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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

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It’s cheap, and some people complain, but I’ve never had an issue with generic 1Spots. I use almost exclusively 9v effects, though. I’ve had to buy 2 18v supplies for my guitar boards, but with all the constant rearranging of my bass boards over the course at at least 5-6 years, I’ve never had an issue with the 1Spot that wasn’t user error.
 
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kleinenenten said:
It’s cheap, and some people complain, but I’ve never had an issue with generic 1Spots. I use almost exclusively 9v effects, though. I’ve had to buy 2 18v supplies for my guitar boards, but with all the constant rearranging of my bass boards over the course at at least 5-6 years, I’ve never had an issue with the 1Spot that wasn’t user error.
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I've been using some cheap power supply I got off of amazon for like 4 years now with no issues, My preamp draws a ton of current and I run some pedals at 12v and it hasn't had any issues at all. The cables have largely held up too. I'm also running a 1spot on the bigger board in my studio and thats been fine for years as well.
 
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My new-to-me bass came in today, an Ibanez SRX505. Condition not quite as advertised, but not bad. Cleaned up a bit of corrosion on the chrome, but nothing you’d notice from a distance. A few dings that weren’t mentioned, but again, if you’re not looking for them...

Anyway, totally happy with this thing once I got it all set up. It’s the beefiest bass I have now, which is what I wanted. It sits perfectly between the beef of my older 4 string and the clarity of my SR505 and SR506. It’s just bright enough that it cuts, but not so bright it seems brittle - and that’s with rounds! I’ve had a great dislike of rounds for quite a while, so I’m rather surprised how much I like them in this bass. It’s also got slightly wider spacing than my other extended range basses, so it makes my hackneyed slap much easier on this than my other extended range ones. Not that I ever slap much or productively, but it’s always fun to mess around.

Minor rant - I hate when a bass just isn’t set up right. This thing was playable, but wow, once I cleaned and set I tried up, it’s just fantastic. It’s oddly soothing to get a bass set up and intonated.
 
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Hey y'all, I've been neglecting this wonderful forum lately. Not like I don't have the free time! More like this is someplace I usually visit at work, and, well, you know. So right before shelter in place went down, I visited a friend who had acquired a large box of effects circuits and was building pedals, and had him build me a Giant Hogweed, and an A/B switch with a toggle and no LED so it doesn't require any power. And I ran to Guitar Center hours before everything nonessential got shut down so I could get all the patch cables I needed to put together my pedalboard o' doom!

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I've been having a lot of fun experimenting with all the sounds I can make now, and learning how to play over loops. I promised him I'd do a demo video, but that hasn't happened yet outside of a few quicky instagram clips. I'll try to record some clips to post here.
 
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ConfoundedBridg said:
So I've finally gotten comfortable with multi-tracking in garage band and so after coming up with this bassline I was able to make a "quiet part" and a "loud part" and I'm a little proud of it so here it is...

... Also 10 points to anyone who knows what the "trial of the grasses" is from...
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So do you have two separate tracks through the whole thing? I'm guessing one is the first bass tone and then the second is the more fuzzed out tone that comes in later?
 
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Does anyone have experience with Acme cabs in a metal setting? I currently have a Low B2 and I'm wondering if two of them would be sufficiently loud or not. I figure if they would be I'll keep my eyes open for a second Low B2, and if not I'll cast a wider net. (And yeah I know "loud enough" is pretty subjective, but I think you will get where I'm coming from here well enough.)
 
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kleinenenten said:
My new-to-me bass came in today, an Ibanez SRX505. Condition not quite as advertised, but not bad. Cleaned up a bit of corrosion on the chrome, but nothing you’d notice from a distance. A few dings that weren’t mentioned, but again, if you’re not looking for them...

Anyway, totally happy with this thing once I got it all set up. It’s the beefiest bass I have now, which is what I wanted. It sits perfectly between the beef of my older 4 string and the clarity of my SR505 and SR506. It’s just bright enough that it cuts, but not so bright it seems brittle - and that’s with rounds! I’ve had a great dislike of rounds for quite a while, so I’m rather surprised how much I like them in this bass. It’s also got slightly wider spacing than my other extended range basses, so it makes my hackneyed slap much easier on this than my other extended range ones. Not that I ever slap much or productively, but it’s always fun to mess around.

Minor rant - I hate when a bass just isn’t set up right. This thing was playable, but wow, once I cleaned and set I tried up, it’s just fantastic. It’s oddly soothing to get a bass set up and intonated.
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Played an SRX4 string a few months ago and LOVED the neck.
 
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So, working from the basement, doing the isolation. Since I was/am a real homebody, it's 90% of my normal thing. So, not making me crazy. No new gear news, just playing along with songs through headphones. Just wanted to drop in and say hey. Hope everyone's still doing well and staying safe. One thing, I do have a cleaner house, lol.
 
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br1qbat said:
D'oh. That's what I meant. HPF would seem to be the way to go, but EQ pedals seem to be much more readily available...
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The thing is that most EQs don't behave in the same way as a HPF/LPF. A HPF will cut everything below your chosen frequency (and according to the slope chosen). An EQ will generally just affect a specific frequency range (how wide a range it affects will depend on the Q, etc.). So let's say you have an EQ with a 40 Hz slider and you crank that down to try to cut lows. Depending on a number of variables, you might not end up cutting stuff in the 20-30 Hz range (or you might not be cutting it as much as you'd like).

Bottom line is that if you want to cut lows like a HPF does, your best bet is to get a HPF.
 
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lucas303 said:
The thing is that most EQs don't behave in the same way as a HPF/LPF. A HPF will cut everything below your chosen frequency (and according to the slope chosen). An EQ will generally just affect a specific frequency range (how wide a range it affects will depend on the Q, etc.). So let's say you have an EQ with a 40 Hz slider and you crank that down to try to cut lows. Depending on a number of variables, you might not end up cutting stuff in the 20-30 Hz range (or you might not be cutting it as much as you'd like).

Bottom line is that if you want to cut lows like a HPF does, your best bet is to get a HPF.
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Thanks. Exactly what I was trying to figure out.
 
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lucas303 said:
So do you have two separate tracks through the whole thing? I'm guessing one is the first bass tone and then the second is the more fuzzed out tone that comes in later?
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Yeah, exactly like that. Probably something I should've learned to do from the get go. I've still yet to get myself a mic so for now it's all direct. The simulated pedal I used was the happy face fuzz. I've tried using my real life pedals and running them direct (so that I could do one track) but I just can't get them to have the same character in Garageband.
 
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