I only use speakon cables for all my bass cabs now. I have a few speakon cables and a few speakon to 1/4".
Clean tone is for suckers.
Clean tone is for suckers.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Hmmm, kinda wanted some clean headroom. So super quiet clean I take it and how are the lows? Prolly couldn't do a old man cover gig without pa support I take it?
It doesn't really have clean headroom. It does "vintage clean", meaning kinda dirty but not ripping distortion. Through a very loud cab it's loud enough to gig at a low non master volume setting. It pretty much does 75-80% of its volume by 1 or 1.5 on knob (numbered, not clock hands). After that it gets incrementally louder and slightly more dirty up until about 5 or 6. Past that it just saturates and gets kinda squishy, to my ears. The higher powered YBA models (1A or 3) have slightly more clean headroom, they're not actually much noticeably louder. I've tested them out side by side with the same cabs before. Through my Dually I would venture my YBA-1 is plenty loud to gig at the cleanest possible setting, but my real world use of it is set to a medium gain (for it) through my Ampeg 810e cab, with my Dimarzio Model P loaded Precision, which is a hot as hell pickup. I like the amp running dirty and pushing it hard on the front end as well. So it's down to your taste and your definitions of "loud" and "dirty". The last time I used that setup at a gig it was with Cold Mourning, with two guitar players running full stacks and the sound guy did not mic my cab. I kept up fine and I think I was the loudest bassist of the night, among a bunch of metal and hard rock bands. I was not going for clean at all though, but that's about as clean as I get. Which is to say I wasn't using any dirt pedals.
To put half a dozen Dunwich dirt pedals in front of it!
Also, I reserve the right to be full of sh1t.
*Do as I say, not as I do.
(*Dad practice)
Yea he looks like "look at me".
"Classic Rock band"
Wow he just used the weather spot to ramble about himself then tell the weather girl her jobs too easy... Classy dude.
Mbelue can start making stoner snausages and pacify unruly dogs.
Man I should have bought Toilet paper when I was buying food last night. Now I have to go buy it and it alone and look like I got nothing to do but crap all day.
Yard also gave me allergies or something... But it's getting better. Whoever lived here all these years before me used their yard like a trash can. So I go out with a bucket and collect litter as often as possible. This is old litter mind you. Pop top style beer cans etc.
Yard also gave me allergies or something... But it's getting better. Whoever lived here all these years before me used their yard like a trash can. So I go out with a bucket and collect litter as often as possible. This is old litter mind you. Pop top style beer cans etc.
Perfect opportunity to buy several large cucumbers, and a jar of mayonnaise.
I had to pick the big old 20 roll super pack last night on the way home. At least people know you wipe your arse lol. If Micah knows I went to any store on the way home he is always what did you buy me. I said I got your favorite Micah and he came running and I shoved the big toilet paper bundle towards him lol.
I am a cheap skate, but I dont scrimp when it comes to TP. I wait for the good stuff to go on uber sale, then I buy 80 rolls.
The last time I had to do that, my wife asked me to pickup a bunch of cans chili for a BBQ.
"That's right, I never stop pooping. Your judgement means nothing to me."
When I worked at the prison the funny thing to do was show the new guy the confiscated picture collection. Well one of the inmates got a letter from his 30 to life partner on the outside and the guy was only wearing a half-inserted cucumber and a cowbay hat. The message on the bottom of the polaroid was, I'm Scared.
The store clerk at Dollar General told me to have a Blessed Day but never did on any other transaction I had there.
Just smile and shrug and say "Tushie Tuesday!"
Would of crushed his heart if it wasn't such a cottony soft blow.
