The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[samzadgan]

the reason i ask about the blackstar is because a guy has one for sale and I'm considering it...the power scaling is quite good...just not sure if it can do the dooms...

wait...scrap that...the whole reason i sold my amp is to get something smaller...damn this GAS!

[LOCOPELAND]

Yeah. Pike was using the Blackstar, which sounded pretty fucking good.

In other news, I got my Xmas bonus check. Must. Resist. GAS.

[samzadgan]

Yeah. Pike was using the Blackstar, which sounded pretty fucking good.

In other news, I got my Xmas bonus check. Must. Resist. GAS.

resistance is futile!

[crohny]

High on Fire was awesome last night. Played a handful of songs off the first two albums. Fucking killer shit!

sweet man.

is Matt Pike still using Blackstar Amps?

Last I read, Matt uses Soldano in the US and Blackstar when overseas. Jeff uses a Blackstar along with his SVT both home and away.

I think Pike's got a baby Blackstar hooked up to the PA now.

Last I heard he had a jet city combo amp for the PA that he had a pharaoh going into. Weird set up but his rig sounded fucking awesome when I saw them in Asheville on this tour.

[D.o.S.]

I forgot about the Pharoah.

Whenever I see HoF I try to dodge the PA and/or hide out near Jeff Matz's rig.

[AxAxSxS]

Well- Wednesday may be my personal clinic on short term memory loss, but should be fun anyway

I think you'll be fine. I was kinda amazed at how much we went over and how fast you were picking it up. Nobody's expecting all the songs to be perfect right off the bat but I think you'll get em all down pretty fast. It helps that our stuff isn't massively complicated fr the most part.

Tony, I could have sworn he had soldano's on the stage and the bassist had the blackstar? either way It did sound great, better than last time at Neumo's. Of course I didn't stand right in front of Pikes rig this time. last time I did that I could barely even hear the drums. I could tell he was singing but all I heard was the guitar. Amazing that he doesn't give himself a concussion at that volume.

I forgot about the Pharoah.

Whenever I see HoF I try to dodge the PA and/or hide out near Jeff Matz's rig.

Exactly what I did. I think thats the best spot to hear stage volume and not kill your ears

[LOCOPELAND]

It looked like Matz was using and SVT, but now I'm second guessing.

[AxAxSxS]

What really cracks me up is Kvelertak's bassist using a Tiny terror. It just looks funny with all the big amps up there and then that little thing is on top of a giant stack.

[skullservant]

Is it one of those ridiculously high wattage Bass Terrors? Don't they come in like 500/1000w? Sheesh haaha

[samzadgan]

the bassist in my band uses one of the bass terrors, i think its like 500w…sounds pretty good…

[D.o.S.]

They're pretty cool toasters, for sure. I'd definitely buy one of those before I bought one of their current all-tube dealios.

[samzadgan]

so my amp search continues…i've been offered two things:

a 50w Marshall plexi clone (ceriatone) with a 2x12 loaded with celestion hot100's for £600
a 50w jet city head with a Matamp 1x12 cab loaded with celestion century 80 for £380
a Orange TH30 head with Orange 1x12 loaded with V30 £650

i think the jet city i would spend another £100 getting a depth mod and maybe the clean mod done on it.

thoughts?

[skullservant]

the bassist in my band uses one of the bass terrors, i think its like 500w…sounds pretty good…

They're pretty cool toasters, for sure. I'd definitely buy one of those before I bought one of their current all-tube dealios.

I would too. Whats the headroom like samzadgan? Can it grindy without blowing eardrums?

so my amp search continues…i've been offered two things:

a 50w Marshall plexi clone (ceriatone) with a 2x12 loaded with celestion hot100's for £600
a 50w jet city head with a Matamp 1x12 cab loaded with celestion century 80 for £380
a Orange TH30 head with Orange 1x12 loaded with V30 £650

i think the jet city i would spend another £100 getting a depth mod and maybe the clean mod done on it.

thoughts?

If you got the Jet City I think it would be worth it for the depth and clean mods. If the clean mod can equate from the 20w to the 50w I could show you how to do it and you could save a buck. But I guess if you're already getting the depth mod done on it might as well kill two birds with one stone.

[ridingeternity]

After diving into pedal building this past weekend with the modkits Piledriver kit, a friend took note of the demos and asked for one.

The area I live in is so weird...I have tried soooo many times to grandfather in dudes in the local scene showing them resources they can utilize to be more proactive about their tone...but hard as I try, they all want it delivered to them on a silver platter...so I guess that's what I will do. When I build and make a proper demo of a true bypass box(gonna show how much boss pedals SUCK without one, then show how much they do not with) I have a feeling the guitar dudes around here are gonna shit their pants...especially since they shit their pants when I only charge $10 to fix a broken jack...

After years of watching the musicians around here use and shortly thereafter sell their garbage on CL, im taking matters into my own hands as there is not one soul in a 300 mile radius that does this type of stuff.

Think I might use the moniker "Tonesmoker" for my builds and will be focusing primarily on tone tools like various boosts, switch boxes, true bypass and all that good stuff. Just planning on keeping things simple and advancing the range of circuits I offer with the experience I gain along the way. I figure, what better way to earn money for new gear since im also advancing my own understanding of it along the way?

Before this forum Mark from BAT and Ryan from Fuzzrocious were huge inspirations in my contemplation of pursuing this, after finding this forum, Craig(Dirge), Darren and Nick put the final nails in the coffin.

Quick demo of the boost I built:

Baritone Neck-thru Super Strat, Bridge BKP Warpig with tone knob at half, amp is a 15w Peavey transtube 1x8.

This is without boost:
http://instagram.com/p/hrSCnhMM9H/

With Boost:
http://instagram.com/p/hrSdMusM92/

Can finally get some satisfaction from that riff on my miniscule home rig!

[samzadgan]

the bassist in my band uses one of the bass terrors, i think its like 500w…sounds pretty good…

They're pretty cool toasters, for sure. I'd definitely buy one of those before I bought one of their current all-tube dealios.

I would too. Whats the headroom like samzadgan? Can it grindy without blowing eardrums?

so my amp search continues…i've been offered two things:

a 50w Marshall plexi clone (ceriatone) with a 2x12 loaded with celestion hot100's for £600
a 50w jet city head with a Matamp 1x12 cab loaded with celestion century 80 for £380
a Orange TH30 head with Orange 1x12 loaded with V30 £650

i think the jet city i would spend another £100 getting a depth mod and maybe the clean mod done on it.

thoughts?

If you got the Jet City I think it would be worth it for the depth and clean mods. If the clean mod can equate from the 20w to the 50w I could show you how to do it and you could save a buck. But I guess if you're already getting the depth mod done on it might as well kill two birds with one stone.

that Terror bass to me sounded cleanish…but we never got to turn it up to band levels, so it may start breaking up…but he has a bass big muff and that sound great with the amp.

i have to admit the price on that jet city is so tempting...