Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

[Niff]

A Full Compass magazine showed up at my work today and they throw any magazine with a guitar on it on my desk. Well they have the base model Ibanez ATK 200 for the $229 and the 5 string for $249. Seems like a good deal and I know there are some ATK fans here.
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i miss my ATK a lot i have to say. damn good deal.

 

[The_Janitor]

SBMM Ray34CA, GK MB800, Eminence loaded Dually. I brought some pedals, but the amp gain and Stingray growl were enough to sound heavy and fit right with the guitar. If I end up joining the band the guitarist and I talked about working on refining tone together relatively to make it sound as heavy as possible.



Not panda metal. This was like old Obituary, Grave, Autopsy, Deicide type stuff. Very raw, heavy, mean sounding. There was a lot of camp and hightops in the room.

I could get into playing some old-school death metal. Those bands often had breakdowns with huge half-speed sabbath-esque riffs. Autopsy and Pungent Stench were very good at that kind of thing. Don't think I could keep up with a newer modern DM band, but I'd have fun with the old stuff.

 

[father of fires]

If any of you remember the white box bass distortion I built many moons ago...

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I recently played OldCrow's copy through my new Mesa 15's and I was blown away. I gave my prototype to a favorite bassist of mine many moons ago so I have forgotten all about it.

I'm gonna build it again but fix some quirks. It's basically an all or nothing type of pedal so I'm going to remove the gain knob and I'll add a boost to the output to get more gain when I run a tube amp. I may put a parallel dirty boost (I hate clean blends with a passion). Maybe a simple hi/lo switch or presence boost or something.

Of course I decided all of this as I'm renovating my basement and no longer have my "work shop" set up.

 

[Corey Y]

LOL I forgot about that term. What tuning/s did they use?

They were playing in drop B. I brought my Stingray because I can tune it anywhere between standard and B and it holds up pretty well, because it has thick strings and a huge neck. My main basses are in B standard, so when I go jam with them again I might just bring my P bass and transpose the parts on the higher strings or try tuning the higher strings up a step, not sure. I never both with drop tunings on bass, but I can understand why the guitarist does it, with the type of riffs he's playing.

I could get into playing some old-school death metal. Those bands often had breakdowns with huge half-speed sabbath-esque riffs. Autopsy and Pungent Stench were very good at that kind of thing. Don't think I could keep up with a newer modern DM band, but I'd have fun with the old stuff.

Yeah, I'm not into the modern tech death metal stuff, but I actually really like old school death metal bands and modern bands that do that style. Ideally I would be playing the kind of music I like to write on my own, but it's definitely fun to play and the guys in the band are cool.

 

[JoeVictim]

Corey! I'm happy that you finally found some dudes! I've been trying to write non doom riffs to use in our songs. Got some stuff that's a bit faster on this tune I'm writing lyrics for now. I think that we are just going to keep writing what we like and if people think it's heavy or stoney or doom, cool. I like a lot of different heavy stuff and I'm hoping to mix it up on some songs. As Bee would say, less bounce, more riffs. Blend some technical shredding with some dissonant chords, break downs, thrashy riffs, slow echoey riffs, you get the idea. Can't stay stagnant. Got to be fresh.

 

[The_Janitor]

Now playing...

 

[dcarwin]

A Full Compass magazine showed up at my work today and they throw any magazine with a guitar on it on my desk. Well they have the base model Ibanez ATK 200 for the $229 and the 5 string for $249. Seems like a good deal and I know there are some ATK fans here.
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I bought one three weeks ago! Got it all set up and tuned up nice now in C. I had to file the fret ends and round the fretboard because I'm spoiled, but after a little file work and steel wool it's as smooth as it needs to be. It has a couple flaws, but well worth the 229.

 

[dcarwin]

I could get into playing some old-school death metal. Those bands often had breakdowns with huge half-speed sabbath-esque riffs. Autopsy and Pungent Stench were very good at that kind of thing. Don't think I could keep up with a newer modern DM band, but I'd have fun with the old stuff.

That modern high speed double bass is all on the drummer. If you have a stellar drummer, you've got a good band. If your drummer can't hack the double bass on time at speed, give it up.

 

[Niff]

If any of you remember the white box bass distortion I built many moons ago...

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I recently played OldCrow's copy through my new Mesa 15's and I was blown away. I gave my prototype to a favorite bassist of mine many moons ago so I have forgotten all about it.

I'm gonna build it again but fix some quirks. It's basically an all or nothing type of pedal so I'm going to remove the gain knob and I'll add a boost to the output to get more gain when I run a tube amp. I may put a parallel dirty boost (I hate clean blends with a passion). Maybe a simple hi/lo switch or presence boost or something.

Of course I decided all of this as I'm renovating my basement and no longer have my "work shop" set up.

that is very cool. sounds like early QOTSA midsy muffy girth.

 

[The_Janitor]

...death and roll before it was cool:

 

[mc_muench]

SBMM Ray34CA, GK MB800, Eminence loaded Dually. I brought some pedals, but the amp gain and Stingray growl were enough to sound heavy and fit right with the guitar. If I end up joining the band the guitarist and I talked about working on refining tone together relatively to make it sound as heavy as possible.



Not panda metal. This was like old Obituary, Grave, Autopsy, Deicide type stuff. Very raw, heavy, mean sounding. There was a lot of camp and hightops in the room.

You should just provide the full backline.

 

[Corey Y]

You should just provide the full backline.

I offered to, actually . Dude was playing a solid state Marshall combo, into a small Crate extension cab with a multi-fx pedal. I told him if he wanted I could bring my Marshall 1960B and Peavey VTM120 head if he wanted to try it out. His stuff sounded fine for what he was playing, really high gain and gnarly sounding riffs that weren't trying to sound super heavy. It actually made it really easy for me to fill in the low end and make everything sound really heavy. I'm not too snobby about guitar tone for really raw sounding heavy music. He said he was working on getting new gear, apparently he had nice stuff years ago and got it all stolen and is just getting back into being in bands again.

 

[Niff]

that Sabbra Cadabra pedal is shaging tops, i can't believe how close that is to the iommi tone. my amp tech just got some in, maybe i'll go in for a cheesy sabbath guitar wail.

 

[eyeballkid]

 

[ampegfuzz]

Lol, Iron mike is blowing up these days.

 

[kzr750r1]

Pulled the trigger on a Rumble 40. We'll see how it keeps up with dirt injection.

 

[JoeVictim]

Now playing...

I was too punk at the time, but I grew up with a lot of this going on. Tampa was a hell of a place. Miss it and miss my friend. Can't wait to get back for a visit. Need some Checkers (rally's) and a Cuban sammich. And deviled crab, and biscuits and gravy from my favorite spot. Fried catfish and BBQ. Collards, Mac, okra, and Yuengling! Lastly, grouper sandwich.

 

[kzr750r1]

Repackage alert.
Here's the original.

 

[Squanch72]

My morning ritual since from the post nasal drip made me think of a great name for a band...The Dry Heaves

 

[Squanch72]

That modern high speed double bass is all on the drummer. If you have a stellar drummer, you've got a good band. If your drummer can't hack the double bass on time at speed, give it up.

I think double bass drum playing sounds as bad as trumpets anymore, dug it as kid but goodness I hate it now, mutted power chord crunching is starting to turn me off too, I think slow and heavy has won me over but I am an old shagk