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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

Our new record "MISERABLE" is going up for preorder tomorrow.

Around 10:00 am Chicago time. There's also gonna be a stream of the opening track happening.

3 songs - 66 minutes.

Real proud of the way it came out.

I'll post some links to stuff once it goes up.
shag yeah.

Slap a Babisczcsczssccz full contact on there and call it a day. Why stick to 2 designs that are flawed?

Who are you, Gibson?
I really like the second version of the hipshot one.

Juggling tunings is a real pain. It'd be real sweet to be in a band that would agree on one and stay there.
Maybe just do the BEAD with a capo and a drop tuner thing.
I don't like carrying several instruments to shows, makes me nervous.
Juggling tunings is no bueno, though one of the guitarists in Catapult has put together a 6-string for playing in B standard now in addition to his drop G# tuned 7-string.

I never even do drop tunings on bass. For a lower tuning, BEAD has worked really for me so far.

To me, the feel of the neck the the absolute number one priority in a bass. If your left hand doesn't like it, it's a no go. I'd say, for the price you payed, another hundy or so in guts will make this a killer bass for you. A nice platform for modding, I say.
Hella. The neck is the most important part, in my opinion. Hardest bit to change.

http://bongripper.bigcartel.com/

New album up for preorder now.
When I get a steady job, I'm buying all the Bongripper things.

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And here is where you can hear a song off the new record
New song is awesomely heavy. Love it.

Juuuuuuuust while it's come up...

I'd be really interested to know more about how you guys tune!

My guitarist tunes BADGBE, dropping the B to A for a couple of tunes. I've kinda settled on BEAD, also dropping the A. I've got a .145 for the low B/A. Are most folk here down-tuning or standard?

I remember asking Jonathan Nunez from Torche how he keeps up (down?) with the low notes and he tunes EADG, I was quite surprised...
All my basses are in either EADG or BEAD.

In Catapult, one guitarist uses a regular 7-string, tuned BEADGBE, the other uses a 7-string tuned to drop G# (though, as mentioned, he's just put his Epiphone Les Paul back together and tuned it to B standard). The keyboard player uses a 6-string tuned to E standard.

In The 5th Child, my guitarist tunes to drop B or B standard.

Herculoids sounds like an epically sore butt hole
One that would kill a mortal man. Only Hercules can withstand the soreness.

Awesomely weird bass.

Anyone else find it funny that they could have used any bridge.... but for some reason they chose the Ric-style one?
 
Reserving final judgements til I see her again, but I think I found another older than me, kinda or very crazy girl... The trend of 2014 it seems. Maybe i won't end up hauling this one to rehab; or be asked to hang out all the time for no real reason with no fun.

This one I went to the wrong apartment complex looking for a friend and she said hey. I kept walking and when I realized I was in the wrong place turned around and snapped my fingers like a weird person would. She appeared above me over the railing asking if I was calling her, said no talked a min, she got my number and texted me if I was busy tonight. Quite a few red flags were raised, but we had fun at her place and she said to get back with her soon. I'd maybe not, but she's a damn cute one. She started making out with me at the bar, then after at her place says she never does PDA (not like wow not until now, like she acted like that event did not occur).
 
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Reserving final judgements til I see her again, but I think I found another older than me, kinda or very crazy girl... The trend of 2014 it seems. Maybe i won't end up hauling this one to rehab; or be asked to hang out all the time for no real reason with no fun.

This one I went to the wrong apartment complex looking for a friend and she said hey. I kept walking and when I realized I was in the wrong place turned around and snapped my fingers like a weird person would. She appeared above me over the railing asking if I was calling her, said no talked a min, she got my number and texted me if I was busy tonight. Quite a few red flags were raised, but we had fun at her place and she said to get back with her soon. I'd maybe not, but she's a damn cute one. She started making out with me at the bar, then after at her place says she never does PDA (not like wow not until now, like she acted like that event did not occur).

Seriously you got all the smoothness between us.

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Just had a heart attack from those pictures. B E A Uuuuuuuuuu tiful
 
Some guys have all the luck.

We'll see if that holds true. So far it's all older than me, and either in therapy or is a therapist... This one is medicated and a therapist in training so it's double or nothing crazy.

If I could Find someone my age with normalcy that'd be cool, but then again maybe I don't attract normal. The only girl that's flirts with me on a regular basis (cashier at a taqueria I frequent almost daily) asked how old I was and then said she was 17! Cute and Legal, but yikes. Also i love the tacos too much to risk her telling the kitchen to make my tacos with 100% chance of diarrhea, if I pissed her off. Currently she does special orders for me so I like where I am at... Food first

Never seen a Ric finish I didn't like.

Likewise, but the rosewood fretboard on the mapleglo is a serious disappointment to me.

Seriously you got all the smoothness between us.

Just had a heart attack from those pictures. B E A Uuuuuuuuuu tiful

She dug our glasses... while they were on :smug:

I more and more feel, the initial first encounter has to be really random, or constructed to appear so. I hate the concept of pickup lines so you won't hear me doing that. From there generally all girls have kept it going, I just make suggestions, and ask about them.

And yea, Sam's wife is really chill to not be intimidated by his bass harem. I want to see all 9 basses and his rigs now!