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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

There's just enough mystery and stuff left to the imagination for that pic to be plenty sexy.

For some guys, anyway.

I saw my fair share of ginger nipple hair for a long time that's for sure.

Man I love having a Waterstone again, such a comfy bass to play. Ordered nuts for the Jazzguarbird and the Jackson Outcaster guitar(crazy comfy wide shred neck on thing, really digging this guitar and think it is a keeper). Never removed a nut on a guitar so that will be scary but people filed them down way too much and they need to be swapped.

rubber mallet and patience.

+1. Kicking in the tone bypass is like having a second pedal on my BB. NOt over the top, but ripping, SNARLING tonez.

That's what I'm hoping when I finally can fix mine.

@askrere

Yer a Tele guy. Only guitar I still have is an old Rondo/SX "STL50" model, old headstock, vintage white, maple board.

It also went through the flood, but once again, neck is okay, bridge seems salvageable, only real body damage I can see is some finish cracking.

Electronics are dead as Dillinger.

Thinking of bringing it back...have to get new wiring harness, jack, probably get some nicer vol/tone knobs...

Was wondering if you had any ideas or suggestions on replacement pickups? You ever try GFS for Tele replacements? I don't wanna sink a ton of $$$ in. Also probably stick with pretty traditional Tele pups...I like more vintage Tele, but something that can get fuzzy and dirty too.

So is Katrina this flood you keep referring to?

GFS stuff is good, never used the tele pickups but I'd assume they are good too. I'd wonder if your pickups are dead or just the pots or jack, I'd check all that first nothing really electric so it's not like it short circuited.. Then, I'd price GFS components vs selling the dud for $25 and putting that torwards a $50 squier strat.
 
Not quite. I was using my GK Rails Pedal for both "tube grit" and "full fuzz", but it's currently being fixed. In the mean time, I was trying to find some other way to get a similar sound. I decided that the Gamma would be good for the lower "tube grit" sound, and that I'd try it into other ODs, distortions, fuzzes, etc. to see if I could get the "full fuzz" sound. So far, no luck. I'm gonna try Gamma into Pharaoh soon, maybe that'll do it. I should hopefully have the Rails back at the end of the week/this weekend to A/B sounds.

As far as straight fuzz goes, I really like my Pharaoh, but I can't quite make it cut as much as the GK Rails. (At least not yet!) If I was just playing straight stoner/doom, this thing would nail it. I've been looking for more cutting fuzzes, but I'm weird and don't like extreme fuzz, but want it to cut. If I could get a stoner fuzz sound AND have it cut, I'd be in fuzz heaven. Like The Sword or Grand Magus, but with teeth. I'm gonna dream about this a little more now...
Maybe get a more reliable clone of the rails pedal?

I use my amp for my regular overdrive, which is what my sound is probably 90% of the time.

I have also been using the Swollen Pickle for a bit 'more,' so to speak. I think it's muff based, but they have a knob that controls the midrange scoop so that you can get rid of that if you want. I have it at its most midrangey setting, so it cuts pretty well for a fuzz.

Take everything from your chain, and go straight to the amp (a tuner is allowed). Jam with other guys, adjust from there.
You kids get way too caught up in this OD/Distortion/fuzz/klang/graaahhh tone chase.
Yeah. For me the pedal is an extra, not something I have on very often.

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No sexytary here... Boss decided to be healthy and ride his bike to work and got the body sweats too hard to keep a shirt on.
Riding your bike to work in early august in Texas sounds like maybe not the most pleasant experience.

See, that's ANOTHER thing that makes me hinky about home ownership. Renting, it is true you get no return on your money other than a roof over your head, but hey---roof leaking? Plumbing effed up? An appliance goes south? Something amiss with the electrical? Pick up phone, call landlord, voila. Free of charge. Also, foundation troubles and big issues like that? Not. My. Problem.

That is, if you have a decent landlord, but I've had good luck with them most of the places I've lived.

My old man just spent around $10K to get some roof repairs and electrical work done at his house. He still owes $50K + on the house (I think) and his mortgage isn't much less than my rent.

Plus, some states the property taxes are so damn high.

I just don't know.
Yeah... I don't see what difference it makes paying mortgage versus paying rent. I don't think I'll ever own a home unless I inherit one. Which is likely, eventually, but I'll be too bummed to enjoy it if I do. I can't imagine having enough money to buy one, myself.

Also I grew up in a house that my family owns. In my experience, it's a shitload of work and a lot of expenses. More work if you want it to be less expensive, and more expensive if you want it to be less work. And we still had poopy neighbors who would complain when I would play bass (note that said poopy neighbor drives a Harley every morning around 7:00 AM).
Thinking about all the awesome bands we have played with in our 3 years of being a band. Most of these are local bands, but almost all are really good.

Cult of the Lost Cause, Headhum, Ashen Embers, Rhogog, Gypsyhawk, Mothership, Space in Time, Melting Temple, Thorns of Acanthus, In the Company of Serpents, The Sawyer Family, Ladybird, Mars by Night, Sonic Vomit, Oscillation, Origins in Eden, Low Gravity, Chingaso, The Munsens, Strange Relics, Burns Like Hell, The Angry Hand of God, Saus, Night of the Living Shred, WHILT, Blighter, The Chelios Condition, Render Them Useless, Stolen Format, Floaty Raft, The Widowhood Effect, Alone, Death by Cemetary, Bridges, Gozer, Black Pussy, Myth of Creation, Yresim, Pain Machine, Darkness Within, Jucifer, Hellhound, Toke, Capitalist Casualities, Weekend Nachos, Theories, Connoisseur, Destroyer of Light, Hummingbird of Death, Samothrace, Oryx, Call of the Void, Primitive Man, After Nations, J.E. Double F, Creep Status, Antique Scream, Hanta, Gaff, Eat poopie, Ghosts of Glaciers, Russian Girlfriends, Tree of Woe, Iwakura, The Sleer, Spectral Voice, Of Feather and Bone, Wayfarer, Swells, Young Gordon, Roac, Ashes of the Ancient, Smolder&Burn, Matriarch, Piojos, Chin Check, Bone Rot, No Altars, No Zodiac, Autumn Creatures, Bullhead*ded, Wheelchair Sports Camp, Moodie Black, Brothertiger, Kiel Grove, Foster, Greedy Mouth, Clydesdale, World Pain, El Toro, Shiii Whaaa, Mooncrusher, Ceschi, The Famm, Celestial Mechanics, Swampwolf, Ibe Hustles, A Black Day, Deerpeople, and Khemmis.
Damn, you've played with some cool bands.
 
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Thinking about all the awesome bands we have played with in our 3 years of being a band. Most of these are local bands, but almost all are really good.

Cult of the Lost Cause, Headhum, Ashen Embers, Rhogog, Gypsyhawk, Mothership, Space in Time, Melting Temple, Thorns of Acanthus, In the Company of Serpents, The Sawyer Family, Ladybird, Mars by Night, Sonic Vomit, Oscillation, Origins in Eden, Low Gravity, Chingaso, The Munsens, Strange Relics, Burns Like Hell, The Angry Hand of God, Saus, Night of the Living Shred, WHILT, Blighter, The Chelios Condition, Render Them Useless, Stolen Format, Floaty Raft, The Widowhood Effect, Alone, Death by Cemetary, Bridges, Gozer, Black Pussy, Myth of Creation, Yresim, Pain Machine, Darkness Within, Jucifer, Hellhound, Toke, Capitalist Casualities, Weekend Nachos, Theories, Connoisseur, Destroyer of Light, Hummingbird of Death, Samothrace, Oryx, Call of the Void, Primitive Man, After Nations, J.E. Double F, Creep Status, Antique Scream, Hanta, Gaff, Eat poopie, Ghosts of Glaciers, Russian Girlfriends, Tree of Woe, Iwakura, The Sleer, Spectral Voice, Of Feather and Bone, Wayfarer, Swells, Young Gordon, Roac, Ashes of the Ancient, Smolder&Burn, Matriarch, Piojos, Chin Check, Bone Rot, No Altars, No Zodiac, Autumn Creatures, Bullhead*ded, Wheelchair Sports Camp, Moodie Black, Brothertiger, Kiel Grove, Foster, Greedy Mouth, Clydesdale, World Pain, El Toro, Shiii Whaaa, Mooncrusher, Ceschi, The Famm, Celestial Mechanics, Swampwolf, Ibe Hustles, A Black Day, Deerpeople, and Khemmis.

You left out The Merkins and Frog and Toad are Friends.
 
Nice! Least you hear the need. Some people just don't get that.
The La Scala set I picked up years ago to rebuild both tweeters and woofers were toast. Only drivers that survived were the mids. Recap the crossovers, new drivers and all has been great.
 
Hey dudes. Really killer practice last night, got one of our longer tunes fleshed out, added a couple more parts, it's ****ing sounding awesome, i had goosebumps and a big poopie-eating grin the whole time. Really ****ing impressed with what we've got so far. Next task is to get us set up for practice room recording. That'll be fun!

That's pretty sick. What are you using for recording?

Haven't been around here due to uni and work getting the better of my time. Band is rapidly finishing songs though, so that's pretty great. Me and two of my housemates are about to kick our other housemate out for being a total moron as well.
 
So is Katrina this flood you keep referring to?

No, Irene. Got the year wrong though. Was thinking late August, 2010 but it was 2011. We left upstate New York for Portland, Oregon the year before but had to leave quickly and we put everything in a storage unit in a little town in NY in the Catskills. We were going to retrieve it all early 2012 with our tax return but never got the chance.

Ironic thing is the damage was so bad in all these little ski villages and mountain towns because the hurricane caused a bunch of high-elevation rivers to flood severely. Some entire little towns were washed out completely.

  • We did get a few things back, but most of that was ruined. I'd say 98% loss. All we had taken to Oregon were clothes, towels and some kitchen supplies.

GFS stuff is good, never used the tele pickups but I'd assume they are good too. I'd wonder if your pickups are dead or just the pots or jack, I'd check all that first nothing really electric so it's not like it short circuited.. Then, I'd price GFS components vs selling the dud for $25 and putting that torwards a $50 squier strat.

Good advice. I just prefer Teles but you're right--cheap Strats are so plentiful. There are dozens within a few miles of me I could score for $50 and I can use a trem from time to time.
 
See, I would have said the exact opposite: Once you have the house, you will always have a running list of poopie to do that makes you feel guilty for being away for a week or two. And you have to have people check in on the house, or mow the lawn and collect the mail, take care of pets, etc while you're gone. You can always buy a house, you may not ever have this much time on your hands to REALLY enjoy the trip.
Valid points.
 
What about condos/xeriscape surely not all owned properties must have a yard or require as much maintenance. Granted a condo isn't exactly a place to get loud.

For the part of owning a home suck, my freezer broke yesterday. Go on vacation Julian!

Quit huffing the Freon!

No, Irene. Got the year wrong though. Was thinking late August, 2010 but it was 2011. We left upstate New York for Portland, Oregon the year before but had to leave quickly and we put everything in a storage unit in a little town in NY in the Catskills. We were going to retrieve it all early 2012 with our tax return but never got the chance.

Ironic thing is the damage was so bad in all these little ski villages and mountain towns because the hurricane caused a bunch of high-elevation rivers to flood severely. Some entire little towns were washed out completely.

  • We did get a few things back, but most of that was ruined. I'd say 98% loss. All we had taken to Oregon were clothes, towels and some kitchen supplies.



Good advice. I just prefer Teles but you're right--cheap Strats are so plentiful. There are dozens within a few miles of me I could score for $50 and I can use a trem from time to time.

Not familiar with Irene, I knew Katrina and Rita. they washed a bunch of trashy people up to my highschool.

Does a storage unit keep insurance on the occasion they do get flooded out and have to pay out?
 
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No, Irene. Got the year wrong though. Was thinking late August, 2010 but it was 2011. We left upstate New York for Portland, Oregon the year before but had to leave quickly and we put everything in a storage unit in a little town in NY in the Catskills. We were going to retrieve it all early 2012 with our tax return but never got the chance.

Ironic thing is the damage was so bad in all these little ski villages and mountain towns because the hurricane caused a bunch of high-elevation rivers to flood severely. Some entire little towns were washed out completely.

  • We did get a few things back, but most of that was ruined. I'd say 98% loss. All we had taken to Oregon were clothes, towels and some kitchen supplies.



Good advice. I just prefer Teles but you're right--cheap Strats are so plentiful. There are dozens within a few miles of me I could score for $50 and I can use a trem from time to time.

That messed up my hometown pretty bad too. I grew up on hill that overlooked this street and creek. The creek blew out the bridge between my street and the next street over.
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That's pretty sick. What are you using for recording?

Haven't been around here due to uni and work getting the better of my time. Band is rapidly finishing songs though, so that's pretty great. Me and two of my housemates are about to kick our other housemate out for being a total moron as well.

Full set of mics on the drums submixed to stereo, 57s on the guitar cabs, DI and maybe an RE20 on bass. Into a mixer, then out to a 16 track hard disc recorder. Tracked live, mixed in a DAW after. Should get us some killer sounding demo material.
 
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I'm working on setting up a jam with a new drummer, this week or next. I've talked to the guy a few times, he emailed me through CL over a year ago to say he was moving into the area and was interested in starting up a new project. He dropped Weedeater in his influences and also said he's down with instrumental stuff, so that seemed promising. Well, he's finally here, has his drum kit and is all settled in, so we're trying to figure out a time to get together. We'll see how it goes, I haven't even really played music much at all in the past few months.
 
Another thought on ownership v. rent: my outlook on my house is, IF I can sell it for what I've got in it, I've lived free there for X years. Now, the IF factor can be the thing. After losing my ass on my first house, and making a little dough on my second, the key is to not A.) buy more house than you need, and B.) don't overspend on remodeling.
 

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