Chest Rockwell

the question here is what's important, cliched Metal 'fashion' or good music? Maiden are without question THE Metal band, so whatever they use settles the argument right there. Personally I'm more than happy with Fender Jazz in a 'stoner rock' band. Our guitarists use Vintage Flying V's, Squire strats, Gibson SG's... If you play in Voivod or Slayer (who are both awesome), then pointy guitars are more important as the vibe and look go hand in hand, but for 99.9% of band it doesn't matter.

I just followed that story. Just to be clear, it appears that 'rebuild' work was done FOR Jaco, not Trujillo. The post above, and the picture captions, suggest it was Trujillo that had it finished that way. the article doesnt say that

being a Metalhead that plays stoner type stuff, I have a ridiculous hankering for a Rick!!!!!!!!! I've only played one and found the neck a bit fat and the body a bit sharp, not like my beautiful ergonomic [s]girlfriend[/s] Geddy Fender Jazz I still want one though. Al from Om/Sleep (google ) makes Rick's look like that cadbury's flake being eaten by that woman in that bath. I reckon I could go a grand on one and if I cant live with it, move it on at no significant loss... but do I wanna blow a grand when I have a ton of other things I could spend on? only live once though, and why should everyone else have all the toys? I'm 39, I work, I was austere before austerity measures. Gimme toys!!!

that's their style tho isn't it?

now that's what I call a roadie doing his job!!

I have a compact and would love to double my house for... a lot less than half the price!!

wonder how much the drilled out bits are?

aah thank you sir!! I think I might change the valves AND pick up an attenuator then... get paid on the 15th so will search then! Thanks!!

can anyone pick up my query? I just wanna solve the issue of sound guys complaining about my amp being 'too hot' and sometimes DI'ing me! I have no particular issue with the gain/sound on the amp. so should I replace the valves, or just buy a -20db attenuator? the sound guy at my last gig used one of those and still said it was hot, though he worked with it and the sound was fine. maybe it's my Big Muff pedal and the Geddy Jazz combination, but they always complain! also, can anyone give me a quick link to useful valves. im not being lazy, but those websites look scary to me!! too many numbers and letters!!

[quote name='PauBass' timestamp='1335343548' post='1629424'] Awesome tone dude!... Is that how you got that bass sound on the recording? Just a big muff? [/quote] hey, only 4 months late with a reply!! the answer is 'yes'! (through a compact and OTB)

questioner... I've never had a problem with the OTB particularly... it's always a varied backline on stage, depending on where/when/who/etc, so it's all down to bass/treble and big muff for my sound... however im getting right bored of soundguys getting confused/irritated with how 'hot' the OTB is! it seems that changing the valves wont particularly solve this problem? would I be okay therefore in throwing a tenner at an attenuator, rather than going the whole hog valve wise? [url="http://www.studiospares.com/mic-accessories/pro-10db-inline-attenuator/invt/568570/"]http://www.studiospares.com/mic-accessories/pro-10db-inline-attenuator/invt/568570/[/url] im not against changing the valves either, but cant quite decide. from what you guys are saying, which ones I should get? (i play heavy rock, so y'know, everything on 11 innit). cheers!!

yup, cant say i have a problem with mine either. i often have to turn the treble down if the cab im stuck with doesnt balance the bass on full (i.e. the sound guy or bandmates winge about too much bass!!). without wishing to be overly contrary, if anything i find the clean sound (i.e. no big muff) too trebley sometimes, when we go 'light' i dont want the bass sounding clanky.

p.s. if in doubt... underplay.

in 'Doom' or whatever slow heavy metal styles, there isnt a requirement for overplaying, or widdling. You do that and you take it out of Doom Metal and into Heavy Metal (e.g. Maiden). You can play what you feel for the song, but that will likely change the style. I realise this might be obvious, but it never ceases to amaze me when muso-types criticise the lack of 'musicianship' in bands that play minimally... that's their style, that's what they do, not all music has to sound like lounge-jazz-fret-widdling to have sonic validity. Besides, seems to me you need to ask the band what kinda thing they want. Some 'Doom'ers wouldnt want any fills. Some leaning towards Metal might appreciate an occasional crazed bass noodle. I could talk about this stuff forever as it's all about feel and dynamics, and people tend to think that Doom Metal is just some neanderthal music (true ) which requires no thought at all (very untrue! )

resurrected from the dead... we managed to get one of our tunes on the Metal Hammer cover CD. no management or press people, the features editor just emailed us and asked us if he could use one of our tunes!

I've never really had a problem with it dropping out. My issue seems to be when i switch it off, there's too much treble/clank in the 'naked' bass sound...?! I use a Geddy Jazz, C# standard with drop B tuning. i usually dial about 1 o'clock on the volume and distortion, bass boost on and tone just off full, depending on whatever bass cab's on stage.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1332088187' post='1582995'] Ah, Chesty - I like that, right up my street! £3? Bargain! [/quote] cheers matey the 2nd EP's much better tho edit : ooh, just realised the first one was free! so er, yup, enjoy!!

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1331552813' post='1574518'] Ah well, first imagine a 4 string drop tuned as being a 5 string in open tuning without the redundant string there to get in the way. Then if you use a "normal" 5 string set, strangely enough you're actually tuning [b]up [/b]to get drop C, not down as is the perception. Then because with the style of music you are often using the open strings as an integral part of your riffs a 5 string in standard tuning won't cut it so well. True, on a 5er in standard tuning your final note goes down a semi tone lower than (for example) me in CGCF and all the other notes are there... but for this reason standard tuning doesn't have that required "evil" sound. I have nothing against 5ers. I have one and have a 4 banger strung BEAD. It's just a case of the right tool for the right job. [/quote] exactly. A lotta people ask me why I dont get a 5 string, then I tell them it's drop B (BF#BE) and they reply 'Oh'. it's not just having one phat string, they're ALL phat personally sound-wise I've kinda gone with the non-scientific 'plug in a Big Muff, that sounds fuzzed up and meaty' and left it at that. im long overdue for some sounds homework, but between what you get on stage/different cabs, i'm never really fully in control so as long as it's fairly reliable, I'm happy. We usually get complimented on sounding meaty/rumbling/fat, so thats cool I would also suffer from distortion getting covered by the two guitars as they're distorted too, but I'm pretty damn low n bassy, so there should be (even more) low end there. [url="http://thorun.bandcamp.com/track/god-particle"]http://thorun.bandca...ck/god-particle[/url] my bass kicks this one off. Probably our best riff to highlight my dodgy timing, it's an odd bastard and im always glad when the band kicks in around me!!! to answer the OP, Distortion 3 sounds Awesome to me!!! \m/