No preamble today, you all know what this is by now. As I sew a Cthulhu patch onto my vest, I just wanted to check in with my favorite comrades! This is your space to talk and vent!
A lot of you remember that show I had last week with the people who don't like me. It actually went pretty horrible for my partner, not so much for me. I walked out during the performances of the people in question, and the 3rd person just walked right past me without saying anything, and I had my best friend with me so it ended up being a fun, drunken/high evening for me, in some respects.
My partner tho...one of the performers (who I fucked things up with) had a mental break right before the last act, was screaming and crying about how they didn't wanna do it. I can't help but wonder if my presence played a part in that. Partner isn't holding the break against them, but they haven't reached out since to say anything at all about it. My partner produced and directed the show, so they won't be inviting them back. On top of that, they ended up losing money on the show that they worked hard for, and they found out that some other people in their community were trying to poach the venue, which upset them. ON TOP OF THAT - they're coming off Lexapro, so it hasn't been an easy week.
Beyond that, I've been making new friends, some of them from Hexbear, some of them from Lex. Talking with someone right now who is spitting Marx quotes at me and I'm just like....oh yeah, let's fucking do this. Had a GREAT day on Saturday doing mutual aid work and then hanging out. My partner seems to be working on us doing ENM/poly stuff in a positive way, so that's cool. Band practice tonight, rest tomorrow, and then back to distributing food on Saturday.
Hope you're all well!
Congrats on starting HRT! Excited for you! :lea-bounce:
That head sounds awesome, we have one in our space but idk if it works. I'm currently struggling with finding an octave pedal to do mock bass stuff for live shows that doesnt sound like total fuck with my low tuning (f standard). Even using old 70s 15" speakers and a Model T, the OC5 I'm using now sounds like ass. Maybe I need to add back some dry signal - I'll try it out a few minutes tonight before practice, but I'm looking at the Pitchfork Plus now. Maybe I should just go down a fifth instead of an octave. Ideally I'd have a biamp setup with one clean + bass amp, and the other with my regular effects. Just need to find a pedal that sounds ok. I also started playing with the Behringer HM2 clone, and actually really like it with my super low tuning! Normally not much of an hm2 person, but I vibe with this.
It's super cool that you know how to fix up stuff like that! If you were closer to Chicago, we could definitely use someone like that. Funny story, my Matamp was built in England and uses weird fuses for a guitar amp. I had problems with it and took it to tech after tech, until someone was like "oh shit, I checked the 70s OR120 schema and we need a 2A slo blow." Been rocking like a champ since then, and I can actually play it cranked all the way to 10 now.
Holy shit, I'm not surprised that the OC5 is struggling with your setup. The Pitchfork might work a little better for you; I haven't tried one, and certainly not at that low of a tuning. I have a Digitech Drop, and that does pretty well until you get into E-standard bass territory -- once your source is tuned that low, the tracking is OK, but the output signal gets weird and artifact-y past about 3 half-steps down. Are you using something like an LS-2 at the front of your chain to split off the clean signal and send it to the octave pedal/bass effects loop and then mix it back in? That should still work as a Y-pedal if you decide to send the "bass" signal to a separate amp (or maybe a modeler and a PA system).
I love this thing, and not because it's hot pink. OK, not just because it's hot pink. It's a little fizzier than a real HM-2, so I've actually given mine to my kid and swapped out for a TC Electronic Eyemaster, which is a two-knob version that is also built like a tank. I've tried it on multiple amps now, and I grin like a jackass each time because it's just instant Entombed, even through my silverface Fender. I don't normally go for the Swedish chainsaw thing, but it's good stupid fun and an amazing blend tone.
I have been drinking before practice and would love to continue this conversation but once I mark this as read, I know I'll probably forget. Are you on Element or anything? Dm me and let's talk gear!