Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[Korladis]

When we played with North, their bassist was using a V4 (may have been a V4B) through an 810 and a 610. Loud as hell, gnarly tone.

 

[Squanch72]

@Muddslide sorry to hear about your health issues. Well healing wishes brother.

 

[Squanch72]

@askrere not like a virtual build with colors but you can pick and choose options on full guitars/basses and necks and bodies. I had to keep two pages open of Carvin because I couldn't tell what their different headstock shape names were and what each shape actually looked like. Had to google too. Pretty much you can get a bass version of the headstocks they use on their different guitar lines and also their normal bass line headstocks.

 

[bassboysam]

yeah i think I'm going to pass on the v4. it's a little too beat up for me. what i really want is a b25b for home and studio but those seem to pop up even less.

 

[kleinenenten]

Good luck with everything, @Muddslide .

 

[Corey Y]

Odd because I am so audio-oriented, but I discovered years back I can't do audio books. My mind just wanders...suddenly someone's been murdered or having a baby or something and I'm all "Who the feck even ARE these people?"



I love Night Stalker. Grew up on the show...few years back I bought the whole series as well as the DVD that had the two made-for-tv movies which is now outta print. Gone now.

I just watched Trilogy of Terror a few weeks back. It's a fun one.

Well men, been in hospital since Monday. Leg and foot pain got so bad I literally couldn't walk. Turns out I have infection in the bones. It's pretty bad...multiple kinds of bacteria including gangrene, staph and some more exotic breeds.

Been hooked up to IV antibiotics for days, bored off my azz. Released tomorrow they say. They wanted to do surgery and send me home with a picc line of liquid antibiotics but trouble is I am transitioning jobs, starting new one Monday, and my new health insurance won't kick in for a month, so no medical care in October.

Gonna send me home with a 6-week supply of oral antibiotics, pain meds and a wheelchair. When I have insurance again, they'll re-assess my condition and may then do a picc line and/or surgery...some bone removal.

Will be mostly in a wheelchair the next several weeks...not sure how long I will have the use of my legs. Or much of my actual legs for that matter. But got my fingers crossed.

I've read until my eyes hurt...couple of excellent non-fiction books: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick and The Lost City of Z. Two amazing real life adventures.

Today I watched eight--EIGHT--Friday the 13th movies, and not because I wanted to.

Did you know Jason went to Manhattan? Fascinating stuff. Apparently slaughtering morally loose teens in rural lakeside settings couldn't fully placate his supernatural bloodlust.

Hang in there man.

 

[Burnsy]

Well, I can definitely do some gnarly things with the nano-POG inserted into the Hex Volt rig,using just the octave-up in parallel with the dry out. I think the main challenge in incorporating it into songs would be to not over-use it. The dry-out jack helps keep the board simple and removes my need for a splitter cable. I have it right downstream of the wah. I can tell you that with the wah-effect signal octave-upshifted, into disorted amp, in parallel with original signal, also wah-effected and distorted, now that is a head-churning gnarly sound.

Mudd, man that is a raw deal, hope things improve for you soon.

 

[The_Janitor]

Jesus Mudd, that sounds awful. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

 

[D.M.N.]

Starting my morning off with a nice cup of BORIS



@Muddslide man that's rough. Hope you can get that sorted out once the new insurance kicks in, best of luck!

 

[Speedor]

Sending good vibes your way, Mudd!

Not much on the band front, things are going pretty OK at the moment. I'm still hoping we'll record our first demo EP this year.
Flipping some pedals, hopefully there's gonna be some cash to quench my GAS.

 

[Muddslide]

@D.M.N. -yeah, I loves me some Boris. Used to have most of their stuff on vinyl, including some pretty rare, limited releases. Haven't really kept up with them the past few years but I always admired how much territory they covered.

@Sartori --was it you who mentioned a girl yer sweet on moving to SoDak? Fvck is in South Dakota other than Rushmore? I mean, it's pretty up there in parts, but it's not a cultural powerhouse...not that I should talk, living in Oklahoma at the moment. But one of the best things you can say for South Dakota is that it's not quite as cold and barren as North Dakota.

Thanks for the well-wishes, everyone. Hopefully going home today.

@askrere --brother, I WILL get you the rare, early Floyd/Syd stuff to you! Sorry it's taken so long...

 

[Korladis]

@Sartori --was it you who mentioned a girl yer sweet on moving to SoDak? Fvck is in South Dakota other than Rushmore? I mean, it's pretty up there in parts, but it's not a cultural powerhouse...not that I should talk, living in Oklahoma at the moment. But one of the best things you can say for South Dakota is that it's not quite as cold and barren as North Dakota.

Thanks for the well-wishes, everyone. Hopefully going home today.

Yeah, that was me. Her boyfriend's sister lives there, and housing is way cheaper (of course, heating is more expensive, and the amount of AC needed in the summer will make for higher electricity, too... only water will be cheaper, probably... but don't tell them that) there. I mean, I wouldn't want her to leave anyway, because she's my best friend and has been for almost ten years now. But having feelings for her also makes it suck even more. However, we do plan to try acid together at least once before she leaves, so there's that.

 

[Muddslide]

...However, we do plan to try acid together at least once before she leaves, so there's that.

Are you saying you've never done acid, or just never done it together with her?

I haven't done any hallucinogens in several years, but my teens and 20s sure woulda been different without them. I was a trippin' fool. Hell, the entire summer of 1987 I never even came down.

Sorry your friend is moving away. One of the most painful aspects of life, I think, is that there is a goodbye for every hello. But at least you know she's still around, and you may see her again.

Yeah, yeah--cost of living, but it's hard for me to fit my mind around leaving SF for The Badlands.

Getting sprung finally! Going home within the hour...

 

[The_Janitor]

shag, that was 8.5 hours of math homework, still not where I'm supposed to be. Will spend all day tomorrow on it too. Instructor is worthless, barely speaks english, interrupts and talks over me when i have questions, provides zero instruction. Just finally gave up for the day and checked Facebook- saw everyone i know doing fun stuff outside, felt like a kick in the balls. 4 more weeks and I'll be done with this class, but in the meantime th last of the nice weather is fading and I'm stuck in the basement grinding though math problems. Also, my dad just called seeing if I'm going to the biannual car show / swap meetv tomorrow that we've been doing since i was a teenager- can't, math.

shag this. Oh well first world problems i guess.

 

[kleinenenten]

If one were to have never listened to Neurosis, what would be an album (or few) that would be good to start with?

 

[Korladis]

Are you saying you've never done acid, or just never done it together with her?

I haven't done any hallucinogens in several years, but my teens and 20s sure woulda been different without them. I was a trippin' fool. Hell, the entire summer of 1987 I never even came down.

Sorry your friend is moving away. One of the most painful aspects of life, I think, is that there is a goodbye for every hello. But at least you know she's still around, and you may see her again.

Yeah, yeah--cost of living, but it's hard for me to fit my mind around leaving SF for The Badlands.

Getting sprung finally! Going home within the hour...

Neither of us ever tried acid. Somehow we went to UCSC without doing so. Plenty of booze and weed, though.

She doesn't currently live in the bay area, she lives in the Modesto area.

If one were to have never listened to Neurosis, what would be an album (or few) that would be good to start with?

Depends on what the person is mostly into. They've varied so much over the years.

I would say Through Silver in Blood, for me, or possibly Given to the Rising. It's hard to say, though. Maybe their Live at Roadburn album, since it contains material from several different albums?

 

[mpdd]

Haven't been on here for a while, been taking photos, applying for jobs, and brewing Evil Turnip Ale (tastes like black pepper tea)

 

[eyeballkid]

Start with Enemy of the Sun and Souls at Zero. Classic and groundbreaking!

 

[Bassic Playing]

Hang tight Mudd, we're rooting for you. Hopefully you get some gnarly drugs out of it, anyway.

****, that was 8.5 hours of math homework, still not where I'm supposed to be. Will spend all day tomorrow on it too. Instructor is worthless, barely speaks english, interrupts and talks over me when i have questions, provides zero instruction. Just finally gave up for the day and checked Facebook- saw everyone i know doing fun stuff outside, felt like a kick in the balls. 4 more weeks and I'll be done with this class, but in the meantime th last of the nice weather is fading and I'm stuck in the basement grinding though math problems. Also, my dad just called seeing if I'm going to the biannual car show / swap meetv tomorrow that we've been doing since i was a teenager- can't, math.

**** this. Oh well first world problems i guess.

That sucks, crappy lecturers are the worst.

 

[eyeballkid]

I love how in America a doctor's decision of the best approach to dealwith aa medical issue comes in a distant second to the preferences of insurance companies. shag capitalism.