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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

I write a bunch of bull**** with the occasional gem.

Interestingly I wrote a riff once and took it to practice. They guys love it and have repeatedly told me that they get it stuck in their heads all the time. Sounds like the gem right? Well it was cool to jam until one of the guitarists wrote a weak ass chorus section for it. Everyone was all about it but I thought it made the song sound like a heavier version of the Eagles. I do not care for it at all anymore. Totally killed that riff buzz.
 
I write a bunch of bull**** with the occasional gem.

Interestingly I wrote a riff once and took it to practice. They guys love it and have repeatedly told me that they get it stuck in their heads all the time. Sounds like the gem right? Well it was cool to jam until one of the guitarists wrote a weak ass chorus section for it. Everyone was all about it but I thought it made the song sound like a heavier version of the Eagles. I do not care for it at all anymore. Totally killed that riff buzz.
That sucks. Lameass guitarists.
 
I often accidentally write riffs in 5/4, 7/8, 9/4 or polyrythms wihout realising. My drummer is not a fan.

I once wrote a riff that was in 15/16. Took me hours to figure out what was going on. Nothing I wrote would fit over top of it, until I got out my music program, started typing it in, and realized something was messed up. I typically write in4/4, but sometimes 5/4, 3/4, or 7/8 pop up.

Everything I write is super badass, and my guitarist bows perpetually to my supreme wisdom and doom mastery.

As it should be.
 
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Only running the SVT with one cab is a double edged sword. I can actually turn it up a bit to get my cleans loud enough comparably to my dirty volume but then Im really pushing the cab hard. Havent blown anything yet, but my 810, which has an 800 watt handling, starts farting out after like a hard, loud hour of playing or so. Cold it sounds fine and no farting, but after a while...FRRRRRRRRRRRRRTZZZZ, like they start overheating. So the last half of practice I usually have to dial everything back.

This is probably overheating. This much heat on your magnets is actually dangerous. Heat hysteresis is a real thing. You weaken the magnetic strength over time.

get an Fdeck HPF.

Depending on his signal this could help or hurt. Depending on where his signal is pushing the limits of the drivers, the extra motion could be cooling the drivers. The HPF could actually heat them up more.

I think its more of a thermal overload problem than it is a overexursion from sub lows. But ill look into them.

Probably. Your symptoms would be more immediate.

Maybe some of the drivers are old and kinda worn out? That can happen right, where drivers just get kinda worn out over a long period of time?

Yes and no. If the drivers are over heating repeatedly, then ceramic magnets can loose their strength. This is one of the advantages of the neo mag speakers. They shed heat better, and dont suffer the same loss of strength.

If you want some more info just shoot me a message.

PM incoming.
 
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Ah, regular Talkbass.

Where dudes regularly talk about drinking and driving, lying to their wives about their gear purchases, firing band members over one screwed up rehearsal, leering at woman at gigs, etc. But if you mention you smoke weed or take issue with generalizations made about those who do, here comes the morality brigade.
 
That sucks. Lameass guitarists.

I write a bunch of bull**** with the occasional gem.

Interestingly I wrote a riff once and took it to practice. They guys love it and have repeatedly told me that they get it stuck in their heads all the time. Sounds like the gem right? Well it was cool to jam until one of the guitarists wrote a weak ass chorus section for it. Everyone was all about it but I thought it made the song sound like a heavier version of the Eagles. I do not care for it at all anymore. Totally killed that riff buzz.

You had me at "heavier version of the Eagles." I'm guessing Seven Bridges Road?
 
This week the drummer who I was jamming with months ago hit me up again to play some doom again and two people hit me up from CL about jamming on some surf rock. Feast or famine fellas, let me tell you. We'll see if any of it pans out. I'm going to try to start jamming at home now, since my work is a murderzone and we're moving out of the building within the month.