The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[Ancient Astronaught]

I'm liking the guitar more and more everyday, so I might just replace the neck pickup entirely. It may be worth it, I'm not sure yet.

Gotcha, if you do lemme know what you go with and your thought's on them!

[black mess]

That Jaguar bass is indeed gorgeous!

[D-Day]

Secondly, that's why I get burnt out of Stoner Doom - it's kind of a thing now when it was/is a pretty small community and has been getting more light recently. The problem is, Stoner Doom is pretty easy to write and will pretty much always sound good when you're playing the same Phrygian Scale as everyone else. Shame, like everyone else it's the only thing I can do.

Up here Doom is still kind of a thing but it's getting a little played out. Stoner rock is a total step child though. Even my bandmates don't like it when I toss around the term stoner rock in reference to our band. But since I idolize the Fu and live on reefers I like the term and always have. Plus it's fun to say it in front of the local hipster intelligentsia and watch them make the gas-face. And why do they make the gas-face? If you ask they'll tell. Stoner rock is played out, it's too simple and it all sounds the same. So then what is hip? Noise rock. What is noise rock? Well that's simple! It's doing your best Jesus Lizard and/or Shellac impression. At least around here. So just remember to derive from the right source and you can always stay hip!

But with this thing where you say it's "easy to write" I take issue. A friendly issue! But an issue. It is very easy to go buy the gear and step on the fuzz and get a nice tone. It's easy to find fancy dudes who find it 'easy' to play this style. It's easy to find some horseshit singer that's willing. It is NOT easy to write a song as simple as it needs to be to let that sweet tone breathe yet still keep people interested. Stoner rock and doom are the most boring musics on the planet when wielded incorrectly and as much as I like both when done right, in my opinion they are most often done way wrong. And it's because the heavy sound is easy but the heavy song is difficult.

Also thanks for that little lesson vid. I'm the world's biggest simpleton so I always like to see what people do.

[D-Day]

Holy shit I LOVE that green stain on the Jag bass. I want to make Telemaster in that exact color.

[AngryGoldfish]

Stoner rock and doom are the most boring musics on the planet when wielded incorrectly and as much as I like both when done right, but in my opinion they are most often done way wrong. And it's because the heavy sound is easy but the heavy song is difficult.

Also thanks for that little lesson vid. I'm the world's biggest simpleton so I always like to see what people do.

Damn fine comment.

[D-Day]

Aside from the superfluous "but"! Also I'm not trying to say I have my finger on the pulse of perfect songwriting or anything. Just that I wish more people would improve that facet.

[Achtane]

Thanks dudes!

Holy shit I LOVE that green stain on the Jag bass. I want to make Telemaster in that exact color.

It's ReRanch's green water-based stain, heavy on the stain powder when mixing. I was seriously despairing after wiping it on 'cause it looked like someone took a fucking crayon to it, but it dried beautifully.
I think it was too humid when I sprayed the nitro though. Any scratch shows up as a huge white line, which can be fixed, but it doesn't really bother me.

I love your Jag bass, the pickups are the most intimidating electronics scheme I've ever seen. Swap that middle jazz p/u for a P and theres not a single tone you can't reproduce with that beast.

Oh and if you ever GAS for a better bridge, I have a chrome high-mass bridge w/ brass saddles (lthe one that comes on a modern player jag bass) sitting around if you want it.

Yeah...I have been toying with the idea of putting a Quarter Pound in this one...
The Model Js are roughly 50,000 times better than the default wuss Js, but I really only ever use the neck one alone. Never both, rarely the bridge. I like the neck one about as much as I like the Quarter Pound, so it's kinda hard to ditch it
It's bass- and mid-heavy, not as much as a P but not super nasal like many Js. It's also a humbucker, actually all of the pickups in this one are.
I really wanna replace the Ric HB1 with a High Gain, but at $150 that's on the backburner...after that I think I'm done. It's kind of a boring sound for a Ric pickup; similar to both Js combined but without the supa lows or highs. Needs to be distinct.

I think I will take that bridge off your hands! There used to be a Gotoh high-mass on there, but it's on a bass I was using more at the time.

[Ancient Astronaught]

I think I will take that bridge off your hands! There used to be a Gotoh high-mass on there, but it's on a bass I was using more at the time.

bada bing, bada boom, time to play some doom.

[crohny]

Secondly, that's why I get burnt out of Stoner Doom - it's kind of a thing now when it was/is a pretty small community and has been getting more light recently. The problem is, Stoner Doom is pretty easy to write and will pretty much always sound good when you're playing the same Phrygian Scale as everyone else. Shame, like everyone else it's the only thing I can do.

Up here Doom is still kind of a thing but it's getting a little played out. Stoner rock is a total step child though. Even my bandmates don't like it when I toss around the term stoner rock in reference to our band. But since I idolize the Fu and live on reefers I like the term and always have. Plus it's fun to say it in front of the local hipster intelligentsia and watch them make the gas-face. And why do they make the gas-face? If you ask they'll tell. Stoner rock is played out, it's too simple and it all sounds the same. So then what is hip? Noise rock. What is noise rock? Well that's simple! It's doing your best Jesus Lizard and/or Shellac impression. At least around here. So just remember to derive from the right source and you can always stay hip!

But with this thing where you say it's "easy to write" I take issue. A friendly issue! But an issue. It is very easy to go buy the gear and step on the fuzz and get a nice tone. It's easy to find fancy dudes who find it 'easy' to play this style. It's easy to find some horseshit singer that's willing. It is NOT easy to write a song as simple as it needs to be to let that sweet tone breathe yet still keep people interested. Stoner rock and doom are the most boring musics on the planet when wielded incorrectly and as much as I like both when done right, in my opinion they are most often done way wrong. And it's because the heavy sound is easy but the heavy song is difficult.

Also thanks for that little lesson vid. I'm the world's biggest simpleton so I always like to see what people do.

Ah Darren, it pleases me that you are posting on here. Always a solid poster and solid dude.

[AngryGoldfish]

crohny!

[crohny]

crohny!

And good to see you on here as well. Who else has made the move over here? Hoping Ben and Loobs make it over along with the rest of the the HC dudes.

[AngryGoldfish]

I haven't seen Loobs in a while. Many of the regulars have made it over.

[crohny]

I haven't seen Loobs in a while. Many of the regulars have made it over.

Word, well the stragglers need to get over here so this place feels complete along with the regulars that were already on here prior to our invasion haha.

[AngryGoldfish]

This thread is moving even faster than the HCFX Doom Room. Iluvfuzz regulars are getting involved.

[D-Day]

Good to see ya Alex! We're missing most of the European fellas aren't we? And Will (humancertainty)!

Iluvfuzz regulars are getting involved.

These dudes are super cool over here. I never left the DR at HC. Fucking snakepit over there.