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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

Lots of things happening at the DOOM Bunker....Another band moved in to our space to help with rent, that and it just made sense since the drummer of that band is our "Project Post VEGA" guitarist and the bassist is my drummer for GH.

Did some speaker swaping in the Henge...moved the 4ohm BW18 from my brokedid 1820 and put it in the folded 18. What im losing in lower frequnecy range, 35hz compated to the 8ohm LoRider18s 27hz, Im making up in more volume and it being 4ohms, using the amps full power. Great results id say.

Never plan on buying a cab with any kind of crossover again. Ive blown both Ive had so far, my 218+210 and 1820. Unless Im doing it wrong, they just dont withstand the fuzz and power I throw at them. BUT it did leave me with 2 pairs of 10s that Im thinking of throwing in my 810 to replace some ghetto glued speakers. A pair of super nice JBLs and PVY Scorpions I believe. And with the 810s 4 seperate chambers I wont be mixing drivers.

MACE is in the shop getting my oopsie fixed.

Got my Dunwich DI from Matt and heeard something rattling inside...the thing that caused the rattling wasnt even the problem, the rattle rattle was one of plastic pegs nick used to keep the board from hitting the enclosure that broke off. But then I found this!!!!
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A green wire broke off from the mids portion of the circuit, which would explain Matts complaint of there being no mids!!! Musta broke off in transit to him...damn USPS. Gotta holla at nick and see if hell fix it on the cheaps.

Hopefully this is the last of the breakage spree for me. Being the curator of PVYHenge isnt cheap. After all this ill have 2 empty cabs and like 5 heads that need service before theyre giggable.
 
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Lots of things happening at the DOOM Bunker....Another band moved in to our space to help with rent, that and it just made sense since the drummer of that band is our "Project Post VEGA" guitarist and the bassist is my drummer for GH.

Did some speaker swaping in the Henge...moved the 4ohm BW18 from my brokedid 1820 and put it in the folded 18. What im losing in lower frequnecy range, 35hz compated to the 8ohm LoRider18s 27hz, Im making up in more volume and it being 4ohms, using the amps full power. Great results id say.

Never plan on buying a cab with any kind of crossover again. Ive blown both Ive had so far, my 218+210 and 1820. Unless Im doing it wrong, they just dont withstand the fuzz and power I throw at them. BUT it did leave me with 2 pairs of 10s that Im thinking of throwing in my 810 to replace some ghetto glued speakers. A pair of super nice JBLs and PVY Scorpions I believe. And with the 810s 4 seperate chambers I wont be mixing drivers.

MACE is in the shop getting my oopsie fixed.

Got my Dunwich DI from Matt and heeard something rattling inside...the thing that caused the rattling wasnt even the problem, the rattle rattle was one of plastic pegs nick used to keep the board from hitting the enclosure that broke off. But then I found this!!!!
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A green wire broke off from the mids portion of the circuit, which would explain Matts complaint of there being no mids!!! Musta broke off in transit to him...damn USPS. Gotta holla at nick and see if hell fix it on the cheaps.

Hopefully this is the last of the breakage spree for me. Being the curator of PVYHenge isnt cheap. After all this ill have 2 empty cabs and like 5 heads that need service before theyre giggable.

Invest in a can of Deoxit and clean all pots and input jacks on those heads before you have them serviced. They could just be really freakin' dirty. Once a beer or soda gets spilled and turns sticky, dust and dirt stick like glue and can really mess stuff up - more than just scratchy pots.
 
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Got a job interview later this month for a good job in Mesa, AZ.

Wish me luck!
Sweet! I will quote drummer Rob Davis' verse from the excellent autobiographical song "Born to Rock and Roll" by local (sadly defunct) stoner punk legends Smoky Mountain Skullbusters:
"I was born in Mesa, Arizona
Some say it's a boring sh!thole
But I know what I'll stay here for
I was born, born to rock and roll".

Mr. Davis has since moved to Portland, OR :p

Mesa is a perfectly fine place to live, FWIW :)
 


And speaking of "Born To Rock And Roll" by the Smoky Mountain Skullbusters, let me quote the final verse by lead guitarist Matt "Honeybear" Haselow just for for you @The_Janitor

"I was born in Mad-town, Wisco back in the Seventies
I never liked the Packers, but I do like beer and cheese"

Who knows, maybe you know the guy? Last I knew, he moved back to WI.
 
Muy caliente!

Lemmy know what you think of that PFW. I have one, jammed on it for a bit, but now I'm tryna move it along.
I ran it for an hour today for the first time. Really digging it. I love the fuzz. I prefer it in vintage mode. It is going to take some serious time to learn the touch of this pedal as it is sensitive as hell but I made some progress today. I like it a million times more than the crybaby I was using. I'm going to hang on to this one.

My pedal board is not near finished but I'm off to a good start and love the sound I'm getting.

Forgot to take an updated pic with the Morley on there. Working now so I'll do that tomorrow.
 
I ran it for an hour today for the first time. Really digging it. I love the fuzz. I prefer it in vintage mode. It is going to take some serious time to learn the touch of this pedal as it is sensitive as hell but I made some progress today. I like it a million times more than the crybaby I was using. I'm going to hang on to this one.

My pedal board is not near finished but I'm off to a good start and love the sound I'm getting.

Forgot to take an updated pic with the Morley on there. Working now so I'll do that tomorrow.

I dug the fuzz a lot, too! In the end, I sold it b/c, on those rare occasions that I use fuzz wah, I just go with my Fuzzrocious Terrordactyl, which is fuzz > autowah.
 
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Arrived at the venue, no work tomorrow, cold beer, friends and Melvins - all a fifteen minute walk from home. Not too shabby.

Gonna need a full report! I will hoist beers in your honor.

everybody keeps asking me why i'm not a department head at the college, because i don't want to deal with a bunch of needy and b*tchy art teachers who are uncooperative and moody, that's a no brainer

My best friend, MFA, teaches and is the art dept safety officer at a uni in TX. He can barely stand it anymore, largely for the reasons you cite, but he's also pretty fed up with students waiting for the last minute to do assignments. He ends up having to knock out frames, stretch canvases, stay late into the night firing up the kiln...
 
Work has gotten even more hectic. On the plus side, the day before yesterday my boss asked me to run the AM shift yesterday, which is the largest and highest producing shift. The job got taken away from the guy supposed to run it because he doesn't like to follow simple instructions and micromanages his team to the point of getting in the way and causing mistakes to be made. Our bosses leftenant took over by was hospitalized due to severe wheat allergies. Felt good that I was the first person he asked to run the shift after the LT, but made for a horrendously long 6th day. Especially when I was asked while at midnight to come in at 4 after a couple whiskey shots and a beer at band practice. Ran a crew of 12 people and made like 6000 lbs of bread.

The schedule has left little room to doom, but we are working on a new song that is pretty fuqing sweet.