I also use a DOD250 as an always on dirt (gain around noon) and recently started to stack the new EHX Russian Muff on the top of it for thicker parts. Works a charm.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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I also use a DOD250 as an always on dirt (gain around noon) and recently started to stack the new EHX Russian Muff on the top of it for thicker parts. Works a charm.
Here is the thing. I am going to sound like me no matter what amp I play through, Same for you.
Lots of guys here would tell you that they want a little dirt from their amp at minimum all the time. That works for them. It may not be what you need though. It depends on your songs, and your mix. It is ok to have it on all the time, but it is ok to be clean too. There are a bunch of "it depends" here.
Thanks for the advice, y'all. Sounds like the bottom line is to respond to the dynamics of the song (like everyone suggested). Seems obvious, but thanks for the clarification. Since we're going for a pretty grimy sound, I might even try stacking Fuzz pedals in parts.
Or stack fuzzes all the time. There are no rules other than what works for you.
I tend to run 3 or 4 gain stages. I run my amp pretty clean to where i might get a tiny bit of break up if i dig in hard, then i have a dunwich volt thrower i use for guitaresque gain and a mountainking megalith fuzz if i want a really woolly fuzz part. Then its all about matching up the gain stage to the atmosphere we are trying to create.
I typically don’t stack dirt, as I prefer to just find the tone I want in a single pedal. The only exception is for parts I really want to stand out. For that, I have found that my GK Rails excels at both light dirt on its own and a dirty boost when run before my other dirt. Ditto on the Trans-Boost, but when run after dirt. I run DOD BiFETs for clean boosts on guitar and love them.
Is it possible for a doom\stoner\sludge band to be viable in today's market if they tuned to E or D?
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Who cares how you tune?! It only matters if your tunes are good!
Touche.No. Because no doom/stoner/sludge band is comparatively marketable.
I mean within the market for this music its self. Is a pseudo requirement to be at least in C or lower?
You can play in what ever tuning floats your boat. Doom isnt just about being low.
You can tune how you want but you have to have at least one vintage Sunn amp and one les Paul in the band or you're a poser.
most of our stuff is in Eb. Tuning low only does so much. too many bands use it as a crutch and end up writing some extremely mediocre stuff...monolord cough cough.
a good heavy song will sound good and heavy in any key and on any instrument.
and just as I wrote that, these guys come out with a doom album with trumpets and sax.
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Aww...I liked Rust
Some bands do use it as a crutch in some places I like it. Cathedral never abused it too much. With the Dead's first CD was good for me, the second relied a little too much on the low droning. I don't mind that Crowbar is down around A sometimes. I don't know what Spaceslug tunes too, but I've been really digging them lately. I definitely like my death metal in the D to B range.
Playing it is a different story. I'm tired of screwing around with finding strings that work in C, or converting 4 strings to B. With my next project I think I'm going to push for D. The strings are easy to find and I don't have to mod the bass too much.
Aww...I liked Rust
Some bands do use it as a crutch in some places I like it. Cathedral never abused it too much. With the Dead's first CD was good for me, the second relied a little too much on the low droning. I don't mind that Crowbar is down around A sometimes. I don't know what Spaceslug tunes too, but I've been really digging them lately. I definitely like my death metal in the D to B range.
Playing it is a different story. I'm tired of screwing around with finding strings that work in C, or converting 4 strings to B. With my next project I think I'm going to push for D. The strings are easy to find and I don't have to mod the bass too much.
I just started using the Daddario Balanced tension 50-120 for C standard on my 34" scale Thunderclapper and it is working pretty good, ~31 lbs of tension per string. For reference ~31 is just a bit below a standard E strings tension with .100s
