sorry, not trying to sound nitpicky
I'm finishing my recording arts degree so this stuff is super interesting to me lol
I actually recorded a song last week with my kick mic in a rubber boot (spoiler: it rocked)
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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I'm finishing my recording arts degree so this stuff is super interesting to me lol
I actually recorded a song last week with my kick mic in a rubber boot (spoiler: it rocked)
Sounds amazing. Preamp pedals are far cheaper than new amps!
My band played the desert last weekend & it didn't even break a sweat with loud volumes. The sound was probably carrying for miles
Played in the desert? Talk more about that!
I talked about it a little in the LDS thread, but here's the longer version of the story:
I joined a band this year and we started playing shows at these weekend hippy festivals, the first two were close-ish to home, but the most recent one was all the way out in Joshua Tree
(4 hour drive with traffic)Being the young buck of the group (everyone in the band is about twice my age) I try to show up around the same time as our band leaders & endure a mostly pitch dark drive out to the gig spot. No sweat & everyone that showed up for the event so far meet around the fire, we exchange names and spiel for a long while. It got to low 30 degree temps both nights so I brought all my heaviest layers.
Day of the show was pretty slow but I had lots of energy so I went on two hikes and played a solo set of looping bass. Our drummer didn't show up until right before we were about to play and was saying something about needing to leave right after the show, not the first time he's done this but I digress...
The actual show didn't start until about 6:30 so it was dark and getting cold, but somehow the chill in my fingers made me feel like I could play better. Stoked on that one, because we're pretty bass-forward and sometimes the clams make me real self conscious.
I usually wear earplugs through the whole set but I took out my non-drummer-side plug halfway in and realized how nice the cab and head combo sounded. I turned around to check if the amp was going into clipping or anything and it was reading good the entire time, the speakers weren't gasping for life or anything. Made me feel more safe about how much this rig can handle now for certain.
Before the last song our singer turned his guitar amp down and forgot to turn it back up, so I became ultra aware of what my bass amp was doing. It felt pretty glorious to have the air being pushed like that even when standing close to the cabinet. Pretty bad timing for that though because there's musical cues in the last song that I didn't hear, so I was having to stare at singer's picking hand
I use a Broughton Silver Deluxe as my preamp, an Oceanid optical comp, and a 2001 P bass. extra goodies include fuzz (and a damnation audio bloop), chorus, tremolo
I got stuck in the sand when I was loading out, trying to make a 3 point turn back into my campsite. Almost made it out by getting onto a dirt road but the sand was too powdery there also. I got towed out by the venue owner who was a really amicable guy.
Sidenote, I have to shout out my bandleaders for being real hospitable people. They fed me really tasty vegan chili on both nights, and also for Sunday breakfast
I met this great bandleader that played after us, he slid me a free ticket for Friday the 17th, so I took my girl with me to see him and dance
this is my group, our songs don't have one specific genre, this is just one I think that I played well lol. Recordings from our show last weekend haven't been finalized yet, but they started having me do a third part in the harmonies for most of the songs. Excuse the janky skip at the end, we're amateurs still, etc.
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I mostly play distorted music at home, but I also like to think my experience with metal genres helps to make better informed decisions for choosing distortion tones in other bands too!
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Thanks, 220. A story about life being lived. 
I need that, now that my country is retreating into full lockdown.
I need that, now that my country is retreating into full lockdown.
Great looking kit! Did you make or buy those acoustic treatments? They look sweet!
Forgot to add this to my December pedal binge. I've never felt a pedal that felt as sturdy, Boss ones maybe. The fuzz is sick and the 2 oct down is super synthy and fuzzy. I didn't realize how big these were though. I don't think I can fit it on my board, which bums me out. If it was rare, I'd no doubt keep it. Hope to pick up another sometime.
Forgot to add, that pedal has to weigh atleast 3lbs maybe even more. Heaviest pedal I have by far.
Does anyone here have experience with the Patreon exclusive content by the Beholden to the Riff YouTube channel?
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Sascha Erni
Making things go whoomp, whoomp since 1994
Does it doom? It does, Friday night's band practice confirmed.
It's mainly for my ampless gig, but should I need to run into an amp, or turn off the wireless, I can pop off the ProDI and put it in front of the board, with easy access to the first plug in (on the Joshwah) and the DI's Thru plug.
Hoof v2 and MBD2 are swapping places on occasion; I like how the Damnation reigns in and fattens up the Hoof if it comes after it, but enjoy the massive wall of sound in this configuration even more. Think Electric Wizard rather than Cathedral, you might say.
It's mainly for my ampless gig, but should I need to run into an amp, or turn off the wireless, I can pop off the ProDI and put it in front of the board, with easy access to the first plug in (on the Joshwah) and the DI's Thru plug.
Hoof v2 and MBD2 are swapping places on occasion; I like how the Damnation reigns in and fattens up the Hoof if it comes after it, but enjoy the massive wall of sound in this configuration even more. Think Electric Wizard rather than Cathedral, you might say.
Thanks, 220. A story about life being lived.
I need that, now that my country is retreating into full lockdown.
California just put a mask mandate back in place. It's looking possibly like we're gonna get lockdown V2 here as wellThanks, 220. A story about life being lived.
I need that, now that my country is retreating into full lockdown.
Those pedals look great and I love the overbuilt heavy thing but it is an odd choice to make them such an uncommon shape.
Absolutely. Especially when these newer huge wattage amps and cabs can handle so much low end. If my Marshall mosfet 100 ever eats it, I'm getting another Quilter.
Hell, I may still get another like their power block 200w or the overdrive 200. I love the bass block 800, but my lowend ahoy bass [one neck pickup only] really needs high end from the amp for dirt. The bass block is just pure heft.
Berg makes killer cabs, and I saw that the bassist in King Buffalo uses their class d amp and one of their cabs.
I was just being a smartass
Also probably a little surprised that anybody noticed mics/placements in the first place
....AAAANNNDDDDD F THAT NOISE with more CA lockdown BS, so tired of living in this stupid afraid of it's own shadow lockdown state
Come to the midwest! In some places it's like COVID doesn't even exist! As with pretty much anything, I just wish we could all find a happy medium.
I never ever thought I'd have any interest in living in the midwest, but I am seriously considering the UP of Michigan for my 2022 move. (It has nothing to do with COVID, though, just the subject of the midwest.)
