Every time I see your board, I am more than tempted try a Green Rhino again. Way Huge is one of the few big names that I actually like, and I feel that I should give that one another go some day.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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I tend use it as a mild OD a lot, but also to drive the X and thats nice and crunchy. So much gaaainnnn.
RIGHT. My board ends up getting drug around 2-3x a week to various projects and stuff so keeping it clean and stuff helps it like, survive and just be a reliable tool. Gotta go order some more right angle 1/4" connectors though...
I love the Pork Loin for my mild OD. Reminds me of a Geezer-esque tone, but also just seems to work for just about anything. It's my desert island dirt pedal for sure. Maybe not my favorite tone, but certainly my most usable. I was a fool for getting rid of most of my Way Huge collection!
I've only tried a couple way huge pedals. Had a pickle twice, love it but got rid of it twice for some reason. They nail the aesthetics.
Damn good reason to keep it.
How do you like the compressor? I had looked at those a long while, but ultimately passed up on it.
Damn good reason to keep it.
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After fumbling around with loose pedals for months, I gifted myself an official pedal board. Adjustable legs, heaps of velcro, the works. Now I'm a big boy.
The signal chain:
- Bass
- Tuner (Valeton Coral, from France)
- Compressor (Seymour Duncan Studio Bass)
- Octaver (Behringer UO100)
- Octaver (TC SubnUp)
- Fuzz (EHX Big Muff)
- HPF (Broughton)
- Amp
Yes, two octavers! My band has one guitarist, so I use the "Up" of the SubnUp to fill in the emptiness when he starts soloing. I don't like the SubnUp's "Sub" octave because it lags.
The Behringer, on the other hand, has a cool down octave, rather synthy in my mind. I dig it for the mysterious opening notes of "Don't stand so close to me".
How do you like the compressor? I had looked at those a long while, but ultimately passed up on it.
Honestly, I find this hard to judge.
I've had it for at least a year now, and I don't feel that I've explored all the possibilities. It's nearly always on, which is why I keep it in the back row as you can see. Most of the time it hardly seems to be there, which is kind of the point, isn't it?
Edit: in a way, I find it easy to handle with its four knobs: whenever I want to do something about settings, I can find what I'm looking for. But that doesn't mean I know exactly what I'm doing. I hope this makes sense.
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Sure does, I've still yet to find a comp that I could see as always on. Was curious cause that one has a dry blend.
I love the dry blend! I remember the first time I arrived at settings that I felt worked well, compression-wise. But the tone had become soulless, lifeless. So far I hadn't used the dry blend. I turned it up to noon. It brought back the good tone, and didn't ruin the compression.
It's my favorite bass compressor out there. I don't use it much anymore, just because I fly a lot with my board and i try to keep it minimal. In the recording studio, with lots of compressors available, our engineer/producer prefers the SD pedal comp. We dial in very mild compression and a fair amount of dry blend, but it does just enough to make the dirt effects behind it tighter. I've used it on 3 albums and suspect Ill use it again.I love the dry blend! I remember the first time I arrived at settings that I felt worked well, compression-wise. But the tone had become soulless, lifeless. So far I hadn't used the dry blend. I turned it up to noon. It brought back the good tone, and didn't ruin the compression.
I try to push the SD comp as much as I can. It's an amazing comp. All the corksniffers ignore it though. Their loss.
I’ve got 2 compressors, an Alesis Nanocompressor for utility purposes (hamfistedness and/or marginal piezo setup in eub) and a Fairfield Circuitry Accountant for flavor and general tonefulness. I’ve never had both in the chain. Right now the Accountant is almost always on. It’s a”dirty” comp that is basically acting as a touch sensitive OD.
I've used three comps so far. EHX Bass Preacher, Empress Compressor, and MXR M87. The preacher was noisy and tough solid for its price, not what I wanted. The Empress is absolutely amazing. As a compressor, the M87 is quite fine but I find myself missing the blend a lot. It makes dialing in sustain without killing dynamics much more logical because you don't have to screw around with the attack for it. IIRC the M87 doesn't even let you specify more than a few milliseconds of attack. I'm sure I could get more out of it with more time as I admittedly haven't played around with it too much but it's all too tempting to just replace it with the Empress version 2.
In Jorin news, I should be getting the new switch for my pedalboard tomorrow and then I can finally start getting it back in action.
In Jorin news, I should be getting the new switch for my pedalboard tomorrow and then I can finally start getting it back in action.
Anybody up to anything cool with their extra time these days? I’m on break this week, but looks like I’ll basically be doing half time going forward. So lots of extra time. Gonna upgrade the preamp in my Ibanez 6 string to a Bart NTMB like I did this summer with my 5 string. Huge tone difference. Been working on my guitar chops, doing various maintenance and setups for all my gear, and contemplating my guitar/bass collection. Thinking 4 of each sounds great...
Referring to the 4 of each issue, what should I get for my 4th of each? Guitar-wise I’ve got an LP style 7 string and two Ibanez RGs (one a 7 string). Looking for a another 6 string, but not sure if I should get another LP or some else. Maybe pointy? Always wanted an Iceman. Gonna upgrade pickups too.
Bass-wise I’ve got 3 Ibanez Soundgears, a 4, 5, and 6. Same basic issue - get something similar or pointy?
Eventually gonna set them up in pairs of various tunings to have basses/guitars ready to go for any tuning I like.
Related question - how tough is it to strip and re-paint a guitar? I can reassemble and solder, but have always wanted white guitars/basses even thought they seem tough to find in bodies I like.
TL;DR - First world problems.
Referring to the 4 of each issue, what should I get for my 4th of each? Guitar-wise I’ve got an LP style 7 string and two Ibanez RGs (one a 7 string). Looking for a another 6 string, but not sure if I should get another LP or some else. Maybe pointy? Always wanted an Iceman. Gonna upgrade pickups too.
Bass-wise I’ve got 3 Ibanez Soundgears, a 4, 5, and 6. Same basic issue - get something similar or pointy?
Eventually gonna set them up in pairs of various tunings to have basses/guitars ready to go for any tuning I like.
Related question - how tough is it to strip and re-paint a guitar? I can reassemble and solder, but have always wanted white guitars/basses even thought they seem tough to find in bodies I like.
TL;DR - First world problems.
I'm still working here, but our -ish is important for reasons of national security, etc etc etc. Our lab is kind of funny, pandemic going on all round us and we're in our lab in bunny suits doing stufffff. just strikes me as pretty funny.
Anyways, I can't go do anything else really outside of work so I'm just working on music and working on writing some lyrics, getting good takes of my various basslines and working on singing (hard) while playing (harder) and not having my intonation go to -ish or shag up my lyrics. (oh god why am I doing this again).
Its fun though!
Anyways, I can't go do anything else really outside of work so I'm just working on music and working on writing some lyrics, getting good takes of my various basslines and working on singing (hard) while playing (harder) and not having my intonation go to -ish or shag up my lyrics. (oh god why am I doing this again).
Its fun though!
Well looks like the band will be taking a little break from practicing... Time to send riffs back and forth.
The Fairfield is on the list of ones to try, same with the photon deathray. I think I'd be all for a gritty comp with little squeeze.
For right now, just trying to salvage home life. Hoping to get some time here and there to build a replacement board and a guitar rack (my daughter broke a bass yesterday knocking it off it's stand
). Oh and trying to finish building a guitar prototype among all the other things...
I got a few side jobs I could do right now. And the usual projects round the house that take priority.
The quick: Simple, yes. Easy, not really. Lots of elbow grease without tools.
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Depends on whether you have a good sander and right paint stripper. Sounds like you arent trying to do translucent finishes so stripping the tough spots doesn't have to be perfect. Painting isnt hard, just takes time. Straight shades are much easier though! To make it even easier you can use wipe on poly as a clear coat which is about as easy as it gets.
For right now, just trying to salvage home life. Hoping to get some time here and there to build a replacement board and a guitar rack (my daughter broke a bass yesterday knocking it off it's stand
). Oh and trying to finish building a guitar prototype among all the other things...I got a few side jobs I could do right now. And the usual projects round the house that take priority.
The quick: Simple, yes. Easy, not really. Lots of elbow grease without tools.
Long:
Depends on whether you have a good sander and right paint stripper. Sounds like you arent trying to do translucent finishes so stripping the tough spots doesn't have to be perfect. Painting isnt hard, just takes time. Straight shades are much easier though! To make it even easier you can use wipe on poly as a clear coat which is about as easy as it gets.
What about the actual paint itself? Rattle can with the poly finish? I just want regular old white. Nothing out there.The Fairfield is on the list of ones to try, same with the photon deathray. I think I'd be all for a gritty comp with little squeeze.
For right now, just trying to salvage home life. Hoping to get some time here and there to build a replacement board and a guitar rack (my daughter broke a bass yesterday knocking it off it's stand
I got a few side jobs I could do right now. And the usual projects round the house that take priority.
The quick: Simple, yes. Easy, not really. Lots of elbow grease without tools.
Long:
Depends on whether you have a good sander and right paint stripper. Sounds like you arent trying to do translucent finishes so stripping the tough spots doesn't have to be perfect. Painting isnt hard, just takes time. Straight shades are much easier though! To make it even easier you can use wipe on poly as a clear coat which is about as easy as it gets.
