If Knob Swapper isn't a stoner-doom band with phallic lyrics, I'm going to be disappointed.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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If Knob Swapper isn't a stoner-doom band with phallic lyrics, I'm going to be disappointed.
My old band Wrongbottom Leaf was tight with those guys.
Tolkien, sodomy, drug, AND doom references in one go? Sign me up!
Speaking of band names, I found an old ghost trucker song called "Phantom 309" and thought dang, yeah! Perfect name for us!
Sadly, I shortly found out that Mac McNeilly's (one of the drummers I'd stab someone to play with) band before The Jesus Lizard used that name. Of course, they rock.
Maybe I can convince the guys to call ourselves Phantom 310. Phantom 311 is right out, for obvious reasons.
Edited to add as I figured it out: Hehehe, and McNeilly is the bass player in that band!
Sadly, I shortly found out that Mac McNeilly's (one of the drummers I'd stab someone to play with) band before The Jesus Lizard used that name. Of course, they rock.
Maybe I can convince the guys to call ourselves Phantom 310. Phantom 311 is right out, for obvious reasons.
Edited to add as I figured it out: Hehehe, and McNeilly is the bass player in that band!
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my night:
- vegan tacos
- jamming along to the hidden history of the human race
- trying to figure out music this week and balance my kid starting to run XC in school (two maybe bands and then main band on sat)
- more tacos and beer
- vegan tacos
- jamming along to the hidden history of the human race
- trying to figure out music this week and balance my kid starting to run XC in school (two maybe bands and then main band on sat)
- more tacos and beer
You should look up his other band 86 (legends of my hometown).
Man I missed out on a lot of good stuff. Still got a bunch of catching up to do.
I know exactly what you mean, makes dinner difficult more than I'd like to admit.
When I get a chance I'll get you a link to a record wholly recorded with the same idea. If ya don't see it soon enough, give me a nudge. It's a trio, but we performed the same stuff as a duo too. Micro POG, though I haven't tried the 2, from what I hear it tracks as well if not better, and the octave up isn't as digital sounding. I've tried a handful of others and it really comes down to what timbre you like, how it handles the transient attack and to a minor degree how it tracks. Though most of the better ones are pretty much all on par for tracking.
What you feed it, how you shape it afterward, and what amp it goes into means a heaping ton to the tone and natural sound of it. Also if you plan on playing chords makes an impact too on the decision.
Duuuude! I've been wanting to try one forever, havent looked in a bit but that cart/pedal was so hard to find. I wish somebody would clone it.
I know exactly what you mean, makes dinner difficult more than I'd like to admit.
When I get a chance I'll get you a link to a record wholly recorded with the same idea. If ya don't see it soon enough, give me a nudge. It's a trio, but we performed the same stuff as a duo too. Micro POG, though I haven't tried the 2, from what I hear it tracks as well if not better, and the octave up isn't as digital sounding. I've tried a handful of others and it really comes down to what timbre you like, how it handles the transient attack and to a minor degree how it tracks. Though most of the better ones are pretty much all on par for tracking.
What you feed it, how you shape it afterward, and what amp it goes into means a heaping ton to the tone and natural sound of it. Also if you plan on playing chords makes an impact too on the decision.
Duuuude! I've been wanting to try one forever, havent looked in a bit but that cart/pedal was so hard to find. I wish somebody would clone it.
It’s the absolute truth and the best analog octave that I have ever come across. I seriously don’t know why Korg, if all companies, hasn’t revived it into a standalone pedal like they did to the SDD3000 or the Nu-Vibe, much less anyone else.
I'm a Micro-POG user as I occasionally hit chords. For monophonic lines, my H9 holds up well. One thing I like a lot on the H9 a delayed octave-up. Run that through a hot amp and it sounds like a duet.
My night: walk dog, eat an Impossible burger (with sauteed onions and tomato slice from the garden), play bass along to some Oasis and Black Crowes, watch a horror movie called "Haunt" (pretty gruesome but recommended.)
I chuckled the other day when I saw your thread and figured that you didn't post about it in this thread bc the answer is always more cabs, ha! But really, if your PV combo can run an extension cab...
(Inserts fingers in ears) La la la la...can't hear you! LOL.
The Peavey can run an ext. cab, but that would really only exacerbate the issue. All I want to do is hear myself better, not necessarily louder.
Nothing cuts through a mix like volume domination
Shameless plug for any Denver-area peeps. Globe Hall tomorrow night is our band and two other local Denver bands. Different takes on Stoner/Heavy/Groove type stuff across all three bands. I hear they serve beer too - so that's neat.
my answer is: stand across the room with the amp aimed directly at your ears, cut lows, find the right mids to boost, and try different musician’s earplugs if the Hearos seem muddy.
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Right now, it's on the floor tilted back and leaning against the wall. The plan is to either raise it up somehow, or plop my smaller amp on top of it as an experiment to see if the level of the amp will affect anything in the space where we jam. I'm sure it will help, but, won't know until I know, ya know?
Good luck! This stuff is always a hassle to get right during practice time but well worth it in the end.
