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Joe Gress wrote:

D.o.S. wrote:

Joe Gress wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT3yPKfH86s[/youtube]

Yes? No? Sounds very OMGy. WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING AT ALL!!!

I listened to the Ape Of God so many times my roommate has asked me not to play the second album because the intro fucks with his tinnitus. But Brian Cook is on there, so I am really exited about this

IIRC Cook didn't have much of a say in the writing of that record, so the OMG makes more sense.

Yeah he just played the parts. Regardless, the more Cook/Turner the better.

I'm excited for this. I dig the sound in the video. And Brian Cook has done that type of thing before. He was on a Mouth of the Architect album playing bass but I don't think he had much say in the writing except for suggestions on his parts. I think it was like that on the first Russian circles album he was on too. Then he joined the band full time and started contributing more. He is one of my favorite players so I look forward to anything he plays on.

pelliott wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZmEzjvJUY[/youtube]

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I never heard of these guys but I would like hear more

Maybe there's hope that Neurot will sign another fat, old, bearded guitarist like me yet. Are these guys from other bands? I've never heard of them at all.

That is Tad. Of Tad fame. The lady is Pegadeth, his wife and the drummer is Dave. He's been in stuff.

that brothers song sounds better than the last stuff I remember hearing from them. I remember my main issue was the vocals.

louderthangod wrote:Maybe there's hope that Neurot will sign another fat, old, bearded guitarist like me yet. Are these guys from other bands? I've never heard of them at all.

Tad also contributed vocals to the kick-ass doom project Lumbar, which featured Mike Scheidt as well.

http://lumbarsl.bandcamp.com/

This has always been my go to clip when I need a Brothers fix:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUJ1WojwDJY[/youtube]

I have the split they did with Mico de Noche but I really only dig the Mico side of that.

Speaking of Mico I was reading back some pages and MIKE!!! You can't quit music bro. Sell a bunch of stuff sure, but please don't quit!

D-Day wrote:That is Tad. Of Tad fame. The lady is Pegadeth, his wife and the drummer is Dave. He's been in stuff.

I have no idea what any of that means. I feel old and unhip.

Fat guys are doom though. See for example Crowbar.

Krosis wrote:

D-Day wrote:That is Tad. Of Tad fame. The lady is Pegadeth, his wife and the drummer is Dave. He's been in stuff.

I have no idea what any of that means. I feel old and unhip.

Fat guys are doom though. See for example Crowbar.

Tad is fucking ancient dude you should feel young and unhip.

Okay, so I am young and unhip

TAD may have been one of those bands that escaped your radar, but if you are old, they are definitely of your vintage (they are definitely of mine).
Just loud as fuck and obnoxious to awesomeness.
Grotesquely huge in the most beautiful way possible.

D-Day wrote:Anyways you guys know I'm not Mr Salesmanship all day in here so let me give the pitch one time. The Ape Blaster has two nasty agressively clipped fuzz stages followed by a massive mosfet boost that beats the fuck out of your amp. So it's brutally dirty, hits the input as hard as anything ever hit an amp and yet maintains uncanny string clarity for all your fancy chords. Lastly it's not a clone with a couple of capacitors cleverly swapped. Oh it's nothing fancy or particularly brilliant mind you, I'm a total cromag in this shit, but it's not a Muff, FF, Colorsound or any of the other popular Doomclones. It sounds FILTHY with a Matamp/real Orange. There.

My oldest dog is now all fragile and sick so I hang with her just about 24/7. I've been taking custom work and busting clones to fill the days. Here be a Sonic Titan I built up for myself to compare to a schematic Nick drew up ages ago. I thought it turned out neat looking.

i haven't bought a single dirt pedal since i got an ape blaster prototype several years ago. seriously, this thing is the shit. sure, i've been too broke to really buy pedals, and there's been some that i wanted. but i was on a desperate quest before that and this was the pedal that i needed. it's loud, it's heavy as shit, and no other fuzz i've owned has been able to maintain balance and clarity in chords and across frequencies at high gain like this thing can. i can hit a low drop b power chord as a drone and play a higher lead over it and this pedal manages to be balanced and clear with both. other pedals i had would throw out a crushing low chord and the high notes would be totally lost and quiet when i tried to play over it. or more complex chords would be muddy, with the lower notes overpowering the rest or an open drone string would be all you'd hear.

i know i go on and on singing the praises of this thing, but for a couple of years i was a broke ass fool buying five or six dirt pedals a year chasing a unicorn. i got this and it delivers. it is the unicorn. it's been at least two years now. which means i've probably saved $1500 not buying dirt pedals trying to find what this thing does. currently i stack it with a badascan in front, which is absolute sonic heaven.

to be fair, both black arts and mr. dunwich here have some dirt pedals that i'm absolutely dying to throw money at when i can afford them, so it's not like i'm done buying dirt, but the ape blaster really delivers the goods. it's open and raw and super heavy and reflects the character of my amp incredibly well.

new05002 wrote:Darren should make a DLUX version with Fuzz, Tone, and Volume controls!

D-Day wrote:GORILLA CANNON

DoS, I can take money any time

About tone controls. I tried! I didn't like any at the time. Maybe I can figure something out but everything I tried tamed the rawness and rawness is what I'm about.

i'm actually super into the one knob thing. if there was a deluxe, i'd just want to set it how this sounds. it's a primal scream of a pedal. an angry caveman. i'd be worried extra knobs would interfere with that.

although i do think darren should get another pedal or two out there. there's been some in the works, yes?

I will echo these sentiments. I've passed on a lot of things because the AB is just so good.

And yeah, Darren, spill your guts already! Moar Electric Heat already.

You fuckers who don't know who Tad is suck at life.

Seeing BOTSC in a tiny venue is the shit. Another reason why I'm not leaving this area probably ever.

Ape Blaster fuzz, I has, I also have a little dunwich and Bat on board. While I use the Dunwich/Bat stuff for my main sounds, the Ape is the only one that stands alone, no stacking needed to get into insane realms, and how it retains the clarity is still something I don't understand. The Ape with a Pharaoh in front is incrediballs though my setup. But it doesn't really need it and I find that while stacking with it makes it even MORE, it kinda isn't the same as having the AB just by itself and that's a sound that's very unique and awesome. If I'm honest with it, probably the only reason I don't go to it more is I kinda feel sacrilegious using Darren's Ancient Warlocks tones on a flux song. (Don't tell D but I kinda think his band is pretty good ) I've been known to spend an hour or two with it jamming variations of "Into the Night"s opening riff. Normally around 2-3 in the morning.

And Mike, you clearly need to continue making music. I don't know what all is going on but I hope you work through it man. If I had any spare money I would buy all your stuff just so I could sell it back to you down the road. Building a z car and a few other bad decisions have me kinda strapped at the moment.
It's badass gear guys, when his Tele ate death the other night and the band played on, it still sounded good, those guys aren't slouches, but the heavy wasn't there anymore. Mikes gear is all pretty fucking awesome and he knows how to get the goods out of it.

Edit: almost forgot.

Welcome Jaik who is not a cop.


weeds legal here, so we cool mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.