The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[AxAxSxS]

that whole etching thread is filled with awesome. I've looked it over but haven't participated because i have little to contribute. Maybe I should leave a comment just in appreciation for all the amazing work.

[conky]

Also my girlfriend keeps vegan most of the time and I usually eat with her at home. Daiya cheese, yeah, doesn't quite taste the same as the real thing, but the flavor is excellent and it's the right texture when you melt it.

I've also been really proud of how creative I've made myself cook using tofu and vegetables, creating really hearty dishes.

If you freeze tofu and then make chicken nuggets out of it, it has more of a meat consistency to it.

I got a ton of good vegan cookbook suggestions if you want them man, my GFs whole fam is vegan and I'm only vegetarian for now but I pretty much cook only vegan. Veganomicon is fucking amazing. Also, look into Butler Soy Curls, you can get them on amazon. Rehydrate them and they got the chicken texture down way better than seitan. I use them to make a pollo verde that will knock your fuckin socks off.

Dude, a Daiya grilled cheese is so fucking good. I'm gonna go make one now

I'll definitely check those out. Thanks for the info.

As far as the Orange Rockerverb 50, I'd say avoid it unless you've already played one and really dig it. It's not the right sound and feel for Doom and Stoner, IMO. It works, but it's too aggressive and tight. It's Oranges way of tapping into the modern market. I mean, Slipknot use them. Bands like Baroness and Converge also use them, but they have a very different guitar sound and vibe to the traditional Sludge music we're used to. As well, I found the Rockerverb to be quite finicky. It's not a refined machine with a balanced EQ response and gain structure. There are huge leaps in gain depending on where you have the knobs at, which makes for cumbersome tweaking sessions. The reverb is also a little bit crazy. That's just my 2c. I was very disappointed with the amp when I tried it. I was hoping for a higher gain version of a Matamp, but it's nothing like a GT120 or a GT1.

Well, i'm currently playing through an ENGL Screamer which is more Marshally voiced and is pretty tightly voiced. But I've noticed that a LPB-1 just loosens up everything gives it a fuzzier Doom sound, like an antitubescreamer. To be honest, I haven't been playing a whole lot of Stoner/Sludgey stuff but instead i've been playing a but of Blackgazey, Gothic Doom.

And yes, I would love a Dunwich

The LPB-1 is noisy as fuck in certain setups, but I love it. I modded one to not cut so much high end and it sounds awesome with my Soldano but not so much with my 2204

All the newer Rockerverbs I played had a really tight distortion that sounded more like Meshuggah than anything doom or stoner. Didn't try to run any pedals into it though. For the price you are gonna pay for one of those you could get a JCM800 or something that sounds way better.

THere is a switch on the back that takes it from meshuggah to fat sloppy doom. My buddy has one and it made a world of difference.

I never looked on the back when I played through them. I wonder what it does exactly. That does make me kinda wanna check them out more since it can change up the character of the amp.

Mark sent a pic today of my custom BAT build, a Badascan of sorts. Sent the graphic I wanted to DannDubbleEwe here at ILF and he etched that sexy ass enclosure. This and a Destroyer should be here in my hands any day now...

Badass!!!

Thats sweet man. If you're Destroyer looks as good as mine, you'll love it. The etch looks as good or better than the first pics we all saw. Sounds is BADASS. Ima lil jealous you'll have two BAT etched pedals. Well done man!

Thanks dude. I'm psyched to try out that Destroyer, shit I'm almost as excited just to see the enclosure haha! Glad to hear you're digging it, thinking I'll feel the same.

I actually have three etched BAT pedals, got this Revelation SuperBass a couple weeks ago too.

Even more badasser!!!

[Andrew]

Ehhh.

I'm trying to be good with my money and already have a 50w head and don't run at its potential. I might just wait a while and see if anything used pops up and I might check out a TH30 again in a month or so, besides they're half the price

[pelliott]

Matt Pike is using Blackstar amps now? Didn't see that coming.

Pretty sure he has been endorsed for a couple years now. I think for a while he only "used" the amps on stage, namean? Now, from what I understand, he actually DOES use them.

[AxAxSxS]

Whiskey, tried to respond to your PM but I'm tarded/it wont let me
So-


Well, it was the one on top of the one on top of the acoustic cab. We sold it today so it's all good. My gear fund is healthier, tonys keeping the nicer of the two we had here, and the guy that bought it seemed thrilled. So its all good. basically the whole transaction paid for my destroyer. wish I could find more Sunn stuff for cheap like that, I'd have the EGC allready there's a model T in Portland right now for a grand, thinks its a reissue though so I'm not gonna mess with it. I think what you have in your rig right now is pretty fucking badass anyways.


Wife and I went thrift store shopping tonight, came home with this-



It was a pos when intially sold I'm sure, but for $15 i couldn't pass it up. works great and sounds hilarious with all fuzz pedals running into it. Just spitting madness of fuzz. Might be fun to record with. At any rate it can live on my bench and I can use it when I'm messing with pedals or guitars circuits.

[misterstomach]

just found this awesome band today. i had heard the name i think, but just listened today. we just got our oakland show confirmed for our tour in a few months and we'll be playing there with these dudes and i'm totally stoked. seems like we're going to get to play with some killer bands on this trip. these dudes being not the least of them. check it out. lycus:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRAlgssBYaI[/youtube]

[conky]

I dig that. I'm definitely gonna have to check out more of them.

[misterstomach]

I dig that. I'm definitely gonna have to check out more of them.

they've got a three song demo downloadable for free on bandcamp and the whole thing is pretty killer. they share a member with a band called deafheaven, which is more black metal and is supposed to be amazing, though i've never heard it. but i think i'm going to check it out now.

[misterstomach]

i'm just listening now to the first deafheaven song on their bandcamp page and holy shit, this is really good.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUJoPoNYQQI[/youtube]

[conky]

I saw them in Atlanta at 529 with Alcest. Both bands were amazing. Roads to Judah is really good.

[misterstomach]

I saw them in Atlanta at 529 with Alcest. Both bands were amazing. Roads to Judah is really good.

i'm halfway through it right now and i'm loving it. i wish they had played portland with alcest. amber asylum played that show, who are really good, but this is way more up my alley.

[louderthangod]

Lycus and Deafheaven...two more really good bay area bands.

I blew up my Electric today...maybe I should break down and actually get a bass amp but I wanted to see how the Electric would sound with a Mesa 2x15 bass cab I just picked up. It sounded great for about 15 minutes and then total silence. Still powers up and of the two fuses in the back I could check, I didn't see anything wrong. I'll have to take it in next week.

In more positive news, I get an email from Ed Rembold that my new Openhaus 2013 model should be shipping in a handful of weeks. I'll try to learn how to post a clip and maybe I'll compare it to the Vault and an older Openhaus.

[dazedbyday]

Deafheaven is great. I saw them sometime last year and will be doing so again in a few weeks. But more exciting I am going to be seeing Yob tomorrow night!

And I don't know if you guys have heard of this band before but Lightbearer just released a new album. You can check it out here: http://lightbearer.bandcamp.com/album/silver-tongue-2. The band has a few members from the Fall of Efrafa.

[conky]

Lightbearer and FoE are bands that I have been really getting into a lot more lately.

[sonidero]

Deafheaven

GREAT AVATAR!!!

HOLY SHIT RON GETS TO TOUR WITH CONAN... BETTER FILM THAT BROSEPH... NEED A ROADIE???

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9euXTpOUI8[/youtube]