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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

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mc_muench said:
We totally could but, aperrently given the FB statuses, he plans to play Days of the Doomed without us, and had a secret show last night...
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That's some lameness. My drummer and I did a two piece set because our old guitar player backed out of a 4/20 house show. He quit like two months later giving us just two weeks to teach a new guitar player 6 songs. Also partly what held us up as a band. Now we are solid and writing riffs I could never write by myself. I write the basic skeleton and Nick writes awesome complimentary riffs and fills. Not to mention killer solos. He plays like Pike. First time he busted a solo, my jaw dropped, I stopped, and just stared. He looked with a smile like, what's wrong dude? I said, nothing. Your shaging solo rules. He just laughed and was like, wait til we get poopie tight.
 
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So they just announced the lineup for riot fest in Chicago. Gwar is playing....now I know they were doing the gwar-bq but I figured that was going to be a final send off/tribute kind of deal.

They can't keep Gwar going without Dave Brockie...I mean I know they replaced members throughout the years in the same costumes, and they retired flatulus when he died a few years ago. But gwar without Brockie? That's just not cool, nor is it Gwar. Like them or not, that guy was a genius in what he did.
 
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Ron Now said:
So they just announced the lineup for riot fest in Chicago. Gwar is playing....now I know they were doing the gwar-bq but I figured that was going to be a final send off/tribute kind of deal.

They can't keep Gwar going without Dave Brockie...I mean I know they replaced members throughout the years in the same costumes, and they retired flatulus when he died a few years ago. But gwar without Brockie? That's just not cool, nor is it Gwar. Like them or not, that guy was a genius in what he did.
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I was happy to come home from practice and the mrs. told me she scored us some Riot Fest tix. Pretty good lineup; I counted at least 20 acts I'd be fired up to see (or see again).
 
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I think the honeymoon is over for my Hondo II.
The tone is definitely to die for its the ergonomics that I can't get to grips with.
For starters the radius the bridge is set to is smaller than that of the fretboard. Making the A&D strings higher than the E&G. It looks like it needs to be filed down to adjust this. Not cool.
If I knew I'd be happy I'd have no qualms grinding that bitch into submission. I just hate to make changes that can't be reversed.
I've played the last 15 years (mostly)with thin Ibanez/Peavey style necks-skinny fast stuff.
The Hondo is much deeper back of neck to fretboard. Not horrible but noticeable especially in the upper frets. (I don't spend much time there but this doesn't help.)
Then there is the balance issue it wants to be horizontal. Very resistive to bring angled up No real dive past horizontal but I generally play much closer to 30°-45°.
Between all this I'm cramping bad trying to play. I have never had a problem paying 4-6 hours straight on some of my other basses. I get 20 minutes tops on this before I'm annoyed. Fuukin depressing to have nearly perfect tone that doesn't fit.
Long story short do I irreversibly file down the bridge only to never be happy with neck profile/balance?
Action is such a subjective thing I don't want to ruin it for the next guy for no reason.
 
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Blank_0101 said:
Pull the guts from it and rewire it with something else and move it on.
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I thought about that but wouldn't that rob the bass of whatever value it does have?
If I'm gonna sell it I'd rather not gut it.
The last two basses I sold went to people that "planned to learn to play."
Not a fan of duping folks.
However I do need to pull the pickup and confirm it is Dimarzio PAF. If so I'll just take some exact measurements and move on, looking for another like it to drop in something else.
 
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Ron Now said:
Balance trick on that hondo. Take out one of neck plate bolts and replace it with a strap button. It's not perfect but it's a lot better than the stock horn strap button. Kind of like playing an old gibson.
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Good idea. I'll give that a shot. If I can get it 90% there it should be keepable. Bastard sounds so good, but I can only do so much with open notes and a bass face.
 
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