The stoner/doom bassists thread...

[thombo]

i have two basses, both 5er's tuned to A, E, A, D, G. i like it. my guitarist still uses standard tuning. for what it is worth Cult of the Lost Cause (shameless plug) are doing more of a post-rock/metal type thing... the Low A is all doom though. I usually use a p5 (passive) with flats also using flats, so it's heavy on the fundamental.

 

[ampegfuzz]

Floor is fantastic. Dove should be required listening.

YES and by everyone in this thread. Seen the reunion show in Chicago it was killer. everyone in the crowd was singing the tunes it was crazy awesome

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

I've owned a couple 5 string basses with the intent to become just as comfortable on a 5 as I am on a 4, and my SRX695DX was quite good for adjusting to a 5 string, but in the end I realized at heart I'm a 4 string player and that's all I really want to play. If I come across something where I have to tune to B or lower, I'll just use a 5 string pack on a 4 string.

 

[Metal Matt]

I don't know how doomy/stoner you consider Torche, but nothing sounds like the bomb sounding chords Steve plays. I don't know what tuning he's in but I think it's A.

For older stuff, it was standard, but with a low A in place of the low E so...

AADGBE

Hence all the octave sounds...and for the bomb note/drop z/whatever, they lose the high E, move everything down, and have another low string tuned down to slack...

ZAADGB

Their bass player is tuned standard, using the A string in the same octave as the guitars, and then dropping the low E to slack for the bomb note songs.


I use the bomb note for Mors in our song 'Slag'... ZF#BE (tuned down from drop B).

 

[Lazarus.Bird]

Z? What on Earth are you guys talking about.

 

[Metal Matt]

Z? What on Earth are you guys talking about.

Talking about the bomb note you hear on some Torche and Floor songs, which is literally the lowest string tuned down till it's all slack. Not really a name for it and it's not really tuned to a specific note, just tuned down until it sounds like bombs are being dropped every time you hit it, so most of the time people just use "z" to name the string.

 

[ampegfuzz]

Look up tarpit carnivore on YouTube and look for play this riff I would post a link but I'm on a cell

 

[eyeballkid]

I got a forehead to the eyeball on the song... and given the way I look you can just imagine how that hurt!

 

[JoeVictim]

Z? What on Earth are you guys talking about.

Charge of the brown recluse on Torche's self title, first track. broom broom, brewew-BOOM!.

 

[bobostein]

What do you guys think is the heaviest most brutal pedal out there. I like my rat but whats your opinion?

 

[Hutzbordello]

so much torche love here <3

and bobo thatd probably be the empress multidrive

 

[JoeVictim]

What do you guys think is the heaviest most brutal pedal out there. I like my rat but whats your opinion?

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This beast is heavy. Check the bass samples. Wade is a stand up guy too.

 

[Hutzbordello]

thats a sweet pedal man

 

[FallingUnknown]

so much torche love here <3

and bobo thatd probably be the empress multidrive

Why do so many people like Torche? They seem like pop-rock. Nothing resembling doom metal.

Have I just not heard the right songs?

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

Earlier Torche, and more importantly, Floor.

Listen to Floor.

 

[ampegfuzz]

New torche is kinda poppy in feel but still good

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

Agreed.



Rigs Of The Stars: OM | doperigs

 

[bassboysam]

Recorded this at our last jam

YouTube - MONOBROW - Store High In Transit (rehearsal space version)

 

[ampegfuzz]

Drop Z tuning:

YouTube - Steve Brooks from TORCHE Guitar Lesson "Tar Pit Carnivore"

Dropping bombs:

YouTube - FLOOR EIN (BELOW AND BEYOND)

 

[ampegfuzz]

Recorded this at our last jam

YouTube - MONOBROW - Store High In Transit (rehearsal space version)

I spy with my eye a RIC and a Butcher cool! ill have to post a basement demo one of these days when my band gets a worthy one