Didn’t you used to be about the the lo rider life? I assumed you were using nickels.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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SS lo riders are my go to standards but i like hi-beams, dunlops, rotos and la bella. i did used to use nickel lo riders on my Js but i'm using SS now.
Jeremiah used to be our resident straight edge stoner doom bassist. Has anyone kept in touch with him?
i switched the Js to SS a couple years ago. i wanted more of a pick attack sound and the nickles were not cutting it. i find nickels (with the exception of dunlop super brights) to be too muddy and boomy with my Ps and they kill all the Rics charachter.
in general i find SS to be tighter in the lows abd more even than nickel.
Eff those kooks! ALL HAIL THE DEMON BEAN!!!
Thanks for the laughs.
Now I got an interest in SS again. I avoided them for the longest time because my jazz is already so bright, so I tried those cobalt flats. Every time I read about em it's just that they're so much brighter and that's all the detail I've heard. To hear that they're tighter and more balanced put em back on the list to try.
Now I got an interest in SS again. I avoided them for the longest time because my jazz is already so bright, so I tried those cobalt flats. Every time I read about em it's just that they're so much brighter and that's all the detail I've heard. To hear that they're tighter and more balanced put em back on the list to try.
I just dont like how rough steel strings are and dont want the fret wear.
Hail seitan!
The only thing that should be eating grass is my steak. 
After my punk phase of my youth, I have a healthy skepticism of their myriad -isms
After my punk phase of my youth, I have a healthy skepticism of their myriad -isms
Hey friends, sorry to bring up a topic that has probably been beaten to death around here, but does anyone know what tuning Al Cisneros uses on the Om songs? I know he plays a five-string for at least one of the songs live. But does he keep the four-string in E standard and the fiver in B standard? I would assume he tunes the four lower, but when searching I found a lot of people saying he's in E standard with Om.
I believe he's in standard most if not all the time in Om. Can't find where I read that though. Sounds that way.
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Yeah, I could have sworn I read about him playing in standard somewhere.
Afaik Om is all standard tuning.
Edit: I saw Om in Louisville KY a few years ago. Al played one 4 string Ric, and I remember being surprised the tuning wasn’t typical from what I knew of Al and Sleep. This was also before I was overly familiar with the music of Om as well.
Edit: I saw Om in Louisville KY a few years ago. Al played one 4 string Ric, and I remember being surprised the tuning wasn’t typical from what I knew of Al and Sleep. This was also before I was overly familiar with the music of Om as well.
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So a random issue came up and I’m not quite sure how to fix it. I recently left my tube amp on standby mode for about 4 hours accidentally and now the amp won’t turn on. Everytime I do the amp goes into protect mode and shuts down the tubes. The bias levels all indicate they are too low and even when adjusting the levels it stays that way. I’ve switched out cables and signal paths and nothing changes. I do leave the amp in the garage and since its summer its quite hot. Could that be impacting the tubes and causing it to shut off? And if so, is that why the bias is still too low?
Any help is appreciated.
Any help is appreciated.
