dude im probably gonna die in like 2 years anyway what the fuck is the point of me being miserable and unable to do the one thing i was put on fucking earth to do
i bought myself a vintage mesa boogie transatlantic 2x12 combo, an mxr 10 band eq (vintage mesa boogies have super distinct crunch but the eq control is basically nonexistent), a basic boss cs-3 compressor and just found a good deal on a like-new line 6 DL4 delay modeler (those things are so fucking cool and ive wanted one forever); im adding all this to my pedalboard w/ waza blues driver, MIJ boss chorus pedal, wammy pitch shifter and behringer digital delay pedal (i make grunge/shoegaze music); would love to post a pic of my setup when its all done
im still playing drums on a sound percussion (starter drum kit) with like one upgraded cymbal lol, so literally the whole kit sounds like shit, but the one cymbal sounds amazing, now i basically have to upgrade the kit
found a guy selling a drum mic kit for $300 that comes with x3 sm57s and a shure b57 or whatever (dynamic kick mic) and i already have two overheads for the stereo cymbal sound i'm hoping to get
yeah i wont be able to go to the hospital for a while but who fucking cares dude im not gonna live forever. this shit makes me so happy. i want to start a nonprofit record label one day and all of this shit is an investment
follow your dreams
sorry for rambling like a lunatic lol
There's an old, old, old saying that goes "Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die."
Life is real, real short. You've got to find your pleasure where you can.
Whatever you make share it with all the hexbears so we can celebrate your creative expression.
also i would love to hear fellow pedal dorks and gear heads talk about their fav pedals/amps :crush: what are you using? what are you looking at using? what's a sound/album you love that you'd really like to emulate?
Devi Ever Dark Drive cause it sounds like Bongripper (they used it on Miserable), or a custom Dunwich Fuzz Throne that I have modded with a dark switch, 3 band EQ, 6 clipping options, depth knob, and boost.
Favorite amps: MATAMP MATAMP MATAMP ANYTHING MATAMP, Sunn Model T (just get a close tho), Hiwatts, and Marshal JCM800
Favorite guitar - EGC Standard model I got a few years ago
someone is selling a marshall JCM2000 super lead at my local music shop for $900, i dont know much about marshalls tho. what's the dif between a JCM800 and JCM2000?
JCM2000 has different voicings, more gain, more channels. As such, much more gain available. The 800 can get a good crunch on the high input, but you need pedals to really get it going. That said, it still has that classic voice from the 80s, and is one hell of a loud amp. There are also a few different models of JCM800.
The JCM2000 tone isn't something I much care for. Owned an 800 for a few years, and it was FANTASTIC for punk back when I did that.
The JCM2000 tone isn't something I much care for. Owned an 800 for a few years, and it was FANTASTIC for punk back when I did that.
The guitarist I play with in Dødsdømt uses an 800 so yeah lol
Hell yeah! They're awesome amps, if I didn't have the Matamp then that would probably be my main one.
I've been tinkering with a couple of different setups lately. I really like what Carcass did on the Heartwork album, so I've been experimenting with similar ideas of using an extremely dirty boost into an already-distorted-to-hell amp to use as a blend track. One that works pretty well is a Metal Zone (Waza's great, but the Behringer works too) into the front of a Marshall Valvestate. Pure filth. The opposite version of that (read: the "real" track) is boosting the same amp with a Wampler Clarksdale -- it's a TS808 clone with a three-knob tone stack, so you can do an even deeper bass cut than normal. Very handy for extended range or low tunings, and it really brings out the grind in the OD2 channel's distortion.
I also got my hands on a 50-watt 5150 III EL34 last winter, and I've been messing with unconventional boosts for the blue channel. For whatever reason, they have a really aggressive low-pass filter capacitor on that channel, allegedly as a marketing ploy to set it apart from the 6L6 version of the same amp head (because they otherwise sound almost identical -- the lesson being that the power stage in a 5150 or 6505 doesn't change the sound very much). Sure, you can mod it to get rid of the filter cap, but if you keep it you can get REALLY weird with boosts. I wasn't super impressed with the EQD Plumes, but the DOD Looking Glass sounds like it was made for that amp. It's so goddamned shrill on literally anything else (outside of maybe a 70s JTM), but that low-pass cut tames it really well and gives the whole signal almost a Blues Driver feel... But like, Gojira Magma-flavored.
Edit: Current favorite guitar is a Jackson Pro Series SL3 Soloist (H-S-S pickup configuration) in rainbow crackle. I also have a Mick Thompson signature Soloist that is languishing on my bench until I find time to do a fret level -- I'm really looking forward to that one because the EMTY version of the Duncan Blackouts sound freaking brutal.
I just picked up a handmade fuzz pedal on reverb: https://reverb.com/item/283033-the-ennio-ultimate-trilogy-fuzz-by-pierce-custom-instruments-mosrite-fuzzrite-maestro-fz-1a
This thing rules so much, I can get a really great surf tone with just a kiss of dirt or I can go full buzzsaw with the gain cut dimed
Got a custom bass rig cause I o ow an electrical engineer who does it for a hobby. This thing can sound like buildings falling over. Basically just listened to some bands with the dude that built it and he built the Amp around that. Skaven is the biggest one, they use two basses I wanted to sound like when both play the same note. Man is the Bastard, Extreme Noise Terror's Peel Sessions/Phonophobia, Dystopia, Carcinogen. It's basically built for super loud heavy crust. I also have a normal Amp, I forget what it is cause the custom one is basically military equipment.
Fav pedal is my Way Huge Swollen Pickle, nothing fancy but sounds insane (I play bass). I got an Idiot Box Blowerbox recently but I haven't been able to try it out yet because we don't have a fucking rehersal space at the moment which sucks. Fav amp is anything that makes an Ampeg 810 go brrrrrrr
bought a pedal kit to build a solaris germanium fuzz pedal; trying to play like Hendrix at some point. Getting Little Wing down is a bucket list item
68' Traynor Yba-1, Ashdown ebm-600, and an Orange AD-30. Pedals, too many to count.
unlicensed guvnor clone and triple recto in amplitube, the 5150 clone and the soldano are tied with one of the unlicensed recto clones for 2nd favorite. i actually really like stacking the metal zone clone with the not guvnor/not tubescreamer but i dont really use it that much.
i never had real gear, the closest thing would be practice amps and a peavey modeling amp. i have 2 pedals my brother gave me somewhere but i couldn't get them to work with my interface.
Hell yeah.
This year I got a bass and lessons. Getting a good amp next month. The only pedal I have is a Boss Distortion (that bright orange one).
Is it a bass version? Cause I've used the guitar one with a bass before and though it's better than other pedals you do still lose some low end that way (my favorite distortion pedal is some off brand garbage that let's me pretty much turn my bass into a heavy 4 string guitar, it can be useful). The one I stick with for everything is my vig muff pi bass version, it's a sick fuzz pedal and it holds the low end as well.
If it's bright orange it's probably a DS-1 which does indeed lose low end, but also Al Cisneros use one of those in both Sleep and Om so it obviously works for bass regardless lol
It is definitely not the bass version and sounds like shit on the low notes lmao. I bought it like 20 years ago when I picked up guitar the first time.
One musician to another, I wish you well. I'm still angry I didn't pick up that electric guitar I saw on my morning drive to work. It was only like $50, but I had reeeeeent to pay. 🤢 I may genuinely have some economic security by late summer at this point, but all the years of penny pinches and hand-wringing really leave you wishing you had that money to just up and buy a hurdy-gurdy or something.
I've always wanted a jazzmaster and these classic vibe squiers look solid af
edit: i bought one lmao
Squiers have gotten really good.
How could they not when they're made in China
Some new quality heads will go a long way to making your drums sound significantly better. Remo Ambassadors or Emperors will make it like a new kit.
hell yeah
had an epiphany recently and decided that the only way I can maintain fulfillment is by playing (and eventually creating) music. even if it sounds like shit it came from me, something that I put out into the world. share your music here comrade
I just bought a gretsch baritone guitar and this thing is insane, it's the same scale length as a fender bass vi and my rusty ass is gonna hurt myself if i try to go for fancy extensions and wider chord voicing
I started on a wild pedal board build over covid. Never played a gig in my life but for some reason I needed build a new board on a Vertex Travel plus, Boss ES-5 Switcher, Strymon Mobius, Volante and Big Sky, a Stereo line mixer for those three, a Two Notes Tube Preamp and IR Loader and a bunch of overdrives. The crown jewel on the board is the Ibanez TS-10 that I grabbed for $160 CAD on Craigslist from someone who didn't know the current value on they had (PSA: No tubescreamer is worth more than this).
It's currently torn apart while I procrastinate on soldering a bunch of cables to connect everything, and mostly play through an HX Stomp.
SP compressor -> Ibanez Tube Screamer -> Boss Super Overdrive gets some serious boosted dirty tones. I usually keep the compressor volume knob cranked and use it as a "breakup button" for my amp
dude that sounds sick. what amp do you run this through?
Previously through my beloved VHT 18, but I had to downsize to a VHT Special 6 when I moved. LOVED the VHT 18, had so much crunch and bite when overdriven but rang like a bell when dialed in for a clean tone
Follow the dream comrade. This is me with climbing equipment. Why da fuck I pay rent. I just want to move over rock. Perch atop pinnacles. Experience life.
Ballnutz > paying student loans
HELL YEAH BROTHER
