The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[Holy Schnikes]

omfg that phaser is soo tits . . . that or a whetstone though?

thats been a cunundrum of mine for like 2 years now.

The Whetstone really nice if you love the Small Stone but wish it had more controls/features. My biggest issue was the size, lotta board space for a phaser.

That Subdecay is the way to go if you want a do-it-all-style phaser with a small footprint.

[AxAxSxS]

TJ, you get my last pm? Has tracking and whatnot for you.

[LOCOPELAND]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/msg/3762736985.html

[pelliott]

I drink a lot and am totally awesome at it.

Me, too!

And there is much better bourbon in the $45 range than Bulleit 10 Year. Look into the E.H. Taylor Small Batch. Ought to be right around $40 dollars and it's exquisite. If you're a rye fan, find a bottle of Willet Rye for around the same price. If you're a rye fan on a budget, find a bottle of Rittenhouse for around $20.
God, I love American whiskey. Except for Tennessee Whiskey, that is.

EH Taylor is good as hell. In that price range I recommend Corsair's Triple Smoke or Ryemageddon. Both are great. Really, great.

For Easter, my aunt gave me a bottle of double-oaked Woodford Reserve, which is most excellent. <3 Bourbon

[emptyparadigm]

I drink a lot and am totally awesome at it.

Me, too!

And there is much better bourbon in the $45 range than Bulleit 10 Year. Look into the E.H. Taylor Small Batch. Ought to be right around $40 dollars and it's exquisite. If you're a rye fan, find a bottle of Willet Rye for around the same price. If you're a rye fan on a budget, find a bottle of Rittenhouse for around $20.
God, I love American whiskey. Except for Tennessee Whiskey, that is.

Right on, will do. I'm not a fan of rye -- the finish just sits unpleasantly with me. But good god I love most other whiskey, particularly bourbon. I just have to be attentive when drinking good stuff, because it has a tendency to disappear and suddenly I just drank a 45 dollar bottle of bourbon on a Tuesday which, admittedly, is not the worst thing in the world.

<3 Bourbon

Also, doombros, just found out that I'm getting my own classes at CU (going back to grad school meant I had to TA for a year). This means less work, more teaching, and a slight raise! Will I start paying down student loans or will I buy gear? Decisions decisions.

[mc_muench]

So men, got a great email from Craigslist about an old drum machine I have an ad for, a guy that makes pedals is interested in trading a custom pedal to trade for my drum machine.



And I want a Muff.

Whats the best muff that he would be able to replicate? From known clones to original versions. I'm really digging the Shrine fuzz and I think Ive heard thats based off a Rams head.

Whats the best mods? I know tone bypass, mids knob, maybe a blend are usually good mods.

I'm think of using it for my bass rig, so maybe a bass boost or down octave or something, when I kick it on I want to make you crap your pants from bass.



Obviously it will all go into an absurdly large sized enclosure.

[mc_muench]

Here's what I'm thinking

Bluebeard clone w/maybe some mods
MASSIVE enclosure
Ridiculous sized knobs
Vertical mounted jacks

Gonna call it the WUMBO MUFF,

[Iommic Pope]

Man, you guys have bourbon smorgasbord by the sound of it. I wish we had better fancy ones. Like everything else in this country, booze (and cigarettes) are waaaaaaaaaay overpriced.
Hey Angry, I hear you on the quality beer thing. Too many options these days. (Never a bad thing, though).
Back to Shakespeare for me...*slight shudder*

[Ancient Astronaught]

I have an agile harm extended scale which is bass VI length and it is great too. The other guitarist in my band plays a les paul agile copy too. They are all great guitars and if the grote is made in the same factory then it makes a lot of sense. I know if you contact the actual grote ebay seller they will put whatever you want on the head stock for like 30 bucks. I got mine from some whole seller in texas. And like I said in my previous post, grote just seems like a weird company anyway since they have ibanez clearly on the headstock of the guitar on their website. Oh well.

Well depending on how things pan out I might order one of these this summer, the custom headstock name is kinda cool... I'll have to ponder on that. I gotta agree I've loved every Agile I've picked up, I just wish they did more custom run stuff like they used too. I'd love a 26.5" scale 8 string flying V

[dazedbyday]

I was looking for a 7 string flying v for a bit but never found one. I also think that Agile had some baritone teles or seven string teles a while ago, can't remember which one. Either way I was digging the pics wish that they still had them available.

[CaptainBoxman]

My tech always says to guys looking for 7 and 8 string guitars "Mate, just go and make friends with a bass player"

Final exams start on Monday, and now my trousers are full. Today is the last day before insane all day all night revision kicks in to overdrive. Also my girlfriend's 21st is on the date of my first exam, so I feel bad that I can't really concentrate on her for that. Bricking it really badly because I'm right on the grade boundary between great degree, and pretty mediocre.

[D.o.S.]

So men, got a great email from Craigslist about an old drum machine I have an ad for, a guy that makes pedals is interested in trading a custom pedal to trade for my drum machine.



And I want a Muff.

Whats the best muff that he would be able to replicate? From known clones to original versions. I'm really digging the Shrine fuzz and I think Ive heard thats based off a Rams head.

Whats the best mods? I know tone bypass, mids knob, maybe a blend are usually good mods.

I'm think of using it for my bass rig, so maybe a bass boost or down octave or something, when I kick it on I want to make you crap your pants from bass.



Obviously it will all go into an absurdly large sized enclosure.

My favorite bass muffs are the Supercollider and the Grey 'Stache...there's a schematic floating around somewhere for the Supercollider, but it's a modded NYC while the 'stashe is somewhere between a Ram's head and a Civil War.

The SC is voiced more for pants-shittingly-heavy of those two, though.

[Ancient Astronaught]

I was looking for a 7 string flying v for a bit but never found one. I also think that Agile had some baritone teles or seven string teles a while ago, can't remember which one. Either way I was digging the pics wish that they still had them available.

Gibson / Epiphone makes a 7 string V, but I'm looking for something a lil less traditional looking. I believe they actually made both of those teles at different points, he has so many different spec builds at any given time you never know what hes gonna have or what you'll find used.

My tech always says to guys looking for 7 and 8 string guitars "Mate, just go and make friends with a bass player"

Real open minded guy huh?

[dazedbyday]

My tech always says to guys looking for 7 and 8 string guitars "Mate, just go and make friends with a bass player"

Final exams start on Monday, and now my trousers are full. Today is the last day before insane all day all night revision kicks in to overdrive. Also my girlfriend's 21st is on the date of my first exam, so I feel bad that I can't really concentrate on her for that. Bricking it really badly because I'm right on the grade boundary between great degree, and pretty mediocre.

Eh, the same could be said for down tuned guitars too then. I mean look at bingripper, they way they are tuned is pretty much bass tuning as they are dropped to f# or some shit like that. I just say use the tools that feel comfortable to you.

I play a middle ground in my band where I cover a lot of different ground and I actually joined the band as a baritone player and then switched to the 7 string after we kicked out a guitar player. So I look at my 7 string as a baritone but with a higher string added on rather then a normal guitar with a lower end string. The 7 lets me play some "normal" guitar high notes and leads while still being able to bang out the low chords. It also lets me keep a low thump going some times when my bass player is playing something with a bit more movement or melody, which he has been doing a lot more of since we got rid of the other guy I just mentioned. We also have a song we haven't got a recording of yet (but we are planning on fixing soon) where me and the bass player are basically doubling each other for the first few bars in the same range. It gives us this really booming hit with the single notes and I kick on some reverb too for some nice ambience.

Good luck on your exams too.

[AngryGoldfish]

omfg that phaser is soo tits . . . that or a whetstone though?

thats been a cunundrum of mine for like 2 years now.

I've owned both and kept the Quasar DLX. Where the Whetstone is vintage and chewy sounding, the Subdecay is syrupy and clearer, in a very pleasing way of course. It doesn't have the grit and decay of the Whetstone, but still has the capacity to function as almost any phasing tone/era you can think of. I liked the sound of the Blackout Effectors, but it was too big and the controls were cumbersome. The controls of the Quasar are really intuitive and surprisingly easy to use once you get used to the complex digital control.

Damn, that Maton was killer looking. Hopefully you'll like the Fender even more.

Oh yeah, the Maton is sick but I had a chance to compare it to a Chessie last year, before ordering mine, and the Chessie won that contest flat out. Plus I got to customize everything about the EGC and the pickup switching should cover the Maton plus a whole bunch more.

Also scored that Maton for $1800 which was an incredible return customer deal. The Custom Shop VI is around 4K new (as fucking CRAZY as that sounds!) so I figured even if I eventually sell the Bass VI, I'll still come out ahead after this trade. Just too good to pass up.

Damn, $4,000! You've definitely scored big time there. That should be a killer guitar. I thought it was just a bog standard USA version from the factory.

Dan has a ton of cool stuff, but he keeps it under wraps. Every once in a while ill get a peek at his board and want all his nice things...

Also, doombros, just found out that I'm getting my own classes at CU (going back to grad school meant I had to TA for a year). This means less work, more teaching, and a slight raise! Will I start paying down student loans or will I buy gear? Decisions decisions.

Gear, obviously. Congrats, man! Get those loans taken down a bit and treat yourself to something cool.

Here's what I'm thinking

Bluebeard clone w/maybe some mods
MASSIVE enclosure
Ridiculous sized knobs
Vertical mounted jacks

Gonna call it the WUMBO MUFF,

Sounds absurd. In other words, totally awesome. I haven't tried a Bluebeard but I hear it's fantastic, for both bass and guitar.

I was looking for a 7 string flying v for a bit but never found one. I also think that Agile had some baritone teles or seven string teles a while ago, can't remember which one. Either way I was digging the pics wish that they still had them available.

Yeah, Agile had a few Telecaster 7-string guitars for a while.

My tech always says to guys looking for 7 and 8 string guitars "Mate, just go and make friends with a bass player"

Final exams start on Monday, and now my trousers are full. Today is the last day before insane all day all night revision kicks in to overdrive. Also my girlfriend's 21st is on the date of my first exam, so I feel bad that I can't really concentrate on her for that. Bricking it really badly because I'm right on the grade boundary between great degree, and pretty mediocre.

Promise her a treat when you're finished. You can surprise and excite your friends and loved ones any time of the year.

My tech always says to guys looking for 7 and 8 string guitars "Mate, just go and make friends with a bass player"

Real open minded guy huh?

That's what I was thinking.

Eh, the same could be said for down tuned guitars too then. I mean look at bingripper, they way they are tuned is pretty much bass tuning as they are dropped to f# or some shit like that. I just say use the tools that feel comfortable to you.

I play a middle ground in my band where I cover a lot of different ground and I actually joined the band as a baritone player and then switched to the 7 string after we kicked out a guitar player. So I look at my 7 string as a baritone but with a higher string added on rather then a normal guitar with a lower end string. The 7 lets me play some "normal" guitar high notes and leads while still being able to bang out the low chords. It also lets me keep a low thump going some times when my bass player is playing something with a bit more movement or melody, which he has been doing a lot more of since we got rid of the other guy I just mentioned. We also have a song we haven't got a recording of yet (but we are planning on fixing soon) where me and the bass player are basically doubling each other for the first few bars in the same range. It gives us this really booming hit with the single notes and I kick on some reverb too for some nice ambience.

Good luck on your exams too.

I used a 7-string for those very reasons. I do miss the extended range. One day I'll pick up another 7-string, but it's not in my immediate future.