Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[Rushing]

My non doom for the day.

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Had first band practice using the VT last night. It made my poopy practice space Fender combo sound awesome! Okay, maybe not awesome but at least decent. I didn't have a chance to work the WF onto the board yet; that addition will take a bit more Tetrising. The VT sounded great on its own and I also tried running it after my Sheehan OD, which also sounded really good as a duo.

 

[Squanch72]

My Non-Doom post of the day.
http://zechsmarquise.bandcamp.com/

 

[CL400Peavey]

That sucks Julian, asking employees to do more work for less pay is a slap in the face.

For me, it is that I am doing the same job that people getting paid twice or three times what I do. I am cheap for them, and I was hoping that paying my dues would mean something. I guess it doesnt.

 

[mbelue]

For me, it is that I am doing the same job that people getting paid twice or three times what I do. I am cheap for them, and I was hoping that paying my dues would mean something. I guess it doesnt.

It means they believe you like being treated poorly. Or at least you aren't too annoying when they do treat you like poopie.
Time to be annoying.

 

[CL400Peavey]

It means they believe you like being treated poorly. Or at least you aren't too annoying when they do treat you like ****.
Time to be annoying.

Yep, and time to look for something else. I have had a few job interviews. When something pans out I am going to go on my 5 weeks of vacation.

 

[Korladis]

For doing a C standard tuning, I usually get a light gauge 5 string set (120-40) and toss the "G" string from the pack. You can do the "build Your own set" deal on bassstringsonline, and get exactly what You want, but it usually cost a few bucks more than buying the 5 string set and just throwing one away (More wasteful, but costs less, lol).

Yeah, that's basically what I do. I don't worry too much about being wasteful, as the G goes in the recycling.

 

[CL400Peavey]

Yeah, that's basically what I do. I don't worry too much about being wasteful, as the G goes in the recycling.

Gotta save those to garrote intruders.

 

[dunwichamps]

300W Chassis

26" x 11" x 3"

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[Korladis]

Gotta save those to garrote intruders.

I have a Peavey bass to bash them with.

300W Chassis

26" x 11" x 3"

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Nice. What's this amp going to be like?

 

[dunwichamps]

Corey's 300W. Its like a slightly gainer version of the clean channel in Ron's Mostly Harmless but more guitar like EQ. Basic LTPI PI with Class AB2 coupling. 6 x Kt88 DR405 style

 

[Kaa]

I have a Peavey bass to bash them with.

Old school T-40?

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Uh oh! I think Dixie is playing a Terror Bass in this video:

 

[bassboysam]

Good day today. VT arrived going to try it out soon. Also it's official, I got the job. I'm now managing the Fraud Strategies team at the bank. It's my first ever managerial role. Lots to learn.

#001 bvtches!

 

[Niff]

Nice rig eyeball!

Did some jamming with the bluebeard for the first time in awhile last night. Got a pretty sweet tone running with the EGC, BB and Orange TB. Kept running into something kind of funny though, maybe this is common. Held out sustained notes seem to lose their low end pretty quickly, as my signal goes into a high pitched feedback tone. How do I make this not happen? Am I just running too much gain, causing my signal to feed back into itself quickly? I can hold a note for maybe 3-4 seconds before it starts to squeal out. Doesn't happen with my Wizard Fuzz, but that's obviously a different pedal with different settings.

mine does this also when i have it run on the talkbass dubbed 'mudbutt bluebeard' settings, when the tone/sus are down below 9 o'clock. i believe this is a common problem with the sustain part of the circuit in muffs? i fixed it while recording in studio by stacking it with a hotcake with the bluebeard first in chain or turning up the tone/sus to about 10.30, depending on what tone i wanted. we obviously use very different basses (now) and i run a full tube setup with an inefficient old cab, so the common link is definitely the bluebeard.

Question guys,

I just picked up an Epiphone Thunderbird that I plan on getting set up for C tuning. I was thinking of putting on earnie ball regular slinky which are a 50 - 105. Is that going to be too much? I normally play my other bass in e tunning or down a half a step with with super slinkys 45-100. So thats what I am more used to. Are the regulars going to feel good in the C tuning? I dont want really floppy strings when I play but still want a fat low tuned sound.

i use 50-110 (RS66LE rotos) for C standard on my rick (slightly shorter than full scale) and for some it may be too floppy, but i enjoy it. if you want a really fat low tone i'd go higher (120 or so).

in other news, scored me a pbass body and hardware for $50 NZD. now to find a second hand model P, some wires and a jack.

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Ah, thanks for the input Niff. Thought everyone was ignoring me at this point

I was running the mudbutt settings. When I was running my Ric with flats I was stacking it with the El Oso, and I guess this must have remedied a problem I was unaware of. Guess I'll have to tinker with that some more. I loved the tone I was getting, but I gotta be able to hold out my notes!

 

[Corey Y]

300W Chassis

26" x 11" x 3"

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Fuuuuuuurrrrg yes, I am aggressively excited about this. I also just sold one of my unused amps for slightly above my bottom price, so I'm all pumped up!

 

[Auspex]

Uh oh! I think Dixie is playing a Terror Bass in this video:

Validation!!!! lol

 

[Korladis]

Corey's 300W. Its like a slightly gainer version of the clean channel in Ron's Mostly Harmless but more guitar like EQ. Basic LTPI PI with Class AB2 coupling. 6 x Kt88 DR405 style

Awesome.

Old school T-40?

No, not that heavy, unfortunately. Would probably still survive whacking someone, though.

 

[Blank_0101]

Uh oh! I think Dixie is playing a Terror Bass in this video:

Well that's a good endorsement in my eyes if he'd drop his sunn amp. Still need to play one. And get my muffs fixed and mess with them on bass, forgot I had them almost until I saw them on my bench at my parents house, along with that pignose tube combo I got for the bad monkey.