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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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I particularly like Eternal Flood. If you don't mind my asking, how did you create that effect/sound that comes in at about 2:27? Sounds like maybe a guitar with some kind of delay but I'm not sure.
Thanks!
That was guitar into muff, tremolo, wah and delay.
The head hasn’t been used in a while it seems. Going to take it to a tech and get everything looked at. I traded for multiple reasons, but mainly for the fact that I can record bass tracks with it, play guitar live through it, and it’s a cool set to have. I had a minimal amount in the Jazz and still have 4 other Jazz basses. All I own are Jazz style right now. I’m running an SVT Classic and a GK 212 Neo live, so that’s not a concern really. I’ll mainly use this one for home recording and a little bit of guitar work if that ever were to present itself. Between the SVT, Bassman, Orange Terror Bass combo, and a GK 400, I think I’m tonally running the gamut, but the prime spot will likely always be the SVT.
Unless I run them all together at the same time! Ahhh yessss! A quad amp rig!! Lol
How about some phase-wah? I've discovered the joys of using the Moog EP-3 to manually sweep my Empress Phaser. It sounds killer jamming on "NIB."
Always dig and appreciate your dissertations on the HM-2.
The decibelics clone with the clean blend has got me tempted for the same reason. I'll probably wait and pick one up used. Gotta say though, based on the clips they nailed the repro out of the park.
By the way the distortion factory has a nifty sounding metal zone patch with a parametric mid. Can those get in the neighborhood of the HM? I think I should just get a byoc.
Never tried a Metal Zone, so I have no clue. I've heard the standard "worst pedal ever" stuff and the "you have to use it right" crowd, but remain intrigued. I have thought of getting one to pair with my OG HM-2, an SD-1, and DS-1 to make a Swedish Death Metal guitar board. I think between those pairings/permutations, I could cover all the bases when it comes to that specific niche, and still be fairly affordable. I've already got the most expensive of those pedals!
I hear nothing but good things about the Decibelics. I've thought of it many times, but the price turns me off for a pedal that doesn't seemingly do much else I can't already do. But the Russian XIX one (or whatever it is) looks amazing. Again, price. If the Throat Locust had a blend, I don't think there'd be a more versatile HM-2.
Love my Swede! Here are some of the current affordable HM-2 options on Reverb.
BYOC The Swede HM-2 Clone | Brad's Gear Lodge | Reverb
RCO Pedals HMII Distortion (compares to the Boss HM-2) 2021 Dark grey with black knobs | RCO Pedals | Reverb
How's the Lil Fella? Keep seeing that one pop up, but know pretty much nothing about it.
It's my current favorite overdrive. Based on the Demon, which is itself based on the OCD. Lots of nice crunchy tones, and it also has a cool gated fuzz mode as well.
Gotcha. No interest then. Not an OCD fan on bass (though I love it on guitar for more classic rock to early metal type stuff, and I love the EHX Glove). Not sure why, but the OCD just never did anything for me on bass. I've gone all the way from the Joyo Ultimate Drive to the Dunwich ODB, but for whatever reason, it just didn't work for me. If memory serves, it was always slightly "crunchy" or fizzy in the highs, which is one of my pet peeves. Not that either sounded bad by any stretch, but I have other overdrive tones I prefer. To this day, I can find nothing that beats the JohnK modded Pork Loin for my overdrive needs. It's affordable, and just works in pretty much any setting. I love that thing.
The lil fella has two controllable gains right? I've always been wanting to blend an OD and fuzz in parallel. The couple demos I've listened to had a couple woollier settings that seemed into that direction.
@kleinenenten saw that RCO before, has got me tempted for sure.
@JBOWLES how's the Terror combo hold up for practice? I've always been interested in those as an alternative a walkabout. Is it one of those compact 212 combos?
@kleinenenten saw that RCO before, has got me tempted for sure.
@JBOWLES how's the Terror combo hold up for practice? I've always been interested in those as an alternative a walkabout. Is it one of those compact 212 combos?
Hey all. JUst wanted to drop out of lurk mode to say, if you haven't seen the documentary "Liveage" about the Descendents/ALL, it's really really good. Great bass playing from Tony Lombardo and Karl Alvarez.
Nothing new here, besides taking my old Peavey Combo 300 apart to clean the melted foam off the voice coil. I used a scalpel to scrape it off, and in another thread, Agedhorse told me to never do that. So, next time I won't, lol.
Plugged it up to make sure it sounded ok, and after zeroing out all the high end EQ and bumping up the lows, it's not a bad sounding amp. The only thing I absolutely despise about it is the fact that it weighs as much as a V-8 engine.
Nothing new here, besides taking my old Peavey Combo 300 apart to clean the melted foam off the voice coil. I used a scalpel to scrape it off, and in another thread, Agedhorse told me to never do that. So, next time I won't, lol.
Plugged it up to make sure it sounded ok, and after zeroing out all the high end EQ and bumping up the lows, it's not a bad sounding amp. The only thing I absolutely despise about it is the fact that it weighs as much as a V-8 engine.
I rocked a heavy a-s-s combo for years and I still love them. And the old ones are cheap nowadays. I see them and have to tell myself to stop with the amp hoarding BS. Those '80s Peaveys and Traynor/Yorkville Bloc combos still sound killer.
Sorry for the late reply. The Terror is pretty cool. One of the 12s faces forward and one down. It’s plenty loud and you can hook up another 8ohm cab if needed. I like it because it’s a set and forget kind of amp. No frills and nothing added into the circuit that’s not necessary. Gain, eq, master volume, and a pad for active that I never use.
Heavy amps? I’m rolling with an SVT Classic, the Terror (not heavy, but not light really), and that 1970 Bassman. Light amps seem to elude me at the moment. A far cry from the GK Fusion S I had before.
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Once I killed off all the high end EQ, it sounded pretty good. I still have to recruit my wife to help me get it in the car, and my buddy to help me get it back into his basement, from where it shall never emerge again.
Lol, sounds familiar. I can't count the number of bassists in my old local scene a decade ago that had an ampeg fridge or misc 215 in a rehearsal basement that never saw the light of day. Most of them either had a second 810 or pairs or 410s and whatnot that they kept on the ground floor at home for that very reason.
When I rack mounted my Ashdown in that Mesa cab for a few years it wasn't too bad. Only like 105lbs with wheels and the towel bar. Real easy to move up and down stairs. The depth of the cab was the only thing that made it difficult to get into back seats of smaller cars...that's one thing that I think Ampeg 610s excelled at above all others.
When I rack mounted my Ashdown in that Mesa cab for a few years it wasn't too bad. Only like 105lbs with wheels and the towel bar. Real easy to move up and down stairs. The depth of the cab was the only thing that made it difficult to get into back seats of smaller cars...that's one thing that I think Ampeg 610s excelled at above all others.
Ideally, I’d like to get a 610 or a couple of the 115 cabs, but my biggest issue is height of the cabs. I like to have the speakers closer to ear level. I basically used my GK 410 as a stand and hook up the 212 on top only. The Orange combo is a one hander. It’s not light that way, but not heavy either. I had no trouble walking 150’ or so with it in one hand.
Nice, I've thought that those Orange combos would be a great alternative to a Walkabout. A bit more power and volume, probably enough for a loud rehearsal and easy to move. That was my hesitation with a Walkabout years ago. With an extension I'm sure it's loud enough, but then that killed the point of having something super easy to drag to a rehearsal.
Yeah the 610 I had was so easy to move around and get into tight cars compared to an 810 or deep 410. I don't think it's that much lighter than the fridge either. Don't know why I didn't give it more of a chance, but then again that's how I ended up with my powerhouse 212. I'd like to try a 610 again one day.
Yeah the 610 I had was so easy to move around and get into tight cars compared to an 810 or deep 410. I don't think it's that much lighter than the fridge either. Don't know why I didn't give it more of a chance, but then again that's how I ended up with my powerhouse 212. I'd like to try a 610 again one day.
