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your stoner/doom bass

It depends on what one defines "stoner" music as, these days (geez, I sound a bit like Bill Clinton, here).

If you are into the original "stoner" music, the psychedelic era, then just about any passive instrument works. P's and J's abounded, as did the Ricks and Gibsons.

If you want to play "stoner" music from the 70's, then you are talking 1st generation metal, and high period prog-rock. A P probably serves the former, whereas a J or Rick is better for the latter.

If you want to play a newer form of "stoner" music, like the reggae that exploded into mainstream consciousness, as the 70's wore on, then a P might suffice, but even Flabba Holt used a J.

Jam band music, like the Dead, or Phish? You probably want some tonal flexibility there, so a Rick or J work passively, and just about anything with an active circuit is also in play.

For the current era, "stoner" music implies low & heavy; the trusty P still works there, although drop-tunings and extended-range basses might benefit from active circuitry.
 
I have an Epiphone Ripper bass in black. Looks just like this one:

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It's killer, though it is very UNlike a Gibson Ripper. Bolt on neck (which I prefer anyway) and a P/J pup configuration.

I really dig it though. The pickups sound clear but verrrry fat. I think it may be because they are placed closer to the neck than P/Js typically are on Fender-ish basses.

It's huge. It's black. It's built like a tank. Plays like butter and sounds great.
 
Here is my "stoner bass"; great for playing 60's british blues and acid rock. :o
 

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ehm, can't you couple these threads together instead of bombarding talkbass with "stoner/doom" treads?

A friend of mine uses a Rickenbacker in his stoner/doom band, but I used to sit in during rehearsals and jam along with my stingray. Both sounded entirely different and both worked.

i feel like this thread was started specifically for the instruments the stoner/doom bassist here use though. if there was one already i haven't seen it. but i do know of the series of threads they have in the bassists section and that's not what i'm talking about nor do i think they specifically post gear in those threads. so why not??
 
If you want to talk stoner/doom, come find us in the bassists thread :D

I've been using my '84 Ibanez Roadstar RB950 and my early 80s Ibanez Musician. I also own an awesome 06 Ibanez ATK700 but I've been digging the passive basses more recently. All are strung with chromes. Right now the RB950 is my favorite. Two quadracoil humbuckers = WINNING!

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Warwick corvette, Neck pickup on full, Bridge at 1/4, Tone at 1/2

I use a Corvette but have nearly the opposite pickup balance. I am pretty much all bridge and almost no neck. No tone control but the bass and treble are both all the way boosted in my preamp.

I am not necessarily going for a prototypical stoner sound, but I think we definitely have a lot of crossover into the genre.
 
I use a Corvette but have nearly the opposite pickup balance. I am pretty much all bridge and almost no neck. No tone control but the bass and treble are both all the way boosted in my preamp.

I am not necessarily going for a prototypical stoner sound, but I think we definitely have a lot of crossover into the genre.

I'm not really going for a full-blooded stoner sound, More like a weird blend of jazz, funk, and stoner/doom.