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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

#63,025
kleinenenten said:
I am absolutely itching to get in a band again. Been years. I am NOT itching for band drama, however...

Hope all the bands get sorted out around here and you all find good people to play with and enjoy it all. That's the best part!
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I am so grateful my only bandmate (drummer) is an awesome dude with the same goals and laid back attitude. No way I'd do a band at my age if I had to deal with band drama. Best of luck out there!
 
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br1qbat said:
I am so grateful my only bandmate (drummer) is an awesome dude with the same goals and laid back attitude. No way I'd do a band at my age if I had to deal with band drama. Best of luck out there!
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Yeah, I've got two buddies out here with similar goals, and we used to jam. It was a grand time! We were worried about making sure everyone had sonic space, and that we sounded good as a whole, no volume wars, great attitudes, fun guys to hang with, etc. etc. Then my wife and I went and ruined it by having a kid... (I jest!) Now, one of them also has a kid, and our schedules are so different last I checked that the three of us literally had no way to get together. Still - one day!
 
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#63,028
Almost forgot how awesome the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is for bass.

Cut the Highs slightly, boost the Lows slightly, as well as boosting some lower-ish Mids a bit, on the pedal, blend it with a bit a parallel clean signal, at an about 40/60 clean/dirty ratio, and stack it all into a lower-ish gain overdrive with a grindy character, and it sounds pretty damn amazing.

I just swapped my Mosky Black Rat, that I ran in Turbo RAT, out with the Metal Zone, cause the RAT, although sounding awesome, got a bit too muddy with too much loss of definition.

Now the Turbo RAT definitely sounds more doomy, dirty and gritty, and the Metal Zone, somewhat smoother, and more power metal-ish, but at least you can hear clearly what you play, and still pretty hefty.
 
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Ritter667 said:
Almost forgot how awesome the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is for bass.

Cut the Highs slightly, boost the Lows slightly, as well as boosting some lower-ish Mids a bit, on the pedal, blend it with a bit a parallel clean signal, at an about 40/60 clean/dirty ratio, and stack it all into a lower-ish gain overdrive with a grindy character, and it sounds pretty damn amazing.

I just swapped my Mosky Black Rat, that I ran in Turbo RAT, out with the Metal Zone, cause the RAT, although sounding awesome, got a bit too muddy with too much loss of definition.

Now the Turbo RAT definitely sounds more doomy, dirty and gritty, and the Metal Zone, somewhat smoother, and more power metal-ish, but at least you can hear clearly what you play, and still pretty hefty.
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Interesting. Never would have guessed a metal zone would be bass friendly.
 
#63,030
br1qbat said:
Interesting. Never would have guessed a metal zone would be bass friendly.
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Just don't overdo the gain setting, this pedal is able of insane amounts of gain, always keep the gain setting below noon, and blend it with a bit of clean signal, and stacked it all into an overdrive, that way the cleans will blend in nicely with the distortion, and retain low end.

The Metal Zone is a highly misunderstood pedal, it is actually a great distortion pedal, for what it does, just listen when you adjust the pedal and be modest with all settings, all the controls are very touchy and reach well into beyond the absolute ridiculous, goes for both the gain and EQ settings, why it is so easy to make it sound like absolute crap if you don't know what you are actually doing.
 
#63,031
kleinenenten said:
Now that I've played again for the first time in seemingly months, my fingers are sore. Guess I'm working on my pick technique for a day or two! In positive news, I shockingly remembered most of everything I used to play, and after one or two go rounds, I was actually able to play most of it! Now I just need to make sure I play consistently again...
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Go on YouTube and search for Bobby Vega. That'll motivate you. Surprisingly enough, I also really like a lot of Mike Gordon's lines and fills. Almost forgot, check out Kraan "The Trio Years" live album. Helmut Hattler has a great style with a pick.
 
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Kaa said:
Go on YouTube and search for Bobby Vega. That'll motivate you. Surprisingly enough, I also really like a lot of Mike Gordon's lines and fills. Almost forgot, check out Kraan "The Trio Years" live album. Helmut Hattler has a great style with a pick.
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Motivate, or demoralize...? I'll probably just stick to playing/learning my usual stuff, but working on the mechanics with a pick. I'm a better pick player than I realized, at least I was today. I just definitely prefer fingerstyle 95% of the time - or more.
 
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kleinenenten said:
Motivate, or demoralize...? I'll probably just stick to playing/learning my usual stuff, but working on the mechanics with a pick. I'm a better pick player than I realized, at least I was today. I just definitely prefer fingerstyle 95% of the time - or more.
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Nah, he'll motivate you. super funky and groovy, and a great interview.
 
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Not exactly doom, but any of you guys have suggestions for a Damnation MBD sound-alike? I'm looking for some alternate/adjacent tones to that pedal, as it's my favorite for that tone. I'm sure you've all realized I like to have variations of tone handy. So far, the MBD is my #1 "generic metal" tone, with the often forgotten Ibanez PD7 as #2. I had a B3K years ago, but it fell out of favor. Is that still one of "the tones" in heaviness? I fell off the DG bandwagon a few years ago, and haven't kept up.
 
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Learned some decidedly non-Doom today (Blacklist by Exodus) and have the standard 90%ish of it down. Just got to tighten things up, which, given my history, means it'll be good to go tomorrow when I pick up the bass again. At least, I hope! It's a fairly simple song, focusing on a single riff really, but with all sorts of variations, so that's the complicated part.

In other news, I put my old Pork Loin back on the board today. How I've missed its sweet porcine goodness. Just a nice, overdriven tone that works for any setting. Never parting with that pedal! Hope the rest of you have had as good a day as I have, and keep on doomin'!
 
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Not quite doom or stoner, but non the less intended for my doom/stoner project:

A single track solo bass surf math rock (or progressive surf rock, if you will) piece, that I named "Space Agent Spliff":



Played on my just 28.6" scale length 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, "Mr. Growly - The Noodlemancer", tuned in G# standard tuning (that is as one half step bellow the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E).

And yes, played using my fingers exclusively.

Of course for the final creation I need to program/play drums on a weighted midi keyboard, for it, record the bass again, add organ/synth, glockenspiel/tubular bells, and also do vocals for it.

But I got the basic form, and the bass, which is the intended main instrument, together with drums and vocals, in my not quite traditional, and somewhat progressive, doom/stoner project.
 
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