Am I the only one noticing the ironic "Fast Rider" bag on a bike that I doubt goes fast?
Edit: and I like the aftermarket hot-rod kickstand.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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Edit: and I like the aftermarket hot-rod kickstand.
Heheh, one of my favorites is taking a shower. You feel a GODLIKE level of clean after that.
I'm a long time mountain biker and mtb racer... I've done some incredibly stupid things on bikes, while inebriated... A short list:
Marin beer-fondo: This ended up being an 80 mile, 12 hour, 10k foot suffer-fest were we all ended up bringing at least a six pack with each of us (12 hearty souls/idiots) then stopped for beers in two places along the route. We spent most of the day buzzed to some degree or another while riding around, over/through/in the Marin Headlands, Mt Tam and through San Francisco.
GG2MB: Golden gate to Marin Brewing... 50 miles of mountain biking, trails, and some road burn but a very social long ride that ended with good beer and foods. This beastie ended up being a long time group favorite and for a decade we did this every winter solstice.
Wizard Staffs Across the Universe: Some friends in the East Bay put this on, Lots of riding and trails and urban riding with a case of your favorite cheap beer and a roll of duct tape. May the person with the largest beer can staff win...
I've also had my share of injuries from beer powered rides... Broke six ribs and cracked my sternum in one crash because i was drunk and hucking off of a 6' retaining wall...
On another I cracked another few ribs after hucking off a roof. Shockingly I wasn't drunk for that one, but I was after...
Another time I broke 2 ribs and broke my nose twice (once in the crash and the other to reset it, weee) because we got hammered and then a few cats i rode and raced with ended up having an impromptu drunk crit around her neighborhood.
Marin beer-fondo: This ended up being an 80 mile, 12 hour, 10k foot suffer-fest were we all ended up bringing at least a six pack with each of us (12 hearty souls/idiots) then stopped for beers in two places along the route. We spent most of the day buzzed to some degree or another while riding around, over/through/in the Marin Headlands, Mt Tam and through San Francisco.
GG2MB: Golden gate to Marin Brewing... 50 miles of mountain biking, trails, and some road burn but a very social long ride that ended with good beer and foods. This beastie ended up being a long time group favorite and for a decade we did this every winter solstice.
Wizard Staffs Across the Universe: Some friends in the East Bay put this on, Lots of riding and trails and urban riding with a case of your favorite cheap beer and a roll of duct tape. May the person with the largest beer can staff win...
I've also had my share of injuries from beer powered rides... Broke six ribs and cracked my sternum in one crash because i was drunk and hucking off of a 6' retaining wall...
On another I cracked another few ribs after hucking off a roof. Shockingly I wasn't drunk for that one, but I was after...
Another time I broke 2 ribs and broke my nose twice (once in the crash and the other to reset it, weee) because we got hammered and then a few cats i rode and raced with ended up having an impromptu drunk crit around her neighborhood.
Not to discount your injuries, but the mileage you wrote made my ass hurt, all the way over here in Cleveland.
Hey, all you hip cats and kittens, I have a pickup wiring question. I have a set of DiMarzio Humbucking J pickups currently loaded in my bass. They pick up a nasty hum from my basement lights. The gent I bought the bass from has them wired to a single volume, then straight to the jack. If there is no grounding wire to the bridge, then that can allow more hum, yes? The hum drops noticeably when I touch the volume knob.
Yeah. I used endurance racing and mountain bikes to cope with depression... it turns out I was pretty good at 8hr/12hr and 24hr races. I don't have as much time available to ride these days so I haven't been able to do anything totally crazy for a few years, but when I was in my 20's I would knock out 300 mile weeks pretty frequently. As I've gotten older and looked back on it, it was an INSANE amount of miles to be putting on my bikes and body every day.
Luckily I don't have any long term issues in back/hips/legs from all that mileage but I do have my persistent right shoulder problems which are another mess altogether.
Injuries are kind of a "meh" thing, I don't fret over them too much honestly. I just included them to chronicle my idiotic booze fueled adventures
You, my friend, have not the slightest idea how fast I can go on this workhorse vehicle.
That aside, I doubt that many in this country would see the irony of it.
I just want one of those front racks! I recently had to remove my rear saddlebags so I can attach something to pull my son around on my rides, and and sorely missing the storage space of those saddlebags. I looked for front ones, but the racks themselves are about $100, which is off-putting. I think I may end up waiting since my son won't need to be pulled forever. I did buy a small top tube bag, just to make sure I can fit the essentials, but it's still a tight fit for what I'd like to bring along on longer rides.
And regarding the distances being discussed - I'm jealous. My max so far has been about 25 miles. Trying to ride a bit every day, and long ones on the weekend, but will likely have to settle for 3 to 4 times a week. Regardless, I'm determined to get back in shape after sitting at a computer for the past two years! I lost 60lbs a few years ago, and gained 20 back. Time to fix that again!
And regarding the distances being discussed - I'm jealous. My max so far has been about 25 miles. Trying to ride a bit every day, and long ones on the weekend, but will likely have to settle for 3 to 4 times a week. Regardless, I'm determined to get back in shape after sitting at a computer for the past two years! I lost 60lbs a few years ago, and gained 20 back. Time to fix that again!
———————————————————-I love Geezer's playing! But I never try to play along. I'm not at that level. Harris is a great songwriter, but I can only play so many triplets in a row
But Anthrax was one of the first metal bands I could really appreciate as a punk teen. I should listen to them again and try to play along. Thanks for letting me remember
Yeah I agree with you you on Anthrax…They aren’t even necessarily one of my favorite bands per se, but I listened to them a lot in high school (or I at least went thru a phase where I listened to them a lot)…
I’m guessing that for me it’s bc I have started playing bass and then finally (hopefully) getting to see them live in like a week I just seem to have noticed their bass sound a lot more than I use to…
That bass line in Among The Living is a freaking blast to play (referring specifically to that E/B/A#/B pattern in the Intro to that song)…
The bass on the album really stands out (in a good way)…It’s got a lot of depth, but a decent amount of growl/distortion…
As for Geezer and Harris…
Starting to appreciate just how good Mr. Harris is as I’ve dug deeper into Iron Maiden’s catalog…
Those gallop bass lines can be a ton of fun to play when you hit them just right (am thinking mostly of The Trooper when I type that, but a lot of their bass lines follow similar patterns where you move up and down the fretboard while keeping the rhythm)…
In no way am I claiming to be able to play most Maiden or Sabbath songs “well” save for maybe the root notes of the song Black Sabbath, but I will say that he [Geezer] REALLY forced me to learn to play better…
I still play songs from their first three albums (especially Black Sabbath and Paranoid) every Sunday morning to try to keep after it…(Hey it beats playing mindless scales)…
I noticed when I started playing that I had the habit of wanting to camp out on the E string and I really like how many of their songs utilize more of the fretboard…
I’ve only been playing a little over a year, so I definitely still feel like a beginner, but Geezer really pushes me to play in the area of the fretboard where I need the most work with my left hand…
I couldn’t play that riff to N.I.B. to save my life for quite a while but eventually I got the main riff pattern and once I did I was pretty much hooked on them (liked them plenty before but something about playing made me appreciate them all the more)…
I was reading Mick Wall’s book about them a few months back and I love that they became a legendary band bc they were just a bunch of poor guys from the wrong side of the tracks when they started and (sadly) were never appreciated to the extent Led Zeppelin did in the early 70s…
What I found interesting about that book was his insight into how their drug use shaped their music bc he was saying (and I’m paraphrasing here) that they mostly liked to drink beer and smoke pot during their first three albums, but once they hit Volume 4 they were doing cocaine and harder drugs…I have wondered if that’s why some of those songs on Volume 4 are so friggin’ hard to play (especially Wheels Of Confusion and Supernaut)…They seem a lot faster and more frenetic than something like Sweet Leaf or songs from the first two albums…
Speaking of Sabbath (and Geezer)-Not sure if you’ve seen this video or not, but I saw this a little while back and I like his approach in this video (interesting to hear how Geezer got some of the sounds on that first album and how much he improvised his parts):
And lol-Too bad I like Sabbath and Maiden bc they are the reason I’m probably gonna talk myself into parting with my hard earned cash to acquire a P Bass…
Thanks! \m/
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Lol…Um…Just gonna leave this here:
LMAO-Comment just makes me think of the time I was getting part of the Master of Puppets album cover tattooed on my back and one of the other artists came over and went “WOW!!! That Justin Bieber tattoo looks great “…
Thanks! \m/
Really handy, I use mine a lot. Especially anything heavy I like to put there. That way you have better balance than when you have it behind you, although you need to very firmly hold that handlebar.
Ouch! I think I paid around €20 for mine.
To paraphrase Kipling, "You are a better person than I am, Rutrho Din." I've had the booze-fueled advantures, but wouldn't even contemplate those kind of rides.Yeah. I used endurance racing and mountain bikes to cope with depression... it turns out I was pretty good at 8hr/12hr and 24hr races. I don't have as much time available to ride these days so I haven't been able to do anything totally crazy for a few years, but when I was in my 20's I would knock out 300 mile weeks pretty frequently. As I've gotten older and looked back on it, it was an INSANE amount of miles to be putting on my bikes and body every day.
Luckily I don't have any long term issues in back/hips/legs from all that mileage but I do have my persistent right shoulder problems which are another mess altogether.
Injuries are kind of a "meh" thing, I don't fret over them too much honestly. I just included them to chronicle my idiotic booze fueled adventures
Challenge accepted!! I will say...hmmmm....hang on, doing maths....17MPH.
I'm supposed to see Dead and Co. here in a month or so. Will be my 2nd time seeing them live and I'm pretty stoked. Say what you will about John Mayer but dadgum can that guy play a guitar.
He definitely can. And I think he did a good job of adapting his playing to Dead & Co. Early on he would slip into the standard blues licks but was able to get out of that habit. I wish I could tolerate his voice though. His voice just doesn't work for me.
Alright pedal people, I'm needing a crunchy fuzz/distortion type pedal that pairs well with a bass big muff. Right now my pedal for that is my Behringer SF300 and the overall grit/crunch is good IMO but even with the bass knob cranked I'm not getting enough low end. Are there similar pedals within or near the $100 range that can replace it with more low end? Perhaps a swollen pickle?
