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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

#19,781
Interesting start to the BP glass case of boredom shift. Found a cute little mouse trapped in an inside garbage bin, put out a cigarette disposal bin fire and caught someone stealing and sent them packing. Theres the trifecta right there, the rest of the night is going to be lonely and boring. Until i get out that is. Hubba hubba.
 
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CL400Peavey said:
Splitting your cabs up is your worst alignment.
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CL400Peavey said:
Yes this becomes more, and more of an issue the higher in frequency you get.

"But I play bass, so this doesnt matter..."

If you play with distortion, which adds more content your up upper harmonics, then it matters. And it does effect guitards, and worse than us bassists. Ever go to a show and stand right in front of a 412? It will cut your head off, move over to the side a bit, and it gets a lot better. It is also part of why guitards over power the mix, yet insists that they are not too loud.

As for why they do it? Guitar is steeped in tradition, voodoo, and superstition. They dont know better, and dont want to hear anything besides, "Get a marshall, and two 412's"
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God ****it... I wish there was some magical string of words I could use to express this to my band in a convincing fashion. I try and try and always get "I am not so sure about that" as a response. For any shows with a larger than tiny stage, both guitarists insist on two 412s sitting next to each other. This leaves me with just shy of one cabinet space on either side of the drums. I have to slightly tilt them to make them fit. I do understand why my guitarist doesn't want to stack his 67' and 73' Marshalls on top of two 412s, but there could be at least a modicum of compromise... i.e. put one of the Marshalls on my cabs (novel idea right?). Not to mention that their amps are always at 11. Its not the way-overpowered guitar levels (despite the fact that they want huge in your face bass sound) or the necessity of poor cab placement that irritates me the most about this band, its the unwillingness to compromise and listen to some legitimate scientific evidence supporting my point. This band is going to make me blow my 4-pro trying to keep up... and that is ridiculous.
 
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We haven't played any shows yet with our rigs, all back line provided. Guitar players stack is usually powered by his marshall rack mount stereo 100w. Half stack he usually goes modded 50w plexi.
I don't think he's into dragging the full stack around any more.

You guys have convinced me. If I roll out my 210 stack rig its going to stay all on my side of the stage. There were visions of splitting them on either side of the drummer, not any more.
 
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Turkeypills said:
God ****it... I wish there was some magical string of words I could use to express this to my band in a convincing fashion. I try and try and always get "I am not so sure about that" as a response. For any shows with a larger than tiny stage, both guitarists insist on two 412s sitting next to each other. This leaves me with just shy of one cabinet space on either side of the drums. I have to slightly tilt them to make them fit. I do understand why my guitarist doesn't want to stack his 67' and 73' Marshalls on top of two 412s, but there could be at least a modicum of compromise... i.e. put one of the Marshalls on my cabs (novel idea right?). Not to mention that their amps are always at 11. Its not the way-overpowered guitar levels (despite the fact that they want huge in your face bass sound) or the necessity of poor cab placement that irritates me the most about this band, its the unwillingness to compromise and listen to some legitimate scientific evidence supporting my point. This band is going to make me blow my 4-pro trying to keep up... and that is ridiculous.
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One thing I have found, is getting your guitard to stack cabs allows them to hear themselves a lot better/louder.
 
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So I entered a contest a while back and got 6 different D'Addario picks in the mail. Of these, I liked the cortex and classic(looks like tort). The classic felt supremely smooth to play with, but extremely easy to break. The cortex was the next closest in feel, and is advertised as being durable. It doesn't feel as smooth as the classic though. Anyways, I might have a chance at winning 200 of these cortex ones. Fingers crossed.
 
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#19,800
Always come back to .60 tortex for picks. Went with fingers on a few songs today. Going to keep doing that more,

Clean blend full on with the HSD was like walking through another door I've been knocking on with tone. Also kicked back the fuzz a little.
Everyone noticed. Hitting that sweet spot puts me at ease so I can focus on nailing the songs.
Tightening up some songs and polishing a new one. No singer so not a full set rehearsal.

Good times.
 

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