon King kong from the jungle.
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Some of the African drum stuff is studied and used by Ginger Baker.
Early sepultura, lots of 90s era victory record bands use toms, like Strife.
 
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