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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Band practice tonight. First time I'll try my own rig.
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Lol-Unless of course you are trying to play Collective Soul???:
;-)
Thanks! \m/
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How did you like your Ampeg head and cab???
Both are pretty high on my gear lust list at the moment…
Thanks! \m/
Volumewise they were more than enough to keep up with my drummer and guitar player. It's an Ampeg PF-350, so in this setup it could use all 350 Watts.
I really like the 350's sound and minimalism. Set the gain and Input level, set the low end/mids/highs, raise the volume to your needs and that's it basically.
The 4x10 is an used 410HE cab I got for 350 €. Sounds great and is heavy as shag. Tweeter in off Position. It sounds great on it's own, but I added a 1x15 Harley Benton cab to go from 250 to 350 Watts.
The Hotone Multi-FX supplied a little compression and some mild overdrive.
Overall I'm happy. This week I'll get my EHX Green Russian Muff which I'm looking forward to testing with my rig.
I really like the 350's sound and minimalism. Set the gain and Input level, set the low end/mids/highs, raise the volume to your needs and that's it basically.
The 4x10 is an used 410HE cab I got for 350 €. Sounds great and is heavy as shag. Tweeter in off Position. It sounds great on it's own, but I added a 1x15 Harley Benton cab to go from 250 to 350 Watts.
The Hotone Multi-FX supplied a little compression and some mild overdrive.
Overall I'm happy. This week I'll get my EHX Green Russian Muff which I'm looking forward to testing with my rig.
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That sounds AWESOME…
Also-It kinda sounds like something along the lines of what I’m looking for bc I’m looking for something powerful and reliable without a ton of EQ options and knobs… <—-Funny how the longer I play the more I find myself interested in simplifying my sound by reducing the number of available knobs and EQ…My previous Bass had 5 knobs, my current bass has 3, but eventually I’d like to get all that all the way down to 2…
Would love to hear how you like your EHX pedal as well if you’re willing to share…
Personally I’ve been thinking about grabbing a Big Muff Pi Deluxe…I was originally thinking about the Darkglass Alpha Omicron, but currently leaning more towards a full on fuzz pedal…
EHX seems to make quality/reliable pedals from everything I’ve read…
Anyway, thanks for the feedback (nice rig)…
Thanks! \m/
Like @instrumentalist said, nothing wrong with not gelling.
But it is a crime not to be gelling (doc scholls)
Never been crazy about bursts, but that looks great! For some reason some Rays just look right with em.
On the topic of bursts: Gotta say, I've been truly on the fence lately to pick up one of those Commerford basses. I'd have to move a lot of my stuff to afford it, but man I'm sure they're sweet. I'm not a huge Ray person either, just seems like the builds have the right stuff.
His comments in one of the videos about how he uses the mutes subtly to dampen some of the harsher harmonics from his dirt is really interesting. Makes a lot of sense. One of the most common things I've ran into with dirt pedals is once I get the feel and punch I'm looking for, or even just when the pedal seems to sound best, I often feel like the highs are just a tad harsh. I'll dial back some treble, but most times there's a compromise between the right feel and sound from the pedal, and containing the harsh treble. This is honestly one of the big reasons I like the cobalt flats, they retain enough highs but are subdued and really work well with dirt.
Woof, you guys were chatty this weekend! Just a couple of thoughts.
I am a full-on shortscale guy. I have a homebrew one with a full size body (Yammy BBG4) with J pickups where I just rest my thumb on the rear pickup in regular playing, but would love to try out one of the SS Rays.
Anything Homer is good.
In Andsvara's picture (nice rig!) did anyone notice the ironic (possibly intentional) Gibson LP box that was cut off in the same spot where they usually break the headstock off? I chuckled.
I am a full-on shortscale guy. I have a homebrew one with a full size body (Yammy BBG4) with J pickups where I just rest my thumb on the rear pickup in regular playing, but would love to try out one of the SS Rays.
Anything Homer is good.
In Andsvara's picture (nice rig!) did anyone notice the ironic (possibly intentional) Gibson LP box that was cut off in the same spot where they usually break the headstock off? I chuckled.
Couple more.
Quality sleep, however you have to get, it is damn near as important as water. A good bit of my sleep issues stem from me just not going to bed early enough and developing that habit/cycle. I blame the Russians.
Quality sleep, however you have to get, it is damn near as important as water. A good bit of my sleep issues stem from me just not going to bed early enough and developing that habit/cycle. I blame the Russians.
I've been thinking more about giving my ol pedal board a bit of a makeover but that means looking for pre-amp/compressor of some kind. Ideally with a DI built into it. Not sure whats still around, so I honestly haven't been looking too hard, it def gets a little trickier because I need to bounce back to having a good fretless clean tone too.
Unfortunately I don't have tons of pedal board real-estate so I can't get too crazy, especially because I still need my auto-tune-in-a-box because I can't sing for beans. And we still haven't found a vocalist.
But. About amps. I'm very much in the camp of preferring reliable solid state amps. Tube amps are lovely but not sure I'd gig with one...
Unfortunately I don't have tons of pedal board real-estate so I can't get too crazy, especially because I still need my auto-tune-in-a-box because I can't sing for beans. And we still haven't found a vocalist.
But. About amps. I'm very much in the camp of preferring reliable solid state amps. Tube amps are lovely but not sure I'd gig with one...
That 1x15 is the perfect height for a person to stand right in front of it and look like this...
... That's what I'd do at least
Totally missed that. Thanks!
I used to look down on pitch correction, but I'm past that. So.... how helpful is it? Does it help make you a decent (or at least a usable) lead singer?
——————————————————-Like @instrumentalist said, nothing wrong with not gelling.
But it is a crime not to be gelling (doc scholls)
LMAO-I haven’t thought of that commercial in years (also I walked RIGHT into that joke (pun somewhat intended)…
Probably serves me right for subjecting you to cheesy mid-90s coffee shop style alt rock bands…
I mean-Look…If I’m honest here I really like Collective Soul’s greatest hits, and have probably listened to them more times than I care to admit, but I seldom listen to them anymore and they conjure up a very…Specifc place and time…
And since you questioned my insoles…You should know that I am Gelling…Like a FELON… ;-)
Thanks! \m/
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Well to be fair, night guy always screws morning guy:
And I 100% agree with what you posted…
Chronic lack of sleep is thought to increase your risk of heart disease, cancer, and a whole host of other health problems, but it’s often elusive and our society (sadly) has the mentality of “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” <——That statement is sort of ironic I might add since people probably increase the likelihood of early death by not resting enough…
Rest is a VERY necessary part of life IMO (Hey, even God took a day off)…It just seems to somehow be an elusive and/or scarce commodity…
Besides-Everything I wrote above applies to life before 2020 and it’s kinda hard to not feel stressed out with everything thats going on right now…
Hard to believe we are now on month 18 of this…
Am starting to think that this is the “New Normal” (or the New Abnormal as Lamb Of God would put it)…
Thanks! \m/
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I'm a recent convert! I love a 30" neck!
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yes.
IMHO it's nowadays so difficult to just do nothing. I love reading, but often I end up scrolling on my phone with the book on my lap. I really need to work on my phone discipline. Phones are the enemy of rest
I'm not a great singer by any means, but I found practice with a mic and at volume has helped as opposed singing solo. Also record practice and listen back, I've thought i butchered something only to hear it back and find I didnt do too bad. Sometimes vice versa. Haha. Biggest hurdle for me was my self consciousness about singing in front of people. Live, I don't wear glasses [headbanging] so it helps that I can't see the audience for poopsies.
The more you do it, the better you get. I can't remember who said this [maybe Bruce Dickinson?] but I found this the best advice [paraphrased]
'You just need to get in a room and not be shy about it. See what your voice can do and can't do.'
You can... Its just not super feasible DIY... TBH the hardware is the easy part, You'd pretty much need to build a preamp for the incoming signal, fairly wide band DSP to do whatever stuff to the signal and then something to get a balanced output out of the box. The hardpart is the software, building custom DSP hardware that can do that isn't too bad, like there are off the shelf 32bit ARM processor boards that can do it, but software wise its a ton of work.
Short answer: Yes
Long answer: Yes, but throwing $$299 for a TC box or 160 for a TC mic mechanic is a lot simpler and doesn't require a background in software engineering.
I think usable is a stretch, but it helps with going from suck to not as bad.
My big hurdles right now playing well while singing and making the lyrics not sound like mumbled garbage, lol. Voice control and my extremely limited range are the next big issues. I've been finding that I have a LOT of issues trying to get to pitch or stay on pitch due to my fairly shaged up vocal cords... so I just shout or growl.
My partner, who's an awesome singer and vocalist, gave up trying to help because they just got super frustrated with how slow it was going for me.
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