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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Yeah, nice pic, but this is one of those situations where a pic aint worth word one. Let us know how ya feel about it!
The Quilter, it's loud, the low end is clearer than my GK. The GK has more in the uppermids/highs than the Quilter. My EB-0L punishes any preamp, so its not really 'clean' but it does get that nice saturated/limited feel like a tube amp. The EQ does more than you'd expect it to. Still finding the best settings. I may run it thru the active input next week. Definitely a cool piece of kit, and it comes in a shoulder bag/purse thingy. It's been welcomed to the tribe. The guys liked it too. Still sounds like me, just a little more clear oomph behind the notes.
Really curious about it, seems like my cup of tea
And I can relate a lot with fear/anxiety to release your stuff out there... We should have sent a song for a compilation these days... in the end we didn't. My bro wanted to. It was my insecurities, my paranoias, my "it's not good enough yet" (after 2 years spent to "refine"), my "the recording sucks", etc. My drummer said at some point I should admit this is the best I could do, and throw myself into things... And he said I'm waiting for a perfection that we'll never achieve, and a perfect moment that will never come. He probably is right.
I'm sooo jealous you played with Primitive Man!!
)Thanks a lot mate... I'm sorry I bothered you all with this stupid problem, in the end I had a few very depressive days and I can't even remember anymore what I was doing. This weekend I'll try to pick up the thread again of this stuff. Thanks
Take care friend <3Thanks a lot mate... I'm sorry I bothered you all with this stupid problem, in the end I had a few very depressive days and I can't even remember anymore what I was doing. This weekend I'll try to pick up the thread again of this stuff. Thanks
I got 5 minutes of play time in today. First time in weeks. Felt good. Been taking Master’s classes online which take up waaaaay too much time. The professors really need to learn to communicate.
Really curious about it, seems like my cup of tea
And I can relate a lot with fear/anxiety to release your stuff out there... We should have sent a song for a compilation these days... in the end we didn't. My bro wanted to. It was my insecurities, my paranoias, my "it's not good enough yet" (after 2 years spent to "refine"), my "the recording sucks", etc. My drummer said at some point I should admit this is the best I could do, and throw myself into things... And he said I'm waiting for a perfection that we'll never achieve, and a perfect moment that will never come. He probably is right.
I'm sooo jealous you played with Primitive Man!!
Thanks a lot mate... I'm sorry I bothered you all with this stupid problem, in the end I had a few very depressive days and I can't even remember anymore what I was doing. This weekend I'll try to pick up the thread again of this stuff. Thanks
Yeah. They seemed like nice enough dudes, a little antisocial maybe, but with their music I guess thats what youd expect. They were playing in a little shithole bar and they brought on some serious sickeningly loud sonic density. Felt like the place was actually coming apart. Im sure by now they forgot all about us lol.
And on the other thing its no provlem its fun to troubleshoot audio issues sometimes. Hopefully stuff gets better for you.
Looks like a rad place, nice floor. I'm doing the same with our space. It's the mrs's office and being a teacher she's been spending a lot of time there lately.
Really curious about it, seems like my cup of tea
And I can relate a lot with fear/anxiety to release your stuff out there... We should have sent a song for a compilation these days... in the end we didn't. My bro wanted to. It was my insecurities, my paranoias, my "it's not good enough yet" (after 2 years spent to "refine"), my "the recording sucks", etc. My drummer said at some point I should admit this is the best I could do, and throw myself into things... And he said I'm waiting for a perfection that we'll never achieve, and a perfect moment that will never come. He probably is right.
I'm sooo jealous you played with Primitive Man!!
I think growing up listening to all the punk compilations, bootlegs, and lofi bedroom recordings gave me the guts to just say screw it. I love(d) so many of those awesome and rough recordings in all their ragged glory. If musically it's all there and can be heard, I'd say send it.
Yeah, I'm in the camp that at the end of the day thinks ya should get the recording where you're comfortable enough with it that you can live with it, and get it out there. Getting it out there is the most important part, in the end.
I would have been disappointed if they were not antisocial.
For me that was never the point, but I don't know what's the point anymore. My motivation is gone, and all this is getting increasingly aimless with time. But judgement would hurt nonetheless, I had put all my heart in these songs.
I wish I had the strenght and confidence you have, to expose myself and don't give a f… and even have some FUN. Life wouldn't be this heavy.
But that would require a brain transplant.
so here are my thoughts, no matter how ready or not ready you think your songs are, some will like it, some won't. you're never going to put something out that no one will criticize. so you need to just learn to live with it, and to be honest, most people that don't like it will probably never say that to you or even just flat out lie and say they think its awesome.
for me the feeling of putting something out there and the sense of "accomplishment" outweigh the fear of critcism. leaving this world with nothing to be remembered by, good or bad, is a lot more scary to me.
for me the feeling of putting something out there and the sense of "accomplishment" outweigh the fear of critcism. leaving this world with nothing to be remembered by, good or bad, is a lot more scary to me.
Oh hell yeah, Ive been looking for a thread for Doom and stoner bassists for a while now. Now ive found it! Thanks @ZeroSymbolic
I don't think I could say it as well @bassboysam. He hit it on the head for me.
If it'll help you, would you be interested in showing us a clip to help you get over that ledge? Even through PM if you don't want it out in the wild yet.
Yeah, definitely. I would feel a lot more confident
if I had some sincere and contructive criticism from friends, before I put stuff out… And possibly some advice on all the recording/mixing stuff, I am such a newbie yet…
But this stuff we have recorded for that compilation, I really don't feel like I want to release it anywhere
I have already "improved" it (again). The current plan is to re-record it this month so I can learn some proper mixing while I am on vacation ("vacation" from what, I'm not sure 
) at my mother's and complete the job.I'll try not to find excuses to keep it in the drawer for another 6 months...
How do you all reason about string height when it comes to doom/drone? I like to play low but I think it's costing me some sustain on the lowest strings which is a shame because I like this height overall.
I tend to run my string height somewhat high because i play really hard. I like to bounce my string off the fretboard, so i run it high to reduce fret rattle.
yeah i learned to play with crazy high action so it doesn't bother me. much nicer than getting buzz
