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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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no Legend B810s which are supposed to be very similar to what they use in the heritage 810
Well we lost our guitarist again. I cant believe how difficult it is to find someone to stick around more than a couple months. Starting to wonder if itd be easier to find another bassist and play guitar myself. Im starting to wonder if im running them off. They get pumped up like we are getting ready to go tour then drop out the next day. Weird stuff mang. I just wanna make music that doesnt suck.
Do two basses. Super doom.
Weve discussed that too. I feel like youd just end up fighting over frequencies alot there. At that point maybe wed be better off just getting more amps and cabs on stage
Just have way different tones. I mean, Bongripper's guitarists are both in the bass range.
That's the right route if you go two basses. You could also give baritone a try or just keep at two people. High kicks are a killer bass drum duo.
Or do regular bass and Fender Bass VI type instrument.
Yeah that'd be sweet! I know there is/was a band from Japan that was two bass VI's and a drummer.
I've had fun the few times I've played on a bass VI and very tempted to get one. Especially because I love playing chords, etc. But there's definitely a learning curve with the tight string spacing. That's been one of the things holding me back.
I've had fun the few times I've played on a bass VI and very tempted to get one. Especially because I love playing chords, etc. But there's definitely a learning curve with the tight string spacing. That's been one of the things holding me back.
I played one for some overdubs in both the Catapult the Dead and Dustern recording sessions. Wasn't that weird.
Nice, I'll fully admit that string spacing has been a difficulty for me from day one. Not so much right hand, but left hand for sure. I've never been much good on a guitar and I'm sure that was what messed with me on the bass VI. Still loads of fun though, gah now I wanna pick one up! Load it with firebird pups mmmmmm.
Honestly i dont know. It was sounding good while i was playing it the other day. But they didnt seem to know much about its history. Seemed to be original.
If they are pleading ignorance, then offer less....if you really want it. Just in case it does need work.
Nah im not super interested. I thought there might be some dudes on here that were though. I have another guitar amp already on its way lol
It shouldn't be an issue nowadays at all, Rondomusic sells wide necked LP knockoffs that are legit good once you upgrade the pups. If you like Fender's this guy Big Lou wide nut electric guitar sells 1 3/4" & 2" width @ the nut strat replacement necks that are pretty good. I have had both and both have way better string spacing and are significantly easier to play, especially for bass players. I actually have a guitarfetish partscaster tele w/ dual buckers made with the big lou 2" neck and its pretty damn awesome. The big lou guy's site looks like a random geocities page from the late 90s but its legit and the neck came very quickly and he was very responsive. Even the guy that put it together was surprised how easy it was to play. Also I think the G&L Superhawk and Cantrell sig have 1 3/4" width @ nut necks.
