The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[D.o.S.]

Best Buffer for Doom.

[new05002]

its really holds together the fragile upper harmonics which are otherwise lost in the silicon crystal lattice

[The Wood Wizard]

Sweet moves on the baby Skip, thats one of the few babies that actually looks cute after being born. Props to that! That kids gunna have the coolest rig right out of the gate, so jelly hahaha

DOOM meetup was sweet and Nicks 200 watter was perfect. basically all in one bass machine. new pedals are great too.

other doom news, no one is home right now so im about to shake the walls a bit wheeeeee/\

[moose23]

Lads it's all in the cables.

[AxAxSxS]

Crystal lettuce

[conky]

Clifton, I never really had time this weekend to go into detail on this matter so I am going to catch up with you now on it. I do not think this amp will get you that tone, I actually think no amp can get that exact tone. I think that is best achieved layering pedals on top of a slightly dirty, high power amp. I think the best bet would be GT120, run it with dirtish cleans then layer on pedals

I don't so much mind using pedals for dirt, but it'd be nice if I could have the option to have a super stripped down rig if I needed to and have nothing but an amp, cab, and tuner and have that heavy tone.Wishful thinking I guess. The clips you have up of the GT120 and the DA120 sound awesome. Especially the one with the OCD + Rat. Thats about the tone I'm looking for to mix with my Soldano.

I knew I shouldn't have said anything about Soldanos and Marshalls being reliable in a previous post. We played a show last night and I dunno if it was the power in the building or what but I noticed my tubes were glowing a little more than usual and the tone was different. Didn't sound as strong. Set my shit up this morning and started playing around with my revelation and started hearing some popping here and there. Thought it might have been a fautly patch cable. Turns out the power tube on the far left (looking at the head from the front) started red plating like crazy. The one next to it looked like it was about to start to I turned the amp off. I replaced the tube with a spare (all Sovtek 5881/6L6GC) and haven't had a problem in the 30 minutes I played afterwards. Would it most likely be the tube was just going bad or does it seem like something in the amp might have caused the tube to red plate? These tubes probably have about a years worth of playing time on them.

Not to take away from the awesome Astro Family, but...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ocX9jY0aFg[/youtube]

Marshall Cabs, Flying V's and Model T's.




WHO LOVES YA BAYBAY?

[new05002]

Ahh the OCD + RAT. I even offered to rebuy that from the dude who bought it from me. I really wanna build another one. It was a really nice sounding layered distortion tone, not fuzz'd madness like my other pedals. It was a palm muting king.

It could be failing and now redplatting. There is usually 2 symptoms of redplatting like that, at idle its just not being biased properly or during heavy play the tube is going into a positive feedback mechanism where the bias voltage is being increased (more positive) resulting in more and more power being dumped onto the plate. Likely just need new tubes.

[D.o.S.]

OCD is such a sick baselayer stacking pedal for skinny string devices.

[misterstomach]

I knew I shouldn't have said anything about Soldanos and Marshalls being reliable in a previous post. We played a show last night and I dunno if it was the power in the building or what but I noticed my tubes were glowing a little more than usual and the tone was different. Didn't sound as strong. Set my shit up this morning and started playing around with my revelation and started hearing some popping here and there. Thought it might have been a fautly patch cable. Turns out the power tube on the far left (looking at the head from the front) started red plating like crazy. The one next to it looked like it was about to start to I turned the amp off. I replaced the tube with a spare (all Sovtek 5881/6L6GC) and haven't had a problem in the 30 minutes I played afterwards. Would it most likely be the tube was just going bad or does it seem like something in the amp might have caused the tube to red plate? These tubes probably have about a years worth of playing time on them.

you're telling me. i posted that same thing like two days ago. last night my amp totally shits the bed. turned it on for practice and it immediately blows a fuse. totally dead. it's got two fuses in it. i replace the one that blew and turn it on again and it immediately blows the other one. this time the power light is still on and the tubes are glowing, but no sound. i didn't have a replacement for that fuse and figured that even if i did something is obviously needing attention. fucking sucks. off to the tech today. hopefully something simple but i always fear the worst. i just retubed it a couple of months ago too, so that's not good.

EDIT: also, congrats on the baby, skip. lest i forget to say it.

[The Wood Wizard]

SO my v30 loaded cab sounds so good that I want more v30s, it kills everything else in rubmling bass and creamy solo tone. But I dont wanna swap out my weber axis in my other 2x12 because they have lots of mids and highs that help me cut through... should I just make another fucking cab and have 3 amps and 4 cabs? WHAT DO I DO? MY LIFES SO HARD!

[misterstomach]

also this, from the new ruins of beverast album. fuck. so good. full album streaming various places, although i don't think it's available for purchase yet.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtkiAfB1oLk[/youtube]

[AxAxSxS]

SO my v30 loaded cab sounds so good that I want more v30s, it kills everything else in rubmling bass and creamy solo tone. But I dont wanna swap out my weber axis in my other 2x12 because they have lots of mids and highs that help me cut through... should I just make another fucking cab and have 3 amps and 4 cabs? WHAT DO I DO? MY LIFES SO HARD!

Yes, thats what I am running now, mix of a couple 10's, a bunch of 12's and 4 15's in a couple of cabs. 3 heads and 4 cabs total. I'm loving it.
Basically everything except the Sunn 412lh and the Ampeg fridge is me.

[misterstomach]

anyone have an opinion on seymour duncan jb's? i got a brand new one for free and was thinking about swapping it in for my duncan distortion on my ibanez artist.

[D.o.S.]

Might as well try it.

[AngryGoldfish]

Skip, you da man! Also, your wife is da woman. She is equally awesome. A big congrats to you and your family again.

This man. This. Really want to pair a SLO style distortion with a fuzzed out member of the Matamp/Orange family.
Wanna jump on the Dunwich queue though, do you think nick would put me on an installment plan?
One day I'm gonna have a DA120

So I had a dream the other night that someone gave me an ibanez semi-hollow and it slayed. So I did some research and found this:
http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/hb_pag ... ies_id=109
It's got that ibanez neck I love too. Just swap the bridge bucker out for something brutal and sludge out.
There was a cheaper model, the AS73 that can be had for $400 plus shipping, but the neck isn't the 3 ply, does come in black though.....like I need another black guitar.
I can't believe me GAS is attacking me in me subconscious now.

My dream rig will combine the SLO type distortion—specifically a Fryette Deliverance—and vintage burliness like a Matamp GT1 or a Marshall Super Bass. That would be the sickest rig imaginable, a total dream come true as you say.

I've been interested in that Ibanez as well. I just wish it didn't have that flamed pickguard. I personally don't like it. I love Ibanez guitars but I wish they toned some of them down a bit. I've always loved the Apex II 7-string (I sold mine a while ago) because of its unassuming looks. I just prefer understated, with a dash of retro classiness and Art-Deco. I've heard nothing but good things about those Ibanez semi-hollow models. Even the cheaper Artcore guitars seem highly respected.

anyone have an opinion on seymour duncan jb's? i got a brand new one for free and was thinking about swapping it in for my duncan distortion on my ibanez artist.

I've probably tried 10 different Seymour Duncan JB pickups in various different guitars—it's arguably their most popular pickup ever. They have a very balanced sound that fits all guitars and amps, just with a slight high-end bump. They're warm, full and rich. They're arguably not as clear as a vintage PAF because they're hotter and more aggressive, but most players of our ilk don't want super clarity. I don't think I've ever compared it do a Duncan Distortion, but I'd say it has less balls and aggression. The JB is smoother, rounder and flatter. The Duncan Distortion is pretty fucking mean in comparison to the JB.

SO my v30 loaded cab sounds so good that I want more v30s, it kills everything else in rubmling bass and creamy solo tone. But I dont wanna swap out my weber axis in my other 2x12 because they have lots of mids and highs that help me cut through... should I just make another fucking cab and have 3 amps and 4 cabs? WHAT DO I DO? MY LIFES SO HARD!

V30 cut through like a hot knife through butter. You won't have a problem cutting through with a bunch of those in a couple of cabs.