Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[Michedelic]

Oh my yes, I've had the same experience. It's certainly not bad, the guitar for Black Dog was played through a compressor (with compression off, so it's really a preamp) driving another compressor really hard and straight into the board from there. Through that and EQ massaging it sounds like a normal guitar track.

Funny you should mention that; the Beatles derived the fuzzy guitar sound of the “Revolution” single by plugging in directly, and overloading, the mixing board. But more interesting is that the advent of ‘fuzz’(as opposed to just amp overdrive)came from another similar situation, but by accident(actually equipment failure)and it involved an old school 6-string bass. In 1961, smooth Country star Marty Robbins was recording a track, and a component in the channel strip with the Dano failed, creating drastic clipping/fuzz. Robbins hated it, but the producer insisted that the unusual sound be left in. An engineer, intrigued by it, figured out the ‘problem’, created a module, and sold it to Gibson, who marketed it under the Maestro brand. It’s what you hear on the Stones’ “Satisfaction”.
Here’s the track, buzzing starts at 1:25…

 

[br1qbat]

Thanks, hombre. Comes with the territory of 'communal' space rentals I suppose. Not terribly concerned, but it's just a matter of finding a place ASAP so we don't have to spend $25+ per hour to rent a closet with a sh1tty backline setup whenever we need to rehearse. Anyway, why wouldn't it be a grind? We're not in bands to make money - we're in it to scrap and enjoy ourselves...

We're in bands to spend money on gear, practice space, merch, recording. . .
Quite a lucrative business. Lol

 

[kleinenenten]

Dang, glad to hear you're over it. Getting sick sucks, and getting sick for unknown reasons is just the worst.

Per the other parts of your post, I also have terrible luck. I've been feeling considerably better overall, so my mystery stomach ailment popped up again this afternoon. Thankfully, now I know what to do, but I still had to lay flat a few hours, hydrate like crazy (like 96oz of water in about two hours), and keep hoping the pain subsided and I don't have to go to the hospital. Even though it doesn't sound terrible, it always absolutely wrecks my system for a day or two afterwards. I'll be a zombie at work tomorrow most likely. It only lasted a few hours this time, and the pain subsided to a bearable level somewhat quickly, but the last time the doctor told me that if this method doesn't work, I need another hospital stay. And no one in the medical field still has any clue what's going on!

Yes folks, I truly would like to work on youse guys stuff. If you need someone.....experienced. All the Luggy Ton stuff was engineered/mixed by me, plus a fair amount of other stuff if anyone wants to hear my chops.

I can work Pro Bono, or you can buy me dinner, I don't care. I figure I might as well try getting back into it full time seeing how the writing is on the wall at my current gig. Get at meeeeeeeeee....

I'll keep you in mind. At my current rate, can you pencil me in for a decade, decade and a half from now? You know - right after my son gets a little more independent, I get some guys together, develop a "style", write a few tunes, and polish them up for production? I hope you get some great tunes to work on, and I'm jealous I won't be able to send anything your way!

 

[Novarocker]

Per the other parts of your post, I also have terrible luck. I've been feeling considerably better overall, so my mystery stomach ailment popped up again this afternoon. Thankfully, now I know what to do, but I still had to lay flat a few hours, hydrate like crazy (like 96oz of water in about two hours), and keep hoping the pain subsided and I don't have to go to the hospital. Even though it doesn't sound terrible, it always absolutely wrecks my system for a day or two afterwards. I'll be a zombie at work tomorrow most likely. It only lasted a few hours this time, and the pain subsided to a bearable level somewhat quickly, but the last time the doctor told me that if this method doesn't work, I need another hospital stay. And no one in the medical field still has any clue what's going on!



I'll keep you in mind. At my current rate, can you pencil me in for a decade, decade and a half from now? You know - right after my son gets a little more independent, I get some guys together, develop a "style", write a few tunes, and polish them up for production? I hope you get some great tunes to work on, and I'm jealous I won't be able to send anything your way!

Sounds like my target for this decade haha! But for real though.

Sorry you guys have been dealing eith some more than nothing ailments and the trappings of moving into new jobs. I feel like that type of thing happens to me every new job I have. Thankfully it's just ended up making me better in the end.

 

[cornfarmer]

Ho, ho, ho creeps!

 

[kleinenenten]

More Wizard Fuzz talk. Still not sure if I prefer it over the Pharaoh Supreme. It's certainly brighter, and more aggressive, which are positives as far as cutting the mix. And it still has heft like a Muff should. But it definitely doesn't take boosting as well as the PS - likely due to the Wizard's higher gain nature. I'll have to experiment more with the Input Cap knob and see if it helps. As of now, that's a moot point since I'm not in a group and don't NEED to stack dirt, I just like to be able to run my light OD into my other dirt for an extra flavor.

 

[kleinenenten]

Wizard Fuzz definitely doesn't like being boosted, as well as being higher gain. Tried all sorts of combos of Input Caps as well as different boosts - always farts out on low notes. Puts it down to #3 on my list. Spent TONS of time A/Bing it, and the Pharaoh and Swollen Pickle can both do the treble end of things without the extra gain. Oh well. I also realized I REALLY need to start downsizing my pedal collection. My "box o' pedals" is nearly overflowing, and that's been my gauge for when I need to start offloading stuff. Other than that, it's been a good few days playing bass like crazy, which I've needed to do lately. Hope everyone else is having a great weekend too.

 

[Deleted member 380707]

I played mostly in blues and funk bands but always wanted a heavier sound, just didn't find the right people. During the pandemic I randomly met these guys and it has been a fun ride. Yesterday we droped the first single from our upcoming album. Give it a listen if you like

Happy holidays!!

 

[kleinenenten]

All this jamming this weekend, and I'm over here debating if I should go full on caveman and just use a fuzz for everything. I'm absolutely loving my Swollen Pickle lately, and as much as I enjoy all the other dirt, the fuzz is just working for me right now. I may just go for "light OD" to liven things up and then all fuzz, with the OD to boost the fuzz. But I also have so much room on the board for so much dirt...

 

[br1qbat]

All this jamming this weekend, and I'm over here debating if I should go full on caveman and just use a fuzz for everything. I'm absolutely loving my Swollen Pickle lately, and as much as I enjoy all the other dirt, the fuzz is just working for me right now. I may just go for "light OD" to liven things up and then all fuzz, with the OD to boost the fuzz. But I also have so much room on the board for so much dirt...

You know my answer. Haha

 

[Novarocker]

Yep, you can never have too much dirt. Looking at it, I actually have loads of dirt on my board, never realized it. Fuzz on the Atreides, distortion (grunge) on the Gonk, Spires 2 in 1 fuzz, heavy weapon rat & SF/BM/HM-2, then technically I can drive the Fooz envelope into a fuzz and same for the Downer octaver...so everything but my delay.

Wait, the Rubberneck can crank the gain and get a nasty "revolution" console type fuzz. Haha, my whole board is dirt! Until, I physically swap out the rubberneck that is.

Got nothing, just been spending a short bit every day really woodshedding.

 

[Jolagh]

Guess ill jump in with my end of the year blog post.

My pedalboard, I think, has finally stabilized. I'm pretty happy with the sounds I'm getting now. We've been focused on writing new music so haven't played a show for a month or so.



I got custom IEMs made by 64 audio and theyve made a huge improvement to our overall show just letting me hear my vocals for once. Very happy with that setup, though it really wasn't cheap.



We've also managed to aquire an old beater van so that we don't have to hook up the truck and trailer and pay all the tolls and deal with all the parking issues that causes. It needs some love but it runs and only has 100k miles on it even though it's a 95 dodge ram 2500 van. Hoping to get out and start doing some mini tours in the start of 2024.



We also got our first run of shirts and picks that I'm pumped on. Been a busy couple months!

 

[Nekomata]

Abbath fronting Bömbers from Bergen, ‘the ultimate Motörhead tribute’, Nobel (Leiden), 14 December 2023.

 

[Formula73]

First time we livestreamed anything. Everybody who hears us seems to like us but we need to play out more and get some better recordings than we currently have on bandcamp.

What was really funny is that we covered Green Machine and I don’t think anybody out here knows Kyuss lol

 

[br1qbat]

First time we livestreamed anything. Everybody who hears us seems to like us but we need to play out more and get some better recordings than we currently have on bandcamp.

What was really funny is that we covered Green Machine and I don’t think anybody out here knows Kyuss lol

Can agree. Just heard you. And I like you. Where you guys located? 'EDIT: checked your profile - VA? If you ever get by Detroit or want to split the difference in between I'd play with ya guys anytime!'

 

[scabpicker]

The Classic Creep finally showed up today. So far, it seems worth the wait. The neck feels good, nice satin finish and the binding and fret finish are great. The pickup switching setup is cool, but as is necessary it's a little odd. There's a three way switch that selects either bridge, neck+bridge or just the neck. There's a two way switch that lets you add the middle pickup to each of the settings. I *think* the middle pickup is out of phase with the other two, as it produces a choked kind of sound. I was kinda "ehh" about that when I was first playing it clean, but it sounds pretty awesome through fuzz.

Of course, with the giant headstock and the tiny body, it wants to neck dive some. That doesn't bother me much, but I know it bothers some people, so I figured I'd mention it.

So far it seems like the easiest way to get a well built bass that has that superfluous pickup Guaytone vibe, and even offers some of that 70s tonal funkiness they'd have. I'll get to actually put it through its paces at practice tonight.

I also got a Boss RE-202 pedal. It sounds a lot closer to an actual Space Echo than my old RE-20 pedal does, but it's more subtle than the RE-20. So, I imagine I'll probably end up hanging on to both of them.

 

[davedamage]

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[emal]

Last fall I joined a Doom Metal project
I'd never played anything like this band, I'm usually in the ALT genre..I like a lot of doom metal etc, so it's been fun, especially that I'm allowed to use all my dirt pedals!
Anyways if it tickles your fancy here is a live from rehearsal recording (post prod enhancements of course) of a song we released




Happy holidays all!

 

[kleinenenten]

Between the holidays, my family and I trading illnesses, and just life, I've managed to be somewhat productive in my bass/guitar endeavors. At least, as far as trying to thin the pedal herd. In the process, I think I've officially replaced the Pharaoh Supreme with the Swollen Pickle - both on guitar and bass boards. The Pickle can cut a bit better, and still retains bass and grit. Just takes a while to learn! I'm also digging the Russian Pickle on guitar. For now, the Swollens are on bass boards, with a Pharaoh Supreme and Russian Pickle on each guitar board. The Russian is an interesting mix of extreme lows and cutting highs. I'm digging it, but I still think the Swollen Pickle is better overall. The Pork & Pickle works crazy well on guitar, too - it could do both the roles of my OD Glove (OCD clone) and Russian Pickle no problem. It's an amazing little box, and I think I actually prefer it on guitar over bass. Same for the Blower Box Deluxe, but only because I have a few other Rats I prefer. But it's also awesome on guitar. I got it halfway between my fuzz and TightMetal tonally, which was a nice beefy, but also gritty and articulate tone. I've definitely heard recorded tones in that ballpark for guitar. Finally, I dug out my other fuzzes (i.e. non-Muffs) and guitar drives and had a go. They're all so different, and do something the others cant do. Just fun to play for a bit. I've got the Purple Platypus and Conquistador (Octave Drive and Fuzz, respectively) which were not my usual tone but fun, and I also dug out the Carcosa again. Always forget how much I love that one.

And I actually added a few pedals to the "sell" list, so that's progress. One day, I'll actually start to learn songs again...

 

[nayisthereason]

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