mike_foster's forum posts 4

Oh definitely. Always go big if your situation and wallet allow for it!

I was just trying to offer some advice to the OP who was looking for a pedal to work into his setup to get a good doom tone.

You don't need vintage gear to get a good doom sound. You just need to stack your dirt. You can do a lot with a couple of fuzzes going at the same time in front of a clean (or hairy) amp. Same goes with 1 good fuzz in front of a driven amp. Granted a 112 in a live situation probably isn't going to give the floor shaking results you expect from a doom band, but it should be just fine for the bedroom.

You could always experiment with some of your more common fuzzes like the Big Muff, Swollen Pickle, but those pedals weren't designed specifically for doom. If you do want to spend a few bucks, something from Dunwich Amplfication, Black Art Toneworks or Earthquaker Devices will probably suit your needs quite nicely. Check out these shootouts to give you an idea of some of the awesome stuff out there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPyx26NG3QI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBsmihQ8Xlc

Personally - i use a Black Arts Toneworks Pharaoh in front of an Orange Rockerverb 50 MK1 to push my main guitar sounds into sonic oblivion when i really want to get the floor shaking on some of my bands doomier parts. It absolutely crushes.

I'm pretty sure my first amp was a little no-name 10-watter that i picked up for next to nothing when i bought my first guitar. It probably sounded terrible, i don't recall. That one doesn't count. A few months later I bought a Peavey Studio Pro 112 so i could complete with my buddy on the drums. It was a pretty decent amp for the price and lasted me about 10 years from the mid-90s until the mid 2000's when i finally had some money to spend on cooler stuff (and I started playing in bands again after finishing school). I still have it sitting in my basement, but i ripped the speaker cone pretty badly trying to keep up with a much louder drummer than the 1st one.

http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/peavey-studio-pro-112-transtube-653777.jpg

Hey...Mike here...i'm from New Brunswick, Canada. I found this site while searching for a place to catalogue my gear in a similar way to what discogs.com does for music media. This site doesn't quite get into that level of detail but it's still really cool! I'm really enjoying checking out the gear that famous artists are using. It's obvious that some of you folks are putting a lot of work into tracking that info down.

I play guitar in a couple of local metal bands, one of which is in the process of recording our debut full length - https://redusurper.bandcamp.com/

Looking forward to chatting gear with you all.