dumpsterbassist's forum posts 615

rats! i;m so broke! oh well :D

my main bass Lola (1984 Squier B-34 Bullet Bass, manufactured in either Omachi or Matsumoto City) has been with me for every show i've ever played. unfortunately, playing shows in the northeast means she's been through a lot weather-wise, and due to the fact that i move a lot, she's starting to warp. the bad news: truss rod is fully turned. what do?

shitttt sounds fun

whats up with the cheeseball? what kinda circuit

hey y'all, it's been about a year.

life is weird and crazy and cool.

my band put out a record and moved to pittsburgh (and got a new lineup that we're announcing tonight).

how are you all ?

;success

i do, but only because i like buying vintage used. and if i dont buy it in person then i mke sure to line up a buyer before i even get it myself

get bass overdrive and play with yr knobs! never listened to this specific album but generally 80s rock had a lot of power in the bass's mids and the guitars were hella scooped. so maybe try that on yr EQ.

idk could be any shitty japanese manufactured 60s-70s bass, they did copies of anything and everything. odds r good you'll find something cheap and in the same vein on reverb rn that you can have on yr doorstep in a week

probably. been working on my singing but i'm not quite there, felt it contributed to the style tho so I left it in. honestly i've listened to it a couple times since release andf the vox have grown on me, thye used to be annoying but they remind me of bands like Prince Daddy & the Hyena

ooh shit high praise, thx man

yeah, was going for a bit of a lo-fi vibe. it's all about that DIY life

it is! it's on apple music, soundcloud, youtube. https://soundcloud.com/wastedspaceband/poison-ivy

no problem man. i hope you're feeling better. <3

hey y'all. been a while since i've been involved with this site. missed it, but life's been tough recently, so sorry bout that. in the meantime, i started a new project with new friends and we're hard at work on our first slbum, which will go out to major streaming services! it's a big deal and im mad excited so let me know what ou think

here's the first single

tagging for later listen

fair. i guess i'm very pro-compressor just because i like the sound, but you don't really need it

and funk. and bass. and switching from a single-coil to a humbucker. and using boost pedals/loud ODs.

i wanna take a shorty bass down to c# standard but idk anything about string gauges, anyone got a clue?

bout 5. just an EP

Lol. No problem. I'm putting some finishing touches on it, but I have to re record all the drums. Rather not get into it. I'll have a product for you soon™

true. i could probably get away with selling my older boss pedals i no longer use, but all my other pedals are on my board. i can probably offload my shitty starter amps to some local kids for $100 a pop or so

awesome. will check it out more thoroughly, nd start saving lmfao

looks like a cool amp. i'll keep an eye out

haha that's the one i found. watching it :) thanks for the rec

ok cool, will look into

sick. will look into almost all of those options... any idea about price/availability

alright thanks for the advice, time to go shopping hahaha

yeah. that's what i was thinking, since it's a drive it will lack headroom

Been GASing for the 1484 recently, but I don't have the money right noe. Worth going for this emulator drive pedal, or just saving for the amp?

can confirm hiwatt is tasty

jaguars are cool but they're just castrated strats. much prefer jazzmasters. interesting take on a tele over strat. they're too heavy for me but the tone is fantastic so i see where you're coming from.

if you follow jim's advice to a T you'll do great champ

for me, metal's a lot mor doom/sludge/drone and a lot of my favorite artists are sunn users. i agree, trad metal amps are def that post-soldano gain cascading thing. rivera amps are pretty metal too

the only metal amp i'll ever play is a sunn. \m/

but i have never heard of that before-- sounds weird. what's the wattage on it?

that's true, but based on our boy mike's Pantera hankerings i'd bet on some extra bass in that eq for sure

In all seriousness, man, don't scoop the mids (or at least not too extremely). They'll keep you in the mix, but I do recommend bosting bass and treble a bit mroe for that br00t4l sound

s c o o p m i d s

tuner -> eq -> wah -> od -> dist -> fuzz -> delay/reverb -> modulation

the prs se santana sig is good as an intermediate guitar, indonesian iirc but prs build quality doesnt slack. sounds damn fine too, like a full fat prs