SteveXFR

To be honest, i lost a bit of respect for the singer after he threw a tantrum at a tech when a bass amp blew up. These things happen and the tech was running on stage with a new head within seconds.

Im guessing Electro Hippies. They were from oop North and kind of crusty kind of thrashy

So you're not a fan of Norwegian blackened funeral doom?

Paradise Lost were the band who got me in to doom when I saw them on the Draconian Times tour. I was walking past the Fleece in Bristol and heard them, thought it sounded good so I went in and watched the show in my best interview suit. I looked very out of place.

They had cheaper electronics than a normal MIM jazz bass but the same US made body and neck. One unusual feature was the Fender logo is solid black which rather than the usual outline.

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/can-someone-explain-the-fender-mim-squier-series.1284372/

I had one of those. Early 90's. Its not a Squier but is called squire series. They're quite unusual these days. Mine was ok but not great quality. The pick guard is single ply, brittle and impossible to find replacements. Frets weren't well finished. It sounded nice. For £350 max it's a good buy.

I've never been to desertfest but that and Hellfest are on the list for 2022. Im still a relative beginner with bass. Any recommendations for essential doom covers to learn? I keep trying Om and Shrinebuider songs and then running out of talent because Im not Al Cisneros.

Thats pretty good. I can definitely hear the Down and Sabbath influence in there. The bass sounds good.

I was quite surprised that Jaguar used Chelsea Wolf on the advert for the F Type sports car. Definitely not going to appeal to the 70 year old golf enthusiasts but a superb bit of doom.

Melvins are more sludge metal. They can't be doom, buzz smiles while playing sometimes!

I have joined a doom band, we only managed to actually meet and play three times though. It just feels so great to build that wall of distorted sound with the guitars. The guitarist did most of the writing and claims to be inspired by Sabbath but effectively just takes Sabbath riffs and changes the rhythm! Before the world ended I had tickets for Om, High on Fire and Pigsx7 so last year would have been a great year for gigs.

There doesn't seem to be much discussion around the slowest, nastest, fuzziest, most stoned form of metal here. Are there any doomers here? I play a lot of Sabbath, Sleep and Down and really enjoy just cranking up the fuzz and just making stuff up.

Lavigne, Swift? They're both often described as the millennials Iggy Pop

As a the most the greatest punk musician (Skater boy) of the last 40 years, Im surprised she didn't sign to Hellcat or an independent record label or go full DIY

They should have booted Lars. He's a competent enough drummer but certainly not one of the greats and I think he holds the band back. Replacing him with Micky Dee or Dave Lombardo or even Dave Grohl would bring so much more to the band.

I've never really liked anything Metallica did after Cliff, it's all just average, generic commercial metal. Cliffs song writing and bass was what made Metallica great.

Thanks. It's an old Peavey International so Im wondering whether its worth the cost of EMG pickups. I thought about putting EMGs in my Zephyr and the Zephyr pickups in the International but to be honest I really like the Zephyr as it is.

Thanks.

I need a new soapbar style pickup for a 4 string peavey but the only pickups I can find the same size are listed as 5 string pickups. Does it make any difference whether they're 4 or 5 string if they're the right size?

Where did they get that name from?

Im quite liking the look of the new Embassy bass. Looks like Thunderbird hardware and pickups in a different body

The only minor problem with the vintage pro is the headstock is so massive that it will only fit in the genuine epiphone hard case. I couldn't find a suitable soft case and none of the other thunderbird hard cases were long enough.

Definitely. It sounds excellent and the quality of finish was better than my MIM Fender Jazz. I got mine new for £450 but I haven't seen any that cheap since then.