LOL. Not sure why, but I'll go with it.You have your avatar and all but sometimes all I see is Kathy Bates.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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You seem to not give ashag. That old bag never did either. Maybe it's your dialect but that's how I hear it.
The issue is it probably wasnt anything more than a TB1000 with a SS pre amp in a larger chassis. I love the idea of a rack amp from Orange, but they missed a lot of items here. Should have made it a 2u rack, kept the weight to ~20 pounds or so, and kept the price in line with the TB1000. They would have had a seller then.
Yeah lesser but still larger amp for more money.
Trying to smoke every pole in sight.
I dont even think it is a lesser amp. Active mids, and the dialed in grit were a good idea. The amp sounded good from the clips I heard, who cares if it doesnt have the one tube in it that the TB1000 does. The form factor can be overlooked I guess, but the price cant. I think guys that are going to dump $2500 on a brand new amp would rather have something custom, or with history.
Preorder for the new 1000mods album is up, but it comes with a bunch of stuff and is like 30 Euro which means over $50 after international shipping and currency conversion. No thanks. Wish bands would just give the option to preorder the vinyl only. All the extra stuff is cool but I don't have room for a vinyl pizza box lol.
My guitar player is experimenting with dual 100W half-stacks (w/ 2x12" cabs). He's got a Fender and a Carvin something or other. Haven't heard it yet but now I wonder if I should go ahead and get a 2x15" or two more 1x15"s so I can keep up. I've been thinking about it for a while, and I've got some flexibility with the dual power amps in the LH1000. Hmm...
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So 200 watts and 4x12's?
That's what the guitarists in Cstvt would do, I ran my sunn 1200s and berg NV610 and could keep up just fine with them.
But having more cabs is always good too.
That's what the guitarists in Cstvt would do, I ran my sunn 1200s and berg NV610 and could keep up just fine with them.
But having more cabs is always good too.
So something that has spawned up in the Amps sub forum (I know, the dark area of TB...) is the infatuation with "busking" amps. I continue to not understand the want to play like that. And it continues to amaze me that people dont get that little battery powered amps have huge limitations.
Perfect way to start off Monday morning, got me some sweet Dunwich merch...
Julian, I'd say you're in the right on that practice space issue. If other people are using a space regularly, they should be splitting the cost. Especially if they're not keeping anything there and your band is. My reasoning for that is, if you don't know them and have no sense of their trustworthiness, they should have SOMETHING giving them incentive to be responsible with the space. I've had some nightmare issues with sharing practice spaces before. I currently have my drum kit in the space we share with our guitarist's other band and they buy new heads for it periodically.
On the recording subject, I charge $20/hr for my freelance tracking/mixing, which is pretty competitive I think. I don't have a dedicated studio space anymore. Sometimes I'm recording at my house (vocals and some guitar/bass), sometimes I'm doing field recording at a band's practice space and sometimes we're recording in a back room at my work that has a nice high ceiling and works great for drums. When I record my own stuff we usually do the loud stuff there and then record the vocals at my place. I always mix at home, my home office is specifically setup to be a mixing suite, with acoustic treatments on the walls and a cloud overhead. I spent about 6 months designing it with feedback from professionals by email and with some added help on the TapeOp board. I still wouldn't mind going to a proper studio for a big project in the future to record (especially drums), but I personally wouldn't bother for the smaller stuff or mixing, because I can do that myself and have years of experience. I wouldn't necessarily recommend that for everyone, recording and mixing are a skill and a craft. There's lots of hacks out there that aren't worth the money, but there are also a lot of great people who can do better than 99% of DIYers can. Sometimes you get what you pay for, in both directions.
Julian, I'd say you're in the right on that practice space issue. If other people are using a space regularly, they should be splitting the cost. Especially if they're not keeping anything there and your band is. My reasoning for that is, if you don't know them and have no sense of their trustworthiness, they should have SOMETHING giving them incentive to be responsible with the space. I've had some nightmare issues with sharing practice spaces before. I currently have my drum kit in the space we share with our guitarist's other band and they buy new heads for it periodically.
On the recording subject, I charge $20/hr for my freelance tracking/mixing, which is pretty competitive I think. I don't have a dedicated studio space anymore. Sometimes I'm recording at my house (vocals and some guitar/bass), sometimes I'm doing field recording at a band's practice space and sometimes we're recording in a back room at my work that has a nice high ceiling and works great for drums. When I record my own stuff we usually do the loud stuff there and then record the vocals at my place. I always mix at home, my home office is specifically setup to be a mixing suite, with acoustic treatments on the walls and a cloud overhead. I spent about 6 months designing it with feedback from professionals by email and with some added help on the TapeOp board. I still wouldn't mind going to a proper studio for a big project in the future to record (especially drums), but I personally wouldn't bother for the smaller stuff or mixing, because I can do that myself and have years of experience. I wouldn't necessarily recommend that for everyone, recording and mixing are a skill and a craft. There's lots of hacks out there that aren't worth the money, but there are also a lot of great people who can do better than 99% of DIYers can. Sometimes you get what you pay for, in both directions.
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Having lived in Chicago for 3+ years, and taken the El everywhere, I can still say I see zero appeal.
fuucking hippies.
Arg... they caught the f bombs finally.
Yeah, I don't really think I'll need anything extra - also we're running out of vehicle space to cart everything around - but I'd like more cabs.
If he's making the same money, he has enough to rent his own practice space and pay his part of yours.
That is a good point. I guess this weekends gig will determine how things go. If it gets poopy, then I'm out and I'll try to take the drummer and the PA with me. The other guitarist should follow suit.
