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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

I can only hope to one day be the grumpy old Michigan Pollock that Eastwood was in Gran Torino...

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Kinda like this..


Also, how impressive is it that we are going to go over 1,000 pages in one year?
 
Haha, yup.

Haven't heard any of the new stuff - not really interested. That was the second project he wanted to do with the same band members. Whenever Andrew or I had ideas that "didn't fit his vision" he'd suggest that we start a second band that would be slightly different, where there could be more groovy/stoney stuff and the two bands could run parallel and both be active at the same time. To me, that was one of the dumbest things I'd ever heard. It just didn't make sense on so many levels.

Now that the doom band is done, sure it makes sense for him to do a 2-piece. Especially for someone that doesn't want to compromise or collaborate with other musicians.

I can just picture jons face puzzled slightly turned like a confuzed puppy and grahams heh heh heh laugh after saying somethung ridiculous.

Its instrumental, and thats my one complaint, i wish he sang, i really liked his vox and i think they would work great in this band.
 
My buddies went to the school across the river from me and they said the gym teacher would tell them how do you dopes keep knocking these girls up, when I was in school we made them turn around...
The gal who broke me in was a Catholic School Girl...

We used to only go to the basket ball games when our school was playing the catholic schools. You could go flirt with the other team members girlfriends. If you were really slick, you could get a blowandgo under the bleachers.

Nothing says, "your head is no longer in the game...." like hearing your girl just gargled a bunch of baby batter provided by someone from the competition's school. drool
 
Argh, so the Jazzguarbird is making what I guess is a shielding sound. All my connections test perfect on the multimeter. I thought maybe that weird bridge wasn't grounding but it is. I didn't expect noise with humbuckers. I guess I need to shield all the cavities of the bass? Anyone here have to shield their instruments? Should I shield the pickup cavities or just the control cavity?
While your in there shield both. If you use paint make sure to plant a screw for ground tap.
 
I turned 39 last month. Two kids (3 and 6), wife, cubicle job, mortgage, Subaru outback, all that stuff.

My current band, started 10 months ago, is the heaviest, best, most ass-kicking thing I've ever done.

Makin' & raising babies was the best thing I ever did for my music. Watching new life grow and sprint so damn fast to strength and adulthood makes you suddenly realize your moving just as fast toward weakness and death. After having kids, I 100% stopped any and all hobbies / activities / time suckage unless it was what I really loved and wanted to do.. which is live-loud-ass-heavy-universe-destroying riffage. In my twenties I thought I had forever to get around to things I wanted to do. Quite frankly, everything I did musically between the ages of 24 and 34 was mostly a half-assed waste of time.
 
I turned 39 last month. Two kids (3 and 6), wife, cubicle job, mortgage, Subaru outback, all that stuff.

My current band, started 10 months ago, is the heaviest, best, most ass-kicking thing I've ever done.

Makin' & raising babies was the best thing I ever did for my music. Watching new life grow and sprint so damn fast to strength and adulthood makes you suddenly realize your moving just as fast toward weakness and death. After having kids, I 100% stopped any and all hobbies / activities / time suckage unless it was what I really loved and wanted to do.. which is live-loud-ass-heavy-universe-destroying riffage. In my twenties I thought I had forever to get around to things I wanted to do. Quite frankly, everything I did musically between the ages of 24 and 34 was mostly a half-assed waste of time.
Sounds similar. I'm 47 I think these days. Took a few long breaks between bands. Last was over a decade. Gonna keep active playing as it's the best way I have to get my mind off reality.
 
Thanks my Man! For shitz and giggles before I get the tape in I am going to swap the input jack and temporarily cover up the gap with some metal for a little troubleshooting before I go all copper crazy.
Yeah that's going to be a tough one. Just remember any shield needs to go to ground. One of the last shield jobs I did included placing 1/8" copper tube in the holes connecting the control cavity and pickup route. I found mine at ACE. Hobby shop should have it too.
 
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Yeah that's going to be a tough one. Just remember any shield needs to go to ground. One of the last shield jobs I did included placing 1/8" copper tube in the holes connecting the control cavity and pickup route. I found mine at ACE. Hobby shop should have it too.

If you see the loaded body for sale in about a month you will know it got the best of me LOL.
 
My plans for 2015...

-Traveling Peavey Henge
-Fish
-Hopefully find/start second career to pay for the former, thinking sprinklefitter right now.
My dad did fire sprinkler work. It was hard work, and he never made much, but he loved it. He was able to help design the system for the KingKong ride at UniveralStudios in Florida. Then he got to oversee the install. That was the biggest project he did. Made the owner a ton and of money, and then NAFTA hit. His company got moved to Mexico to cut labor expense by half. He never found another job after that. He was either too skilled or the opening required a degree. Max, at your age, I'd look at welding or eletrical.
 
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I can just picture jons face puzzled slightly turned like a confuzed puppy and grahams heh heh heh laugh after saying somethung ridiculous.

Its instrumental, and thats my one complaint, i wish he sang, i really liked his vox and i think they would work great in this band.

Yeah - severe insecurity driving that decision, I'm sure. Didn't matter how many people complimented his vocal work, still insecure. Hell, Mike from YOB was practically gushing about his vocals - didn't matter.