Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[hydrohydra]

And I'm not putting a larger gauge on I'm going down in size, I personally think the 126. That my GC tech suggested to me is kinda over kill, the tension is decent but not as good as the 120. I had on my thunder bird, for C# anyways

 

[Pelham Bleu]

Work's busy, band's busy. Two great shows this past weekend and more rolling in. Good times. We got asked to do a local festival thing, but I have a conflict so oh well. Updated gig flyer:

 

[eyeballkid]

It's the mud butt, or monkey butt, or something like that setting. @eyeballkid and I like to argue over who used it first.

Argue? Hell, I was using that setting when laz was still asking dudes why their guitar only had 4 strings.

 

[hydrohydra]

LOL

 

[ampegfuzz]

When's your gig up in my neck o' the woods?

September 13th, it's a Saturday

 

[ampegfuzz]

How's the PWB after phaser, do you ever run them at the same time?

I do not run at the same time but it's in the perfect location for doing so IMO.

 

[Ender_rpm]

I am running close settings except I run the fuzz about 3:00. I think it is the high output pups in the Forever bass as they seem to not play nice with the Bluebeard or the Joyo Ultimate Drive, I can fart those pedals out. Need pick up a spare bass or get the JazzBird built for comparison. Maybe I will press the active bass button in on the Terror tonight to cut some dB's.

Dang, how high output are those pickups? I run my SB2 through mine, and I know the designer specifically went for high headroom because he plays an L2K. For most of my stuff, I run all controls at noon, tone switch off (mid boost) with my Jazz, engaged with my SB2 and T-bird (Volume up a bit).

 

[Squanch72]

Dang, how high output are those pickups? I run my SB2 through mine, and I know the designer specifically went for high headroom because he plays an L2K. For most of my stuff, I run all controls at noon, tone switch off (mid boost) with my Jazz, engaged with my SB2 and T-bird (Volume up a bit).

Not really that hot like 10.3k, had the SCPB made to match the output of the Dimarzio Mudbucker but the Mudbucker is still hotter. Maybe they just output so much bass/low mids that it clips some pedals? It really drives me nuts that the pups can actually fart the BB and the UD. I can set the Terror with the gain way down low like 9:00 for clean bass and kick the EQD Speaker Cranker on which is also set at 9:00 and is an extremely low gain pedal and if I run the mudbucker even partially on it will break up when I just dig in with fingers.

 

[Ender_rpm]

Not really that hot like 10.3k, had the SCPB made to match the output of the Dimarzio Mudbucker but the Mudbucker is still hotter. Maybe they just output so much bass/low mids that it clips some pedals? It really drives me nuts that the pups can actually fart the BB and the UD. I can set the Terror with the gain way down low like 9:00 for clean bass and kick the EQD Speaker Cranker on which is also set at 9:00 and is an extremely low gain pedal and if I run the mudbucker even partially on it will break up when I just dig in with fingers.

Does it do it just bass> BB> Amp? Could easily be the EQ profile, vs the output, as you mentioned,but this is not an issue I've ever run across (BB user since 05). Battery or adapter power?

 

[Pelham Bleu]

September 13th, it's a Saturday

Jules is a dive but it's a dive that's two miles from mi casa. If I'm not playing elsewhere I'll try to drop by and say what up.

 

[Squanch72]

Does it do it just bass> BB> Amp? Could easily be the EQ profile, vs the output, as you mentioned,but this is not an issue I've ever run across (BB user since 05). Battery or adapter power?

Haven't tried it solo to amp yet and I do have a long pedal chain using two one spots to split it up some, and only two out of ten pedals does it fart though. I will give that a shot, thanks. It's not a steady fart out though just digging in and fast runs I can clip the DD and UD. I am probably making a mountain out of a mole hill, not like I have even jammed with people in ages LOL. I will just bond more with ol Ron FN Swanson till I get the other bass built, or...buy another bass

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Free Red Fang acoustic EP. Actually way better than I had expected:

 

[Darkonar]

A friend is trying to convince me to stop buying gear end keep exploring my current rig's potential... The f*** is wrong with him.

 

[eyeballkid]

well... that does have its advantages.. sometimes we do get sooo caught up in gear that we miss the amazingness right in front of our ears... but buy what you want!

 

[The_Janitor]

I'm looking forward to having the big rig in the basement so I can spend a lot of time tweaking pedals and dialing stuff in. Also - I want to plug in every pedal I have and make swirly spaceship noises.

 

[Darkonar]

Honestly I find it amusing he's making such a big fuzz (see what i did there) out of it, even though the only gear i've bought since christmas is one cab, and only because he insisted I needed the matched pair. I've pretty much stopped playing after my bands split up last christmas.

He's right tho, i definitely should not get cabs i can't either power or move, lol.

 

[Kaa]

Honestly I find it amusing he's making such a big fuzz (see what i did there) out of it, even though the only gear i've bought since christmas is one cab, and only because he insisted I needed the matched pair. I've pretty much stopped playing after my bands split up last christmas.

He's right tho, i definitely should not get cabs i can't either power or move, lol.

Time to sell everything and start anew. Caterpillar into a butterfly and such.

 

[Korladis]

I've been favoring daddario flex steels, but I'm always in standard and like really bright strings on my Spector. I've been using their tapewounds on my five string and like those too, but for thuddier things.

Yeah, I tried stainless steel strings once, didn't really like them. Too "cold" sounding. I've just been using their roundwound nickels for years.

How many of you guys pay for a set up when its just a change of strings? I can see paying for some work if you need the nut replaced, but the rest of the neck and bridge set up I can do pretty quickly.

Only when switching to a different tuning/gauge. I paid for a setup when I switched my Peavey from EADG to BEAD.

 

[DethByDoom]

Gents with Bluebeards, what settings you running? I am just not bonding with my BB on bass lately, think it is just a matter of knob tweaking though.

I set volume a little bit over unity? tone bypass engaged. gain at 2 oclock.

How many of you guys pay for a set up when its just a change of strings? I can see paying for some work if you need the nut replaced, but the rest of the neck and bridge set up I can do pretty quickly.

I only take a bass to get set up if its really old, really expensive, or it i just cant get it where i want it. I'll file a plastic nut on an epiphone but not bone nut on a gibson.

 

[dozicusmaximus]

Speaking of cabs and buying stuff.
Question for you Dually guys. How tall is that thing? Trying to see if I can fit that in the back seat of my Accord sedan. I guess I could have them change the dimensions a bit, right?