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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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What's the catch? Reminds me of a Gibson RD, or Dunable R2 but $1500 cheaper. Are these Chinese firewood? Pickups seem to be made in the ATL, Ga....
Edit: went on Boult's IG and saw a 'demo' of the pickups, but it looked like dude was playing a totally stock Epiphone T-bird. Hmmm.
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Funny thing: Matt Pike often wears hawaiian shirts (not on stage, obviously, as he wears no shirt at all).
One of the elder statesmen of metal loves him some Hawaii wear, so, I guess, it takes all kinds
They're made in Asia, low end ones probably in china, I think the Signatures(like 599 pounds+) are made in Korea or somewhere like that. I own a Boult Troglorite guitar, quality is alright, nothing to write home about. I like the Zombie dust pickups it came with for Doom (Doomsters with the P90 neck.) Avedissian Demo'd them in a T-bird because production models don't really exist, hence the pre-order. I have some Rickenbacker Humbuckers from Avedissian that are great, Jeff Matz of High on fire helped design them and had them in his thunderclapper.
I didn't think he owned a shirt. LolFunny thing: Matt Pike often wears hawaiian shirts (not on stage, obviously, as he wears no shirt at all).
One of the elder statesmen of metal loves him some Hawaii wear, so, I guess, it takes all kinds
I need pictures!Funny thing: Matt Pike often wears hawaiian shirts (not on stage, obviously, as he wears no shirt at all).
One of the elder statesmen of metal loves him some Hawaii wear, so, I guess, it takes all kinds
I some how don't think Matt Pike is wearing a Hawaiian shirt for the same reason Joey Fender at the Car Show is. He probably thinks its funny. And most importantly, as someone pointed out, he doesn't wear them on stage.
Speaking of which, what DO you guys wear onstage? I've heard that thing about "dress better than your audience," but I always wear the same thing: plain black short-sleeve T, jeans, and boots like I do every day. Plus a baseball cap to block glare and capture sweat. I've seen a lot of dudes in battle vests – not my thing. Haven't considered going shirtless since I turned 30.
Again, the shirtless thing hasn't stopped Pike. But he's Matt Pike and we are mere mortals...so there is that.
In the stoner\doom genres there isn't much of a dress code. It is a genre that revels in grungy simplicity so I don't think dressing "better" than the audience really means much. Although a band like Candlemass or Cathedral looks a little more like they "belong" on a stage than smaller bands. Geezer and Tony Iommi have invented a short of business casual metal attire. Meanwhile, you couldn't pick the members of Khemmis, Bison, or Anciient out of their audience.
I'm a pretty t-shirt and jeans sort of guy. Sneakers or boots. Maybe a chain wallet or necklace. If I was playing something else, I would snaz it up a little.
It totally depends one what you are playing and what image you want to convey to your audience.
Agreed, can never go wrong with a black shirt/band shirt, jeans and chucks. Doom isn't like black metal where the audience may expect a bit of costume. Battle vests are hard to pull off imo, too often you look like you are trying too hard. Theres always that one guy who is painfully too over the top. Don't be that guy.
Thanks for that. I emailed and got a reply from Chris Boult, he pretty much said what you posted about the pickups.....also these basses are gonna be neck through. I think I'm gonna get one, because cheap.
Yeah, its tempting but I just dropped 2k on a Dunable Flying V.
I always thought Josh Homme/Queens of the Stone Age have good style. Kind of a rockabilly thing. Good hair helps. I agree with don't try too hard. I'd feel like a tool in leather pants, but some guys can pull it off. I can tell you our band has never once had a conversation about what we should wear onstage, which is fine by me.
I usually wear something sleeveless (like a wife beater or my cut-up Sabbath shirt or one of my pocket tees that's so old it's riddled with holes everywhere) because I get stupid sweaty and hot on stage. I need the ventilation.
And if I know the venue has sh!tty AC, I’ll pull out some jorts.
I have a nice and ratty pair of urban camo shorts for just such occasions. Although I have found that some of the newer, dare I say stretchy, jeans actually breath really well. Because I am neither young, nor svelte, I have to watch it with some baggy clothing or I'll end up looking like someone's tubby uncle wondered onto the stage and started fiddling around with the a bass. Some people own their weight better than I do.
I gotta go lightweight pants/jeans. I feel weird in shorts on stage. But heavy jeans/jacket? Hell no, im not in the ramones and don't want to drown in sweat 2 riffs into the gig.
