Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[The_Janitor]

Just picked this up to replace the OD Glove. Nothing wrong with that pedal, but this one has a blend.

If anyone is interested in the OD Glove let me know, it'll probably be hitting CL this weekend.

 

[Blank_0101]

Idk if it's weird to have a powered sub as part of the turntable setup, but makes royal blood even better when I can feel it in my butt cheeks, who knew.

 

[Blank_0101]

It turns out the pirate mummy was old man Jenkins the whole time.

Old man Jenkins must have been higher than the whole gang to think he should dress up as a monster and hang around a derelict building 24/7. Vietnam was rough though so I understand.

 

[D.M.N.]

So meeting up with the sexican next week when she gets back from vacation.

As a single dude I'm curious how you guys meet/met girls. Most girls I meet through friends I don't find attractive or are taken. Therefore most girls I ask out are just perfect strangers I found cute and we somehow interacted or didn't and shot in the dark just ask (because you miss 100% of the chances you don't take). I just I think pickup lines are gross, but how do you start an out of the blue conversation without coming off as a creep or incredibly canned lol.

It's a bit of an odd culture as far as "dating" on the campus I go to. Yeah, some people do, but for the most part it's just "seeing" someone else Thursday through Saturday nights. That's where I'm at right now. For the most part I just kinda let things happen, let the girl come up to me. The last girl was a friend's friend and also on one of the teams I'm on at school, and also my neighbor, which was pretty convinient. Current I met at a party, someone I'd hung out with a few times freshmen year and we chatted about what we've been doing in the mean time, then walked home. I'm just not very outgoing when it comes to meeting women. Plus, it probably takes a certain type, so letting them talk to me is like a built in screening process (which is the excuse I'm going to stick with).

Never do acid while playing the bass?

At least don't commit it to tape, cause you're going to go "The hell was I thinking" in the morning. Although sometimes some cool poopie comes out of that...

Or, you know, so I've heard...

Idk if it's weird to have a powered sub as part of the turntable setup, but makes royal blood even better when I can feel it in my butt cheeks, who knew.

Speaking of Royal Blood, this is such a fat cover. Gives me a reson to listen to a Police song. I'd love to hear a studio version maybe with the harmonies added in on the chorus, I do like those...

 

[mc_muench]

Enough to break the ice...





Thats how much a polar bear weighs

 

[Blank_0101]

Enough to break the ice...





Thats how much a polar bear weighs

Oof that's Nacho bell grande cheesy

 

[Burnsy]

I left work on my lunch break with my not-used-in-two-years Ampeg SVT-3 PRO head in the back of my car. I came back from lunch break with a sweet, clean early 1970's Pioneer SX-626 stereo receiver, a pair of Realistic Nova 7B speakers, AND enough scratch to pay for the mixing of the debut Hex Volt album. Great Success!! Yay craigslist. Now I have a sweet sound system for my garage, something worth plugging my new turntable into.

So I had been obsessing over 1970's stereos for a few weeks, scanning Ebay, craigslist etc. I noticed a whole lot of 'em seemed to be for sale by one particular seller in Phoenix. I called him up, and yeah he runs a vintage audio stuff business, no real storefront, but he operates out of a rented bay in a warehouse. So I drive over there, flush with cash from my amp head sale, and notice on the way over that this warehouse is right next to one of the newly-opened medicinal herbage dispensaries popping up here in AZ. Neat. I pull into the warehouse lot, get out of the parking lot, and MAN it is FRAGRANT. Is that wafting over from the dispensary??? Wow. Anyway, I check out this dude's stereo stash, wow, what a sh!tload of stuff in there, piled high to the ceiling. Marantz, Kenwood, Sansui, Harman Kardon, JBL, Altec Lansing, you name it. I try out a few things, settle on the Pioneer w/ Realistic speakers. So I'm loading up my car with my new found goodies and I notice that two bays over, the door is rolled up and and two people are carrying out a few translucent Rubbermaid-type tubs full of..... yeeeeahhhh....do I see what I think I see??... and loading it into a van. Not everyday I find myself in a warehouse parking lot, in a gritty section of Phoenix, carrying a big wad of cash, with massive piles of fragrant trees being transported before my eyes. 100% Legally. Kind of surreal. 2015 is a strange time. I swear, I drove off with JUST the stereo!! I'm getting up in years, but I haven't caught the glaucoma yet..

 

[D.M.N.]

So I had been obsessing over 1970's stereos for a few weeks, scanning Ebay, craigslist etc. I noticed a whole lot of 'em seemed to be for sale by one particular seller in Phoenix. I called him up, and yeah he runs a vintage audio stuff business, no real storefront, but he operates out of a rented bay in a warehouse. So I drive over there, flush with cash from my amp head sale, and notice on the way over that this warehouse is right next to one of the newly-opened medicinal herbage dispensaries popping up here in AZ. Neat. I pull into the warehouse lot, get out of the parking lot, and MAN it is FRAGRANT. Is that wafting over from the dispensary??? Wow. Anyway, I check out this dude's stereo stash, wow, what a sh!tload of stuff in there, piled high to the ceiling. Marantz, Kenwood, Sansui, Harman Kardon, JBL, Altec Lansing, you name it. I try out a few things, settle on the Pioneer w/ Realistic speakers. So I'm loading up my car with my new found goodies and I notice that two bays over, the door is rolled up and and two people are carrying out a few translucent Rubbermaid-type tubs full of..... yeeeeahhhh....do I see what I think I see??... and loading it into a van. Not everyday I find myself in a warehouse parking lot, in a gritty section of Phoenix, carrying a big wad of cash, with massive piles of fragrant trees being transported before my eyes. 100% Legally. Kind of surreal. 2015 is a strange time. I swear, I drove off with JUST the stereo!! I'm getting up in years, but I haven't caught the glaucoma yet..

I still run my parent's old Fisher tranceiver, tape deck, and radio, into some Sony SS-B3000 speakers at home. I'm actually running my housemate's Technics SL-1200MK2 record player and Onkyo amp at the moment in my house on campus, with an aux jack to plug my computer into the whole thing. I've very content with it soundwise, the Sony SS-B3000s are actually some pretty solid speakers price/quality wise. And I mean, how perfect is that warehouse? Big stereos and trees just go together so well.

 

[bassboysam]

I said to myself yes Brant hasn't really done anything good or fresh in a long time but maybe i should check this out. Started playing it and I was really impressed, something different from Brant, slower, heavier with a slinky dirty bassline. 41 seconds later it all went to shvt. same old Brant. I may as well just listen to the previous 3 or 4 albums....too bad, it sounded so promising but for me, the

 

[Corey Y]

So I had been obsessing over 1970's stereos for a few weeks, scanning Ebay, craigslist etc. I noticed a whole lot of 'em seemed to be for sale by one particular seller in Phoenix. I called him up, and yeah he runs a vintage audio stuff business, no real storefront, but he operates out of a rented bay in a warehouse. So I drive over there, flush with cash from my amp head sale, and notice on the way over that this warehouse is right next to one of the newly-opened medicinal herbage dispensaries popping up here in AZ. Neat. I pull into the warehouse lot, get out of the parking lot, and MAN it is FRAGRANT. Is that wafting over from the dispensary??? Wow. Anyway, I check out this dude's stereo stash, wow, what a sh!tload of stuff in there, piled high to the ceiling. Marantz, Kenwood, Sansui, Harman Kardon, JBL, Altec Lansing, you name it. I try out a few things, settle on the Pioneer w/ Realistic speakers. So I'm loading up my car with my new found goodies and I notice that two bays over, the door is rolled up and and two people are carrying out a few translucent Rubbermaid-type tubs full of..... yeeeeahhhh....do I see what I think I see??... and loading it into a van. Not everyday I find myself in a warehouse parking lot, in a gritty section of Phoenix, carrying a big wad of cash, with massive piles of fragrant trees being transported before my eyes. 100% Legally. Kind of surreal. 2015 is a strange time. I swear, I drove off with JUST the stereo!! I'm getting up in years, but I haven't caught the glaucoma yet..

You're making me realize that I have no clue what happened to the stereo system I had as a teenager. My dad and I used to go to garage sales a lot on the weekends when I was a kid. He would help me find old Fischer receivers, hi-fi speaker towers, tape decks, turntables and all that stuff to rock out with in my room. Lots of wood (and fake wood veneers), satin aluminum and VU meters.

 

[The_Janitor]

I said to myself yes Brant hasn't really done anything good or fresh in a long time but maybe i should check this out. Started playing it and I was really impressed, something different from Brant, slower, heavier with a slinky dirty bassline. 41 seconds later it all went to shvt. same old Brant. I may as well just listen to the previous 3 or 4 albums....too bad, it sounded so promising but for me, the

Gave it a listen the other day, it's pretty good, but like you said, same old Brant stuff.

Jalamanta was and still is an extremely important, personal record for me. It's attached to some really excellent memories, it guided me through some difficult times and it's just a really, really killer album. Can't say enough good things about it. Everything since has been a big let down for me. Local Angel was just bad, the operators record wasn't very good, the rest all run together. Gods and Goddesses was decent, but I burned out on it pretty quick. I wish he would make something that approaches the quality of Jalamanta but I'm convinced it will never happen.

I did see him live around 2006-2007 and it was a KILLER show. Band was tight, everything from Jalamanta was played at some point in the set, just all around awesome - but yeah the albums have just been lacking.

 

[bassboysam]

Jalamanta, Saved By Magic, Local Angel, Summer Sol are all great in my opinion. Saw them once here in Ottawa at a tiny bar (a place we play often) and to this day it is still the best live music experience of my life...

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Love old stereo gear! I'm running an early 70s Garrarg (TT), '83 Sony (CD) and a late 80s Nakamichi (Tape) into an early 90s Yamaha receiver. That's pushing some refoamed 70s Advents. Sounds good. My Nakamichi actually took a deuce so I have silver-face Pioneer coming to replace it. I also have a Marantz TT on the fritz and a silver-face Pioneer SX-780 as a backup receiver.

 

[Burnsy]

I still run my parent's old Fisher tranceiver, tape deck, and radio, into some Sony SS-B3000 speakers at home. I'm actually running my housemate's Technics SL-1200MK2 record player and Onkyo amp at the moment in my house on campus, with an aux jack to plug my computer into the whole thing. I've very content with it soundwise, the Sony SS-B3000s are actually some pretty solid speakers price/quality wise. And I mean, how perfect is that warehouse? Big stereos and trees just go together so well.

You're making me realize that I have no clue what happened to the stereo system I had as a teenager. My dad and I used to go to garage sales a lot on the weekends when I was a kid. He would help me find old Fischer receivers, hi-fi speaker towers, tape decks, turntables and all that stuff to rock out with in my room. Lots of wood (and fake wood veneers), satin aluminum and VU meters.

I'm partially motivated here by memories of staring at the backlit tuner of my Dad's old Fisher receiver. I actually emailed him yesterday asking what happened to it, and he's not quite sure, other than recalling that it sounded a lot better than the newer Sony that replaced it. It may have died during a lightning storm.

 

[Corey Y]

I literally have zero idea what happened to any of my old stereo setup. I don't remember taking it with me, selling it or giving it away at any point. I remember I had a little semi-portable (very portable, compared to the component system) stereo that I had when I moved out, with a 3 CD changer on top, so I must have left it at my parents' house. If I had to take a wild guess, it's probably in my dad's garage, where his metal shop is. That's his thing, to go out there and customize hard track go-karts for racing and listen to classic rock and blues.

 

[The_Janitor]

I need to get a good receiver from 70s. I have a Sansui from the 80s, it's decent, sounds pretty good, but it's past the sliver face/faux wood paneling sides era. I have some massive Technics towers from the 70s that are awesome - super hyped low end that just kills - but I'd like a nicer receiver to go with. We have one guy on the local CL that buys, fixes and flips but he charges an arm and a leg and I think he's had the effect of raising prices for that type of stuff around town. I need to find a good deal at a garage sale or something. Even the thrift stores are starting to charge a lot for those classic receivers.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

I need to get a good receiver from 70s. I have a Sansui from the 80s, it's decent, sounds pretty good, but it's past the sliver face/faux wood paneling sides era. I have some massive Technics towers from the 70s that are awesome - super hyped low end that just kills - but I'd like a nicer receiver to go with. We have one guy on the local CL that buys, fixes and flips but he charges an arm and a leg and I think he's had the effect of raising prices for that type of stuff around town. I need to find a good deal at a garage sale or something. Even the thrift stores are starting to charge a lot for those classic receivers.

I want one of these...

 

[mbelue]

I get the nostalgia about old gear, hell I like the look of old HiFi.
I'm not interested in it though. So much rather DIY something.
That being said I've got an old pair of Boston Acoustics fending off the DIY bug.
Vintage speakers are just too fragile for me to want to use.

 

[kleinenenten]

All right gents, I'm looking for pedal suggestions for my guitar rig. I've got a 7 string Ibanez into a Peavey Transtube Supreme (100 watts) and Peavey 412MS loaded with Sheffields. Any suggestions for a versatile, thrashy sound? I'm thinking Exodus, Testament, Kreator or the like. What you got? Thanks as always!

 

[ampegfuzz]

Hm-2?