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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

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Korladis said:
We often ignore this, but let's not kid ourselves. The volumes we play at are damaging to the human ear.

That's a fact.

I wear ear plugs, and even if some people at my shows don't, well, they on some level chose to be there, and chose not to wear ear plugs. That's fine, it's their choice, so I have no problem with potentially inflicting hearing damage on them.

That's not the case with a baby. I'm not okay with bringing people who have no choice in the matter into a situation that will result in physical injury (which, when you get down to the bones of it, is what hearing damage is, even if it is a mild injury) without them having any input or a say in the matter. I don't like parents making me party to the injury of their infants. And while I'm sure some parents do try to protect their babies' ears, I haven't actually seen it done, though I have seen babies at shows.

My opinion is different with kids who aren't babies anymore, because usually they have ear plugs in when I see them with their parents at shows. And while I don't know how the family dynamic works for all cases, I imagine that the parents might have said "do you want to go to the concert with us?" and the kid may have had some choice in whether or not to go.

Anyway, that's enough standing on a soap box for me, but that's why no babies. I'll shut up on this for now.


I'm generally of the opinion that learning riffs and song stuff is best done in bassist/guitarist low volume sessions, rather than at rehearsal. Because the drums kinda dictate the volume at rehearsal, in my experience, it's too loud to get much done in terms of songwriting there. Especially if you have more than three people in the band.


I saw them with Graves at Sea. I dunno, maybe it just wasn't that great a show for them, but they weren't quite the amazingness I'd been expecting, though they were definitely cool. Probably didn't help that Graves at Sea played an amazing set to what was basically a hometown crowd, too.


Speaking of Graves at Sea, when I saw them, their bassist was playing a Jazz, too. Their previous bassist played a Rickenbacker and an EB-3, I think, though.

I love Rickenbackers, but it does seem odd to me sometimes that they're so popular in the stoner/doom metal community. I mean, not everyone uses one or has even ever owned one, as we established previously in this thread, but way more people do in this genre than among bassists in general.
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The first time I saw anyone play a Ric in this genre was Dan from Clutch. That's what got me interested in Rics.
 
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Pelham Bleu said:
Regarding ear plugs, I try to use but I usually end up taking them out. :dead:

Regarding Rics, I got into them via Tom Petty...only I played bass. Then I saw his Mudcrutch stuff and I was okay. :thumbsup:
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Yeah. But with us, it's our decision whether or not to wear ear plugs, or even to be there. With a baby, they get no say. That's all I was pointing out.


I've always been into Rickenbackers. From when I was first playing bass, that's what I wanted. Maybe it was because of Cliff Burton, or even Paul McCartney. I don't know. And then when I finally played one, it just fit.
 
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Korladis said:
Yeah. But with us, it's our decision whether or not to wear ear plugs, or even to be there. With a baby, they get no say. That's all I was pointing out.


I've always been into Rickenbackers. From when I was first playing bass, that's what I wanted. Maybe it was because of Cliff Burton, or even Paul McCartney. I don't know. And then when I finally played one, it just fit.
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I saw a dude with a baby in a backpack at Riot Fest but at least the little one had some bigarse headphones on. Still, who brings a baby to an event like that?
 
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Pelham Bleu said:
I saw a dude with a baby in a backpack at Riot Fest but at least the little one had some bigarse headphones on. Still, who brings a baby to an event like that?
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Idk about the fest, but the house show was also full of drunken people, second hand smoke clouds of varying legality etc...

Big headphones can slip off, a baby can't say hey these don't fit. Someone could have ran into the person carrying the baby, or god forbid (or god willing) the cops show up and your rocking out with a baby in a house where intoxicants are being used willy nilly by peoples.
 
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dozicusmaximus said:
I never really listened to these guys maybe a few tracks, before today.
But when I jammed with the old band, I think I kind of have the same flavor. Some of his lines are like hey! Also I'm not as good. But that 1999 album reminded me of a lot of jam sessions.
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Oh man, they're probably my favorite band. Really great mix of traditional South American music influences with tons of Sabbath and Kyuss. Awesome.
 
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Couldn't get the moulds taken for my earplugs because there's too much wax in my ears. Classy. So, need to book a doctor's appointment to get another appointment to get my ears syringed, then try again for the moulds. In the meantime, my ears will be extra-sensitive to noise because of the syringing.

This is going to be a fun month... ;)
 
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bassresistance said:
Couldn't get the moulds taken for my earplugs because there's too much wax in my ears. Classy. So, need to book a doctor's appointment to get another appointment to get my ears syringed, then try again for the moulds. In the meantime, my ears will be extra-sensitive to noise because of the syringing.

This is going to be a fun month... ;)
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In the mean time, use some foam plugs. I have packs of -30dB ones in my car. I can get them from work for free and grab a handful every time I go through manufacturing.
 
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hydrohydra said:
is 400 a decent price for a peavey VB2? and does anyone have experience with these amps?
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That's the amp I've been using for 2 or 3 years. Yes, that's a good price. Somebody else here has one.
225 watts
The OD channel isn't that great. But some decent tones can be had out of it. Boost into the OD into some 15s sounds pretty nice.
If I sell mine, it will be for $500...
 
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dozicusmaximus said:
Do you like all their albums? I'm going through the 3 you posted. I'm on Corsario Negro right now.
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Yeah, they're all pretty good. Their very first is Delmar - that's pretty much straight up Kyuss worship, probably my least favorite but not terrible by any means.

Toba Trance I and Toba Trance II lean more toward ambient/experimental - they are awesome.

Nuevo Orden de la Libertad was their last proper studio album - it's great.

Munchen Sessions is a live in the studio thing, it's ok.

El Universo Perdido Los Natas is a 2-disc collection of compilation/split/ep stuff. It's hit or miss.
 
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