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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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I could totally rock that show right now.
Does that really happen? I would totally do that...
I guess it does happen. I want to be green... What should I eat?
I miss weed. Herbs I mean. A lot. This sobriety thing is OK but man I miss kicking back with a big fattie and watching a movie or jamming some tunes. It would really be nice right now with the no taste thing going on... At least I would have something to look forward to putting in my mouth, being single and all.
Possibly trade my EVM loaded 215 for a 69 SVT fridge? OG speakers, but with a make over from hell, like a really really bad hair day.
You know your EVMs aren't blown. I can't tell you the number of 8x10s I've played through with 1 or 2 blown drivers that the owner didn't realize(or admit) were blown. Assuming you can verify they're all kosher it's down to preference.
Low wattage fridge with "vintage toanz" vs. Good power handeling high efficiency 2x15s.
I'd keep what you've got. Never been a big fan of guitar speakers used for bass.
My EVM 215 is a great cab, stupid loud but also a really bright cab. I've never like that about it. The 810 would be darker wouldn't it?
I'd be able to test it out first since it's my drummer from GH.
I'd be able to test it out first since it's my drummer from GH.
Ah. I'd expect a '69 to be brighter also, but either way play that bitch and find out.
Playing new stuff is always great.
If it sounds good it is good.
Most slm made 810's are darker sounding except the newer plywood ones. To note: the flat backs are rated at like 240w and the cts speakers are not a big selling point other then to snobs and ampeg junkies. I'm the latter 
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pappy and harriet's is where sleep played last saturday in pioneertown, awesome bbq and burgers
Congrats papa. Enjoy them kids while they're sweet. Save it up, because spit can go sideways when they hit teen years. My eighth grader wants nothing to do with me.
I actually seem to have stopped minding blood being taken. It's almost nice now. Maybe my hospital stay did that.
Eh, plenty of people have played Rickenbackers in low tunings. I want a second one for that very purpose, in fact.
As for a Dually... my eventual Catapult rig will probably be a Mesa Strategy and two Dually cabs. When I can save up enough, lol.
Same, I weigh about 260, but nobody believes it for whatever reason. I guess it's evenly distributed.
Yeah. Not quite that bad, here, but once you get out of the bay area, the nearest places are Sacramento/Davis and Santa Cruz, which hardly count at all. And after that... the next big city to the south is LA, to the east, past Sacramento, it's Reno, and to the north... unless you count Eureka/Arcata, the next city of note is Portland, I think.
I'm mostly a fantasy nerd, so most of my recommendations will be that. Though not all.
Scott Lynch's "Gentlemen Bastards" series is a good one, so far. It's kind of a fantasy setting mixed with a heist/con type movie plot. Also gangsters. And in the second book, pirates. The first book is The Lies of Locke Lamora. Really fun and often funny.
Also reading Patrick Rothfuss's "Kingkiller Chronicles" series. Also fantasy, but told from a first person narrative, mostly, which is kinda interesting. The main character is, among other things, a musician, so there's some cool nods to that in there, too. Quite a bit of humor as well. The first book is The Name of the Wind.
If you're okay with something a bit more "girly," and a lot of kinky sex scenes, Jacqueline Carey's "Kushiel's Legacy" series is quite good. It's also told from a first person narrative. I quite enjoy it, but it might not be everyone's thing. Fantasy as well, unsurprisingly.
For a non-fantasy read (or not as fantasy, anyway), I'd also recommend Christopher Moore's Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. It's irreverent but lighthearted, and extremely funny. All of the Christopher Moore books I've read are pretty funny, but especially this one and A Dirty Job (which is about a dude who falls into the position of the grim reaper, kinda).
All of the ones I recommended are not especially dense reads.
I'd also recommend Terry Pratchett, due to his work being to fantasy as Hitchhiker's Guide is to sci-fi.
I wouldn't recommend my favorite series, actually, because it's ridiculously complicated and confusing at times.
Terry Pratchett's stuff is amazing, and in my opinion, the Discworld stuff only gets better and better as you go on. What's nice, though, is that except for The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, they don't really have cliffhanger endings. They're a series in that they're all set in the same world, and often have a lot of the same characters, but not in the sense that they're one continuous story.
The last three are actually really, really good, and I think some of the best in the series.
If you like "The Wheel of Time," I think you might like "The Malazan Book of the Fallen"/"Novels of the Malazan Empire" (there are two series, one by Steven Erikson, and the other by Ian Esslemont, as they co-created the setting, and to some extent the two series fit together). The first book, Gardens of the Moon, is a little confusing , because unlike in Wheel of Time, everything kinda starts out suddenly, without a gradual buildup, and the sorcery system is used quite a bit without being explained first, but things fall into place eventually. It just kinda feels at first like you've unexpectedly come into the middle of a story, rather than the beginning, which is kinda the point. The first book is good, but the second one is where the series really picks up steam.
Pratchett. So good.
I'd keep the 215. As loud as the EVs are, there might not actually be as much of a volume difference as there might otherwise. Also if it's a 69 fridge with original speakers, it'll be limited to 250 watts or so, and probably not much, if any, more low end than you're getting with the EVs.
No, it wouldn't. The original flatback 810s were actually pretty bright.
No way. Your EV's outperform those old speakers in every way possible.
Goddammit @Sartori I don't want to quote your novella to talk about something in the middle....
Also a bit of a fantasy nerd. Seems to be common 'round here.
I'll put a second vote behind Christopher Moore, that son-of-a-bitch is very very funny. A Dirty Job is probably my favorite of his with Practical Demon Keeping being up there with it and Fool too. Lamb is great as well. My wife and I have probably all his books and have enjoyed reading them several times.
R.A.Salvatore is really good for accessible fantasy. I enjoyed the Icewind Dale trilogy. My favorite of his is
The Woods Out Back is kind of his tribute to Tolkien. Probably as good as anything he wrote for TSR but IMO has more spirit behind it.
Last I'll recommend a series that is stupid hard to find but easily one of my favorites: Simon Hawk's Dark Sun: Tribe of One series. Its fantasy setting is TSR's short-lived Dark Sun world on a barren-planet with a dying sun. The main character has multiple personalities that each fall into their own character class. So the protagonist is a Ranger but in his head is a Fighter, a Mage, etc. Its better than my description seems to make it sound.
@Sartori I'll have to dig into those others you recommended.
Also a bit of a fantasy nerd. Seems to be common 'round here.
I'll put a second vote behind Christopher Moore, that son-of-a-bitch is very very funny. A Dirty Job is probably my favorite of his with Practical Demon Keeping being up there with it and Fool too. Lamb is great as well. My wife and I have probably all his books and have enjoyed reading them several times.
R.A.Salvatore is really good for accessible fantasy. I enjoyed the Icewind Dale trilogy. My favorite of his is
The Woods Out Back is kind of his tribute to Tolkien. Probably as good as anything he wrote for TSR but IMO has more spirit behind it.
Last I'll recommend a series that is stupid hard to find but easily one of my favorites: Simon Hawk's Dark Sun: Tribe of One series. Its fantasy setting is TSR's short-lived Dark Sun world on a barren-planet with a dying sun. The main character has multiple personalities that each fall into their own character class. So the protagonist is a Ranger but in his head is a Fighter, a Mage, etc. Its better than my description seems to make it sound.
@Sartori I'll have to dig into those others you recommended.
Yeah. I need to like book mark these literary suggestions. J like reading about ancient occult, including wizards, knights, etc. I have a hard time with stories that have a poopie ton of characters. I feel like I have to take notes...
So I finally got my phone replaced. But now I dont get any 4g service at my house. Same phone, same plan. Any ideas?
I tried A/B Mesa Diesel 2x15 and 8x10 with CTS and well, Mesa is louder, meanier more aggresive than Ampeg. Fridge sounds more pleasant and creamy. Fridge has more high end but it's sweet. But eh, that's just speaking, I could say the same for recent China fridge what for Mesa, and recent China fridges are really cool (different to vintage ones, I'd say vintage sound simply better but Chinese sound more practical - better cut in the mix and volume etc).
I have used for years two Orange 115s, which I believe were basically Mesa design with darker speakers and loved them, but I sold them and bough CTS loaded fridge a few weeks ago. First impression was of course low volume and a bit tiny low end, but I got used to and now it's great. It had it's first gig yesterday and I got really good tone out of it.
For me tone is a priority, so I prefer CTS fridge. For extra volume and some mid-range aggresiveness to cut in I'd get Mesa.
I have used for years two Orange 115s, which I believe were basically Mesa design with darker speakers and loved them, but I sold them and bough CTS loaded fridge a few weeks ago. First impression was of course low volume and a bit tiny low end, but I got used to and now it's great. It had it's first gig yesterday and I got really good tone out of it.
For me tone is a priority, so I prefer CTS fridge. For extra volume and some mid-range aggresiveness to cut in I'd get Mesa.
I felt like I really liked fantasy too, now I realize how little I've ever encountered.
I've read Harry potter, My dad read me the hobbit as a kid, and I own the extended edition blue ray set of LOTR, and that's the extent of my fantasy really. Game of thrones is ok. I don't recognize any of the books or things you've described save the Salvatore, I've seen the name on books with black elf peoples.
Carl Hiaasen anyone? That dudes stories of a crazy seedy Florida are funny as hell.
My drunken acquisition last night!
Today's cheap vinyl finds. Time for some falsetto voice.
I've read Harry potter, My dad read me the hobbit as a kid, and I own the extended edition blue ray set of LOTR, and that's the extent of my fantasy really. Game of thrones is ok. I don't recognize any of the books or things you've described save the Salvatore, I've seen the name on books with black elf peoples.
Carl Hiaasen anyone? That dudes stories of a crazy seedy Florida are funny as hell.
My drunken acquisition last night!
Today's cheap vinyl finds. Time for some falsetto voice.
