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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

@Samsquanch1972 Found this out on a trail run today...

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Forgot to mention, when I met up with the drummer and guitarist for potential heavy weezer band. We tuned to C standard.

Used my Hondo and dropped it down a few steps. Guitarist was playing through 2 Sunn Model T reissues with 2 matching 4x12's sounded pretty awesome.

Was using pretty much the bongripper setup, just backed the gain off my DK a little bit.

I'll have to play around with things if we get this up and running, but if we're staying in C I definitely need to get strings with proper tension. I forgot how much just regular detuning sucks.
 
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Forgot to mention, when I met up with the drummer and guitarist for potential heavy weezer band. We tuned to C standard.

Used my Hondo and dropped it down a few steps. Guitarist was playing through 2 Sunn Model T reissues with 2 matching 4x12's sounded pretty awesome.

Was using pretty much the bongripper setup, just backed the gain off my DK a little bit.

I'll have to play around with things if we get this up and running, but if we're staying in C I definitely need to get strings with proper tension. I forgot how much just regular detuning sucks.

Yeah, even going down one step on bass is not comfortable for me. That was an unexpected bonus of having a 5-string. I can play lower registers without having to tune down, just need to think a little bit more.
 
I played 5 strings for years, but I don't find them very comfortable. I've got short fingers, so chording on them makes my hands cramp up after awhile. I still have a couple of 5'ers that my uncle and I made way back when, but they're pretty much only wall decorations at my parents house anymore.

4 feels right.
 
Bryce this is your opportunity to prove yourself, they say you aren't really Metal till you bang a chick with shorter hair than you...

Get me in a room with Sinead O'connor I'm down.

Awesome, did you look over your shoulder the whole time? LOL

That Sasquatch looks a little too husky to give chase