Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[The_Janitor]

Hello everyone, it's been awhile. I haven't kept up with the thread since they got rid of the TB app. Do most of my internet-ing on mobile devices and it's a PITA to keep up via the mobile site.

Still waiting on the Dictator cabs. Bought some pedals, sold some others. My strings have been super dead and I was too lazy to order new ones and my tone has suffered because of it.

Probably coolest news is that as of next week I'll be working for Reverb.com, so no more boring insurance related job, I get to talk to awesome people about gear all day. Pretty stoked for that.

Got a show in early March, it sold out in 6 days which was pretty awesome, and we're playing with my old band Weekend Nachos which will be pretty fun as we have never done that in Chicago.

Congrats on the job, Ron! We do some work with Reverb.com here at my job so maybe we'll be working together a bit. Congrats on the show, too!

 

[Squanch72]

Hello everyone, it's been awhile. I haven't kept up with the thread since they got rid of the TB app. Do most of my internet-ing on mobile devices and it's a PITA to keep up via the mobile site.

Still waiting on the Dictator cabs. Bought some pedals, sold some others. My strings have been super dead and I was too lazy to order new ones and my tone has suffered because of it.

Probably coolest news is that as of next week I'll be working for Reverb.com, so no more boring insurance related job, I get to talk to awesome people about gear all day. Pretty stoked for that.

Got a show in early March, it sold out in 6 days which was pretty awesome, and we're playing with my old band Weekend Nachos which will be pretty fun as we have never done that in Chicago.

Congrats on the cool new job!

 

[Pelham Bleu]

What kind of bridge is that? It's not the old "makes-me-want-to-toss-the-bass-in-the-trash" 3-point style.

Hipshot Supertone, it's a direct replacement. Pups are Lollars. Good toanz.

 

[The_Janitor]

Hipshot Supertone, it's a direct replacement. Pups are Lollars. Good toanz.

Cool, thanks for the info. I would have liked to have one of those when I still had my t-bird.

 

[JoeVictim]

I have seen bands like Weedeater, not completely pack a 300 person venue (it was crowded,but not packed/sold out).

That's radical, Ron!
Here's the latest. Laz is going to flip gear, munchie is continuing to build Peavey Henge, you know, the usual.

 

[JoeVictim]

Hipshot Supertone, it's a direct replacement. Pups are Lollars. Good toanz.

It's all coming together! The moment you realize you facebook friended a TB'er... Zoing!

 

[CL400Peavey]

Double pay checks tomorrow, and taxes are free and clear. Picking up Eyeballkids JGR...

 

[mbelue]

Double pay checks tomorrow, and taxes are free and clear. Picking up Eyeballkids JGR...

OG 1RU 12AX7 right?

 

[CL400Peavey]

OG 1RU 12AX7 right?

Indeed.

 

[Blank_0101]

What is this jgr?

 

[CL400Peavey]

What is this jgr?

Reiner Amplification 1u "Rock" pre.

This was posted on his FB so I think it is ok to share here.


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https://www.facebook.com/reineramplification/photos_stream

 

[Blank_0101]

No FB, but looks nice kinda like the demeter, but I take it not a fender stack.

 

[CL400Peavey]

No FB, but looks nice kinda like the demeter, but I take it not a fender stack.

JGR is the kind of guy that runs a home brew pre in to a 4kW amp, in to a pile of cabs. Much more loud/rock associated than the Demeter.

 

[Blank_0101]

JGR is the kind of guy that runs a home brew pre in to a 4kW amp, in to a pile of cabs. Much more loud/rock associated than the Demeter.

Yea demeter should ship with a fedora and bowling shirt.

What kind of pre is it then, much more assertive in the mid range?

 

[CL400Peavey]

Yea demeter should ship with a fedora and bowling shirt.

What kind of pre is it then, much more assertive in the mid range?

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/jgrs-custom-built-rock-bass-tube-preamp-is-done.709019/

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/reiner-jgr-bass-preamp-test-drive.750797/

 

[Blank_0101]

Later today I'm gonna fashion together a pedal board for my Dano setup. And can't decide if I prefer chorus after or before dirt so that will need to be settled. The good news it's this is a stable setup and each pedal has the same foot print. So if I do switch positions it's not a big deal. I'll be trying the bike chain method.

Using only hand tools and my massive pile of hardware. We'll see what comes out.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Cool, thanks for the info. I would have liked to have one of those when I still had my t-bird.

I'm not usually a big believer in bridge voodoo, but it does seem just a little bit more stable.

 

[CL400Peavey]

I'm not usually a big believer in bridge voodoo, but it does seem just a little bit more stable.

I think there is more voodoo in the bridge than in tone wood. You know it actually touches the string is all....

 

[The_Janitor]

I'm not usually a big believer in bridge voodoo, but it does seem just a little bit more stable.

Well, that 3-point Gibson bridge is such a pain in ass to deal with, I would get the replacement just for convenience/ease of use. If it also improved the tone, that's just gravy.

 

[mc_muench]

So speaking of Vega downsizing...We got asked to play a super short notice show in Madtown this friday with some ex Bongzilla guys. Were gonna try downsizing. I think Im going Vulcan with channels jumped into my freakenstein 218. Hopefully itll be loud enough...we were going to try it out at practice last night but guitatist got stuck in a ditch so no practice.


Also tried to put together a new board last night to include the Phase wizard, its gonna need some more fiddling, or i mght need a bigger board.