The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[AxAxSxS]

Thoughts on two guitarists? It seems like the norm is one, but I'm thinking, just like amps and cabs; Moar= better(heavier).

When you get the right two, can be glorious. I had originally wanted two for Flux, but just never got the right guy in place and we got tired of looking and just kind of moved on as more and more material got written as a three piece. I'd still be glad to have another guy on guitar but we are not actively looking for that anymore. Kind of the same thing with vocals. Tony and I just learned to do that and we stopped looking for a singer.

[AngryGoldfish]

We can't all endorse Jim Marshall's rare high powered guitar amplification units whisk.

I'm having one of those gear epiphany moments that involves stereo rig....guitar and bass amps....
Kinda wanna go my BAT>guit amp one side and then BossFZ-2>bass (Sunn beta?) the other.
Can Sunn bass heads (ss is fine) still be had on the cheaps?
Also, Peavey KVLT is fine.
Finding cheap bass cabs down here is what will fuck me in the arse though.
Also, are there any FZ-2 clones that aren't fucking behringer?
I know the FZ2 is a superfuzz, but the other superfuzz clones don't do the evil shit that the Boss does.
Am I fucking crazy?
Edit: EQD Terminal?

The FZ-2 has more of an aggressive top-end and a scooped midrange—that buzzsaw sound people rave on about—while the Terminal is more about squishy bass and honky midrange. Might give the same effect though.

Also, a bass amp + guitar amp is definitely awesome. My dream stereo setup is a Marshall Super Bass and a Fryette Deliverance 120 in stereo. I was really inspired to go that route when I saw Two Gallants live a couple of years ago. I know they're not Doom, but their guitar tone is pretty fucking heavy. They also inspired me to buy a Gretsch. Love that band.

I've heard the Traynor ressiue has had its headroom dramatically reduced.

Out of the handful of YBA-1's that I've played, non of them had any real headroom. It went from bedroom level cleans to dirty.

Ahhh, I see. You can't trust what you read. I've heard people say it's not the clean machine it used to be or something like that.

Got this snazzy looking motherfucker today. Holy damn it sounds great - the little alien knob is a preamp that can overdrive just the repeats, which means it can go from pretty clean to very dirty and lofi. I sold my Alter Ego (just too many options and modes and shit) and bought this on a whim to see if I liked it before just buying another Disaster Transport. After messing around with it for a bit this evening, I doubt I will be picking up another delay any time soon.

Win!!

[Wes Mantooth]

I agree 100%, my country is just a big floating pile of living garbage.


I'll take T-Pain's rendition of the anthem anyway:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQOu1oTdslc[/youtube]

you should watch the whole episode if you can to get the whole picture but the singing starts at around 45 seconds.

Yours and mine, buddy.
I really don't wanna watch anything involving T-Pain...but I might muster up the courage to suss that later. It's gonna take me a while to calm my rage centers. I hate that mother fucker.

The clip is worth a watch if you're in to absurd nonsensical humor

If not, you'll still hate him. In the context of the episode it's funnier. While he's performing that there's a chef crying about how meaningless his life is and making a salad using his blood as the dressing.

[AngryGoldfish]

I really don't like humour like that. I just sit there in awkward silence. Maybe that's the point???

[Ancient Astronaught]

Hopefully picking up a PA and an electronic drumkit in the coming weeks. I'll have everything necessary for a band... Full guitar rig, full bas rig, practice drum kit and a full PA. Now all I will need is people to play with haha

[conky]

I'd love to be in a band with you Skip. I've got an Alesis DM5 pro electric kit at home that I'm about to start putting to good use after years of it just sitting back there in my jam room as something for my son to beat on here an there. My wife is wanting to play bass in a band but is too shy to play live so we are going to do a bedroom band and record about 4 or 5 songs. She wants it to sound like Cavity. Shit is going to be fun.

Do any of you guys have use banners as a backdrop for your live shows? We're thinking of getting one made. Nothing huge or anything maybe 4 foot wide by 3 foot tall maybe. i saw a place online that made them pretty cheap awhile back but I can't remember where I saw it at.

[Ancient Astronaught]

I'd love to be in a band with you Skip. I've got an Alesis DM5 pro electric kit at home that I'm about to start putting to good use after years of it just sitting back there in my jam room as something for my son to beat on here an there. My wife is wanting to play bass in a band but is too shy to play live so we are going to do a bedroom band and record about 4 or 5 songs. She wants it to sound like Cavity. Shit is going to be fun.

Do any of you guys have use banners as a backdrop for your live shows? We're thinking of getting one made. Nothing huge or anything maybe 4 foot wide by 3 foot tall maybe. i saw a place online that made them pretty cheap awhile back but I can't remember where I saw it at.

I'd love to jam with you Clifton!

That's awesome! My wife wants to get into playing an instrument and she played a lil bass before, plus our son has definitely shown interest in playing drums. So I'm gonna start teaching both of them, but a 6 year old with an acoustic drum kit would be a nightmare so I'm defintiely going electronic. Luckily one thing my local CL has a bunch of its used reasonably priced Roland Drum kits. The main one I'm looking at is a TD-6V kit, its not the greatest but It has alot more options for customizing the sounds than other drum kits in the price range I'm looking at. If I can make it sounds like a 28" kick, 20" floor, and 16" rack tom kit I'll be a happy camper haha

We need to start a Doom Room Family Band thread once we have some recordings haha

A couple of my bands have used backdrops, not banners but full on 8x8 back drops. It was interesting but usually a pain to get set up in the craze of equipment changeovers live.

[conky]

I'd love to be in a band with you Skip. I've got an Alesis DM5 pro electric kit at home that I'm about to start putting to good use after years of it just sitting back there in my jam room as something for my son to beat on here an there. My wife is wanting to play bass in a band but is too shy to play live so we are going to do a bedroom band and record about 4 or 5 songs. She wants it to sound like Cavity. Shit is going to be fun.

Do any of you guys have use banners as a backdrop for your live shows? We're thinking of getting one made. Nothing huge or anything maybe 4 foot wide by 3 foot tall maybe. i saw a place online that made them pretty cheap awhile back but I can't remember where I saw it at.

I'd love to jam with you Clifton!

That's awesome! My wife wants to get into playing an instrument and she played a lil bass before, plus our son has definitely shown interest in playing drums. So I'm gonna start teaching both of them, but a 6 year old with an acoustic drum kit would be a nightmare so I'm defintiely going electronic. Luckily one thing my local CL has a bunch of its used reasonably priced Roland Drum kits. The main one I'm looking at is a TD-6V kit, its not the greatest but It has alot more options for customizing the sounds than other drum kits in the price range I'm looking at. If I can make it sounds like a 28" kick, 20" floor, and 16" rack tom kit I'll be a happy camper haha

We need to start a Doom Room Family Band thread once we have some recordings haha

A couple of my bands have used backdrops, not banners but full on 8x8 back drops. It was interesting but usually a pain to get set up in the craze of equipment changeovers live.

The thing I love about my electric kit is that it has a patch on it called L Zep that sounds really close to Bonham's kit. Sounds huge and the bass drum actually makes my monitors fart out if I crank it loud. That is the patch I mostly use. I can adjust pitch, eq, panning, and effects on it too so it is pretty cool. The only thing is the pads on it arent the best. I have gone through one kick and two rack toms so far. Luckily they are cheap as hell.

An 8x8 wouldn't be bad but with all of our equipment half of it if not more would get lost behind full stacks. We don't wanna be crazy with it, just a nice little backdrop with some art and our logo on it that we can hang behind us. That's one less thing I have to say (announcing who we are) in between songs on the mic too.

[Ancient Astronaught]

The thing I love about my electric kit is that it has a patch on it called L Zep that sounds really close to Bonham's kit. Sounds huge and the bass drum actually makes my monitors fart out if I crank it loud. That is the patch I mostly use. I can adjust pitch, eq, panning, and effects on it too so it is pretty cool. The only thing is the pads on it arent the best. I have gone through one kick and two rack toms so far. Luckily they are cheap as hell.

An 8x8 wouldn't be bad but with all of our equipment half of it if not more would get lost behind full stacks. We don't wanna be crazy with it, just a nice little backdrop with some art and our logo on it that we can hang behind us. That's one less thing I have to say (announcing who we are) in between songs on the mic too.

Oh that's awesome!!! and exactly the kind of sound I'm looking for. I just hate the alesis units. Back in the day I used an alesis DM-4 to trigger my kicks n snare and hated it, the interface was a pain to use and sensitivity was horrible even with different types of triggers.

Ahhh that's a good point! Just bring two painters clamps for hanging paint covers and it should be quick and easy if theres something to grab onto on the wall.

[whiskey_face]

Thoughts on two guitarists? It seems like the norm is one, but I'm thinking, just like amps and cabs; Moar= better(heavier).

When you get the right two, can be glorious. I had originally wanted two for Flux, but just never got the right guy in place and we got tired of looking and just kind of moved on as more and more material got written as a three piece. I'd still be glad to have another guy on guitar but we are not actively looking for that anymore. Kind of the same thing with vocals. Tony and I just learned to do that and we stopped looking for a singer.

ax doesnt know it but that second guitarist 3rd vocalist slots reserved for me if i ever move

[conky]

^ That would be awesome!

I think I picked up some of your good luck finding good gear for cheap. I just found a 5150 4x12 for $100. I don't even need it, but I picked it up anyway so now I can have a cab to play on at home and I won't have to drag a cab home from practice all the time.

[t-rey]

Look for a used Sparkle Motion? I almost never turn mine off.
One other thought I had was what about a compressor? I have never found one I needed, but it may do some of what you are describing with making things more chimy? Something like the pigtronix or analog man stuff?

Forgot about the Sparkle Motion. I've been thinking about getting compressor - never tried one, but it seems that I like cleans that really have the power amp working a bit, so it seems like a compressor might approximate some of that sound.

^ That would be awesome!

I think I picked up some of your good luck finding good gear for cheap. I just found a 5150 4x12 for $100. I don't even need it, but I picked it up anyway so now I can have a cab to play on at home and I won't have to drag a cab home from practice all the time.

Nice!

[AngryGoldfish]

The right compressor will definitely mimic that sound. The Fairfield Circuitry The Accountant has the fat and bold tone of a pushed Matamp that's still clean, but has been rounded by volume, natural sustain and compression. It's not as dark or woolly like a Matamp, but it's in the right ballpark. The Pigtronix Germanium Philosopher's Tone might get you that sound better.

[D.o.S.]

I'd love to be in a band with you Skip. I've got an Alesis DM5 pro electric kit at home that I'm about to start putting to good use after years of it just sitting back there in my jam room as something for my son to beat on here an there. My wife is wanting to play bass in a band but is too shy to play live so we are going to do a bedroom band and record about 4 or 5 songs. She wants it to sound like Cavity. Shit is going to be fun.

Do any of you guys have use banners as a backdrop for your live shows? We're thinking of getting one made. Nothing huge or anything maybe 4 foot wide by 3 foot tall maybe. i saw a place online that made them pretty cheap awhile back but I can't remember where I saw it at.

Traveling Cavity Family Band, breaux.

No clue on the banners.

[LOCOPELAND]

Hell yeah, whisk. The job is yours! Haha

I'm surprised ax hasn't chimed in with his drool worthy acquisition.