Don't be alarmed, the old strings have been relocated to my second bass.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Don't be alarmed, the old strings have been relocated to my second bass.
Any recommendations for a low gain Rat? I don't want anything with fizz, as that's why I got rid of the Blower Box. I tried out a cheap mini Rat clone on bass today, and it gave me the itch for a better one.
For clarification's sake, by low gain I mean LOW gain. The clone's gain was only at 9 when I got the tones I liked. Anything more and it got too trebly too quick.
For clarification's sake, by low gain I mean LOW gain. The clone's gain was only at 9 when I got the tones I liked. Anything more and it got too trebly too quick.
Maybe an OCD clone like the Fuzzrocious The demon can do the trick.
I have the Joyo Ultimate Drive. I'll give it a shot again, it's been on my secret no board and guitar boards lately.
Wires is a rad video, though I don't know if I could pick a fav. Prehistoric dog is also a great one!
rat and low gain don't go together.
if you can find a barber LTD SR or HBE hematoma, those do low gain well. the new blueberry or a demon could work too.
Finished up the shallow Peavey 215 cab upgrade. Put a bead of silicone on the inner joints, lined the back with some acoustic foam, made some custom ports, new wiring and put in two Faital 15PR400's. I think I'll make a new grill, the original is kinda tweaked. And then I should probably clean it. Every amp/cab on craigslist seems to be pre-blasted with cat piss.
Sounds killer, and turned out to be pretty inexpensive all said and done.
Sounds killer, and turned out to be pretty inexpensive all said and done.
Finished up the shallow Peavey 215 cab upgrade. Put a bead of silicone on the inner joints, lined the back with some acoustic foam, made some custom ports, new wiring and put in two Faital 15PR400's. I think I'll make a new grill, the original is kinda tweaked. And then I should probably clean it. Every amp/cab on craigslist seems to be pre-blasted with cat piss.
Sounds killer, and turned out to be pretty inexpensive all said and done.
Damn that looks good! How do like the faitals?
Not exactly a rat sound but might get you ballpark what you're looking for, but an HM-2 with the gain not dimed maybe? Or a Tech 21 Bass XXL might do it for you? Not Rat circuits obviously but might be what you're looking for.
The Dunwich volt thrower has a pretty good amount of sweep on the gain knob as well as a no clipping diode mode that turns it into more of a clean boost overdrive kind of situation.
So far so good, I found a used one for cheap and new one for not much more, so for the money I'm satisfied. I cranked them for a second to check for enclosure rattles, but will give it the beans at next rehearsal.
turning into a pic whore here
All very nice, hey you own a different kind of Bird but you would be welcomed into The Thunderbird Club no problem. Never saw you post in there before so not sure if your a member.So far so good, I found a used one for cheap and new one for not much more, so for the money I'm satisfied. I cranked them for a second to check for enclosure rattles, but will give it the beans at next rehearsal.
turning into a pic whore here
So far so good, I found a used one for cheap and new one for not much more, so for the money I'm satisfied. I cranked them for a second to check for enclosure rattles, but will give it the beans at next rehearsal.
turning into a pic whore here
Hot damn that's slick looking! All of it goes together so well.
Pretty accurate, lol.
Smh
**** no.
I thought everyone knew that Sabbath was the first metal band.
My opinion exactly.
I don't know what it is, but Sabbath just had some intangible thing that made it metal, that the others lacked.
That actually sounds pretty damn cool.
Be sure you watch the Iron Reagan video for "Miserable Failure" as well. Pretty funny shout out to the "Wires" video in there, as well as the band ruling in general.
I'd agree with this. Do you have an example of what you're after? When I think"low gain" a rat is one of the last places my brain goes!!
If you're married to a rat, maybe a cat tail? The high and low clipping mods can help, maybe. There is some low end loss with these for sure, though. I LOVE a rat, but I'm wanting that snarl and fizz from it. For lower gain I like the Demon, too.
I am not sold in a Rat, but I did really dig the low gain sounds from it. Anything to get that is fine by me! I find that I never have gain past noon on anything. Gets too harsh for me that way.
