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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

#5,801
Blank_0101 said:
How much is that one? At $225 maybe I should have haggled even more but he was nice.

I'll show gut shots later. It has three peavey, two fender and an old RCA power tube set lol not matched at all. Also a cap is all poofy and busting at the seems. I'm afraid to play it now, even though it sounded great (Can I play it?). Also has a few repairs it seems done by a crazy person, they work, but my dad the EE is baffled as hell.

Peavey gear I think sounds great from pre 1980 and after like 1989. All the mark variants and stuff kinda were plain sounding. Trouble is I think most people who trash peavey only consider that era... At it's not bad stuff just underwhelming compared to the old musician and standard heads, the 90's classic amps, this alphabass, Windsor etc.

I'm biased against anything 80's though, it's all cheesy and ugly regardless if it's gear or the music produced in that period :D
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Bite your tongue sonny-boy, the 80's brought us Husker Du and The Replacements
 
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#5,803
Blank_0101 said:
How much is that one?
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They had a $299 price tag on it. When I was there they were real busy so I just looked around a bit and left. I stopped back by on my way to the club to talk to them about it but I forgot they close at 4 pm on Saturdays. They are closed Sunday too so I'm going back Monday morning to find out all the details about it. They have an amazing Peavey tech I have known for years so he will know what is up with it.

Kaa said:
You need to buy that amp. You NEED it.
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You just quoted the voice in my head. Right now I'm using the fact that my birthday is coming up in August and I should buy myself a present since no one else will to justify getting it.

God I suck.
 
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Resistance failing. Been checking out the manual online and it runs at either 2 or 4 Ohms like my Firebass heads do. Of course this thing would need it's own cabinet, maybe something different then the 15" BW cabinets I use with the FB's.

Ugh! It never ends does it? It wouldn't be a big deal if I could get one whenever I wanted to but these are not that common around here any more. Another reason to man up and just get it.
 
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deathsdj said:
Resistance failing. Been checking out the manual online and it runs at either 2 or 4 Ohms like my Firebass heads do. Of course this thing would need it's own cabinet, maybe something different then the 15" BW cabinets I use with the FB's.

Ugh! It never ends does it? It wouldn't be a big deal if I could get one whenever I wanted to but these are not that common around here any more. Another reason to man up and just get it.
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I'd be lying if that 2 ohms didn't excite me. But that would mean I would need two new cabs for a rig or double down and get another dually... So I don't think I'll be utilizing that feature.

Dang I'm excited by 160 tube watts (loudest I've owned tube wise) and refuse to get another cab to run it. So... In beebass terms I'm a eunuch.
 
#5,808
Blank_0101 said:
I'd be lying if that 2 ohms didn't excite me. But that would mean I would need two new cabs for a rig or double down and get another dually... So I don't think I'll be utilizing that feature.

Dang I'm excited by 160 tube watts (loudest I've owned tube wise) and refuse to get another cab to run it. So... In beebass terms I'm a eunuch.
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With the Dually, you will be impressed with the volume you get.
 
#5,813
Good road trip today. Rolled up to MI from Chicago and met up w/CL400Peavey and his boy and picked up the 3620. Badass practice space & badass rig. Enjoyed jamming a little with the Dingwall. Got caught in a hellacious thunderstorm on the way back, though. Saw some bigass lightning bolts crashing down around me on 294. I'll post a pic once I get the beast unloaded tomorrow.
 
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#5,817
Blank_0101 said:
I'm not familiar with a song by either, so school me old man.
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YouTube Husker Du, Land Speed Record for the early hardcore days, then Flip Your Wig, to see the fuzzed out pop sensibilities start to show in the song writing, last listen to Warehouse: Songs and Stories for the full maturity of their song writing.
For a great Bob Mould album (guitarist), listen to Black Sheets of Rain.
The band wasn't "heavy" so to speak, but they were, for the time, very fast very loud and quite angry.
 
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To those of you more into a punk scene or something.

Does ska mean something else in those scenes now? My friend shows me a lot of "ska" bands he's played with and to me it's just punk where the guitar player occasionally hits a few muted "chicka chicka" chords. Hell the bass is still just rapid fire down strokes with a pick.
 
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