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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

Just ordered an EHX Freeze to try out in my black metal band. Slightly concerned about the amount of time and money I put into getting the drone/noise sections "just right", when they make up such a tiny percentage of our material.

Gratuitous pedalboard shot attached, although I've since swapped out the Small Stone for a Swollen Pickle so that I can fuzz-up the oscillations from the delay. Not sure how usable that is in the band mix though.

Really missing playing in a doom band - I haven't had many opportunities to play big, fuzzed-out riffs since my last band went belly up earlier this year. Been taking bass lessons for the first time, so between that and writing for the next black metal album, I'm not sure I have the time... Anyone need a full-time, well-paid pedal tester? ;)
 

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On a related note to my post above, how often do you find yourself wanting to junk most of your setup? Every few months I seem to go through phases of "Ugh there are too many things here and they still sound awful, I am taking all this off my board and starting over!". Only for half the pedals to creep back on. I've probably spent more time attaching and detaching my Swollen Pickle than actual playing it.
 
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Just ordered an EHX Freeze to try out in my black metal band. Slightly concerned about the amount of time and money I put into getting the drone/noise sections "just right", when they make up such a tiny percentage of our material.

Gratuitous pedalboard shot attached, although I've since swapped out the Small Stone for a Swollen Pickle so that I can fuzz-up the oscillations from the delay. Not sure how usable that is in the band mix though.

Really missing playing in a doom band - I haven't had many opportunities to play big, fuzzed-out riffs since my last band went belly up earlier this year. Been taking bass lessons for the first time, so between that and writing for the next black metal album, I'm not sure I have the time... Anyone need a full-time, well-paid pedal tester? ;)
You got enough delay...delay....delay........
Man, pedals seem to bring out the lemming in musicians, don't they?
Who you calling a lemming?...stumble...oops...weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......splat!!!
 
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On a related note to my post above, how often do you find yourself wanting to junk most of your setup? Every few months I seem to go through phases of "Ugh there are too many things here and they still sound awful, I am taking all this off my board and starting over!". Only for half the pedals to creep back on. I've probably spent more time attaching and detaching my Swollen Pickle than actual playing it.


Every few years I seem to do a major overhaul. I swap things out here and there, but pretty much everything I own is completely different than it was about a year ago. And I'm working on replacing the last remaining pieces still.
 
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I couldn't afford the pedals or really knew how to use them as a kid so having fun with them now. My problem is there are so many shades of dirt and I like them all lol. Some pedals do the same type of flavor but much better so you get in that A/Bing and flipping mode. I don't really keep that many pedals and the better pedals I find the smaller my chain seems to get.