Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[Kaa]

Man so much for being motivated on a Saturday morning. Been wanting to fix my Forever bass as the pot never work when I switched from 250k to 500k pots. I figured I jazzed it up with the extra wire I left or a cold solder. Everything looked good so I swapped the 47 for the cap and buttoned it back up. Still nothing when I turn the pot. Then I remembered that was the pot I bought from my local Mom and Pops and they sold me a used pot which I didn't know at the time. So now I need a new pot lol. So that was wasted effort. Then I figure well I will run up to 7/11 for a coffee and a donut for the little guy. Get out of my car and the lid pops off the coffee and about a 1/4 of the cup goes flying all over the car. Yeah fucc motivation. Only saving face I got is I won who can harass who more at dinner last night. Joe score 1, Micah's nose score 0!
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Isn't that the little kid from "Eight is Enough"?

 

[hydrohydra]

I think it may be time to a/b the Vulcan to either the svt or the Bassman 1200, got a lead on peavey tvx 8x10 for 400 or a old beat up Ampeg 8x10 for 300, opinions?

 

[mc_muench]

I think it may be time to a/b the Vulcan to either the svt or the Bassman 1200, got a lead on peavey tvx 8x10 for 400 or a old beat up Ampeg 8x10 for 300, opinions?

IMHO... sell it to me.

 

[hydrohydra]

IMHO... sell it to me.

$4,000 sound ok?

 

[mc_muench]

$4,000 sound ok?

If it's ever worth that. Still not sellin mine. Highest I can see myself paying for one is $420

 

[hydrohydra]

If it's ever worth that. Still not sellin mine. Highest I can see myself paying for one is $420

Yeah it will never be worth that lol, but I did just drop like 100 bones into the repair, the non grounded cord was frayed and need to be replaced so I got a ground installed, also I need to replace like all the caps, so I guess in all actuality I've even heard how it was intended to sound, there was something else I had to replace too just can't remember, so with that being said I have a lot more experiments I'd like to try first before consider flipping it.

 

[kzr750r1]

I've been in a few older houses in the east bay, San Leandro and Oakland, that had basements. They are more root cellars, nothing you'd want to finish but a good place to make some noise till the parents had enough. Neighbors don't hear much and it's always much cooler than an attic.

Oddly, I seem to know a lot more people with useful basements than with useful attics.

 

[kzr750r1]

Speaking of 420... Need to make some coffee and take care of my head.

 

[hydrohydra]

Speaking of 420... Need to make some coffee and take care of my head.

Yeah it's about dab o clock for me

 

[ampegfuzz]

Update on the univox

Torn down

Cleaned last night

Washed

It blue again

 

[ampegfuzz]

All buttoned up

 

[kzr750r1]

Looks good. Replenish that tolex with an armor all soak and buff, slap slap done.

 

[hydrohydra]

That amp is looking sweet dude

 

[mbelue]

That amp is looking sweet dude

Yah. Oh yah.

 

[ampegfuzz]

its not "anal" cleaned but close enough and not black and stinky got a "relic ish" job as my buddy pointed out.

This thing rips thru the BASSIC. Also got so feet on the side so i can put bigger amps on the cab.

 

[kzr750r1]

All good... The stuff will do wonders to keep the stink off too. People tend to not let the solution dig in enough before wiping off. We learned along time ago a good layer soaked will help pull allot more crap out and give some nourishment to the material. After drying it makes future cleaning a breeze.

Good job cleaning it up... Nothing worse than someone funk in your space.

 

[Squanch72]

Isn't that the little kid from "Eight is Enough"?

LOL, more like one is enough.

 

[kzr750r1]

Sane people would not have more than two.

 

[Blank_0101]

If only they were gullible enough to buy my band's vinyl and cassettes.

In all seriousness, I'd buy a new Sleep album on vinyl.

Not one song though, screw that. They should at least have put a live version of Antarcticans Thawed on the B-side.


The house I grew up in is on a flat island in eastern part of the SF bay, that has crappy, sandy soil, and a water table too high for there to be a cemetery on the island. Pretty sure all the houses on my block have basements, though. Maybe it's because they're old, though. And no tropical storms, heh.


Basements are useful in places with tornadoes, but it's not as if they're only found in areas that get them.

I've noticed that in most of the houses I've seen that are the same age as my parents', the basement, if it hasn't been remodeled, doesn't really have finished interior walls, just the outside wall and the frame, and there's no real ceiling, just the beams and floor boards of the story above. Not really a third of the house, as it's not like the rest of the house would be taller if there were no basement.

Oddly, I seem to know a lot more people with useful basements than with useful attics.

Unfinished
or not it's still a large extra area we are without. My exes brother and his wife lived in the parents basement as a small apartment til they got a down payment on their house.

And the Brady's attic was Greg's swinging bachelor pad right?

Might Notbe a exact 1/3 of the house but it's a room/floor nonetheless

 

[dozicusmaximus]

I've been doing a lot of thinking the past month. I've decided I'm going to move back to Ohio. I've been stranded out here by myself to long. 1,334(OH)-1,382(CA) miles to any family is a bummer. It finally wore me down.
But I just bought a car and moved into a new place. haha
So next May when the lease is up, I'm going back. I have to talk to my boss and see if I can work remotely out of state. If I could that would be boobies (meaning I can still buy gear ). If not I have to start all over again, oh well.