The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[D.o.S.]

I'm selling a few fuzzes here if y'all are interested: viewtopic.php?f=44&t=44292&p=886296#p886296

did you ever figure out which ToneBender model you were going to pursue?

None at the moment. I just did the budget for our next tour, and it's pretty daunting.

You guys gonna come hang out in New England again?

[conky]

Anyways you guys know I'm not Mr Salesmanship all day in here so let me give the pitch one time. The Ape Blaster has two nasty agressively clipped fuzz stages followed by a massive mosfet boost that beats the fuck out of your amp. So it's brutally dirty, hits the input as hard as anything ever hit an amp and yet maintains uncanny string clarity for all your fancy chords. Lastly it's not a clone with a couple of capacitors cleverly swapped. Oh it's nothing fancy or particularly brilliant mind you, I'm a total cromag in this shit, but it's not a Muff, FF, Colorsound or any of the other popular Doomclones. It sounds FILTHY with a Matamp/real Orange. There.

Sold. I need one now. PM inbound.

Absolutely! I plan on getting it going here soon. I got pretty depressed and kinda lost the plot for awhile there but I seem to be a little less crazy right now.

no worries. whenever you get to it.

obligatory Ape Blaster vid demo, back in the day when it was Black Hand Analog OKW

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_PB5Rzu33k[/youtube]

Yup, definitely need one now.

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

fufufufufufufu

Yes.

Here's the TAD documentary, Busted Circuits, Ringing Ears. If you haven't seen it, you should. If you have, you should watch it again.

http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/tad_busted_circuits_and_ringing_ears

Watched most of it. Gotta finish it later because it was pretty fucking awesome. I remember watching Headbangerd Ball when I was younger and the video for Greasebox came on and the fucking riff caught my attention and then the hook locked me in.

[KaosCill8r]

So I'm kind of gassing for a third dirtbox at the moment. Something loose and grainy and pushes the low end. Doesn't need a ton of control. I've seen some Fuzzhugger Arc Flash demos that are in the ballpark, and the Geiger Counter civilian issue has got my eye again with sheer output and sample rate reduction. Plus I know most of what it can do.

Any other suggestions?

I've got the Civilian Issue WMD Geiger Counter, and I love it.

edit: I don't know how to multi-quote. Sorry!

Ya, I had the full sized version for a while, but it wasn't worth the cost for the amount I used it; pretty sparsely actually. I played all kinds of NIN sounding stuff whenever it was on. I pretty much just messed with the sample rate on the 3 or 4 settings I really liked. Maybe I'll just wait for one to pop up second hand. I have a PM-7 on my board, so the sample rate/filtery stuff would be just be icing on the cake. Something like the Arc Flash would be cheaper though.

Arc Flash is Awesome.

[Kacey Y]

TAD was one of my favorite bands in the 90's. The band that whenever people brought up grunge/Seattle/SubPop or anything like that I'd get all excited and say "Oh, do you like TAD" and they'd look at me like I had a dick growing out of my forehead. I bought the DVD of the documentary when it came out and had a viewing party with one of my buddies who also loves them. That's what we bonded over when we were in the same punk band around 1999/2000, we were both the only people we knew who knew who they were and loved the band. Him because he used to tape all the videos off Beavis and Butthead and watch them over and over again and the Wood Goblins video was on there and I found used copy of Inhaler in a local shop in high school and started trying to find everything I could from them. Kurt Danielson, along with Rob Wright from NoMeansNo, were the biggest influence on my bass playing and tone for my first decade of playing music.

The new Brothers of the Sonic Cloth shit sounds killer.

[ryan summit]

i just saw how much teisco tulips are going for
was it worth stripping that fucker?
HELL YEA....well, actually
neck pickups are neck pickups
put coreys forehead dick in there
its still gonna sound like a neck pickup
i need to try p90s
i do like them for noise up there
the feedback and bass are just godawful

hey whiskey
hows the necks on your univoxes?
good or bad for crampy mcfrankenfinger?

[odontophobia]

The new Brothers of the Sonic Cloth shit sounds killer.

Yeah -- that posted video sounded pretty killer.

[Kacey Y]

put coreys forehead dick in there

You don't just put it in there, sir, you ask first.

[t-rey]

Actually he looks like a typical Metallica bogan. That's about the only part of that picture that makes sense to me.

I love the word 'bogan' so much. That is all.

ahh...you americans and you wacky tv ads!

Don't blame us cause we like to ship our pant's.

That commercial makes me laugh way too much.

he doesnt make those anymore does he? or will he if i ask him nicely?

I'm not quite sure. I think it was basically a one time run.

There was the one run, but it seems like there's others floating around. I'm guessing he might make them on request every now and then.

I imagine he handles it on a case by case basis. Plus, pretty much anyone who would ask him to build one would be from the old doom room and 'know' him from way back.

[whiskey_face]

i never met a univox i didnt like. theyre a perfect size. not to thin not to thick. goldielocks necks

[christianatl]

I'm selling a few fuzzes here if y'all are interested: viewtopic.php?f=44&t=44292&p=886296#p886296

did you ever figure out which ToneBender model you were going to pursue?

None at the moment. I just did the budget for our next tour, and it's pretty daunting.

You guys gonna come hang out in New England again?

Yes sir. Middle East upstairs.

[christianatl]

I've wanted a Univox hi flyer w/ p-90s for a long time, but I hear they usually need a good bit of work before they're really ready to rock.

[Jäke]

Try that Eastwood version. Thems usually pretty good guitars right out the box.

http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/hi-flyer-phase-4-white/

[D-Day]

Welcome Jake! You're doing everything right already!

ATTN: CAT LOVERS http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/msg/4789106702.html

Are you people ready for the biggest multiquote ever made?

Buzzaround is super dynamic and thick too, i'd go with that one.

True! Our other guitar player uses one and it's all kinds of nasty.

Anyone else spot the BAT on Pike's board in that video?

Yeah I thought it was real nice that MXR let that be in there so much. Nice little video.

Super nice things about the Ape Blaster

Holy shit Parker, thanks for the glowing review! It makes me happy to know that it's had such staying power on your board. There's a ton of fuzzes out there and I'm glad it could be mine, ya know?

Moar Electric Heat already.

I work on it but I'm a generally slow person. I have had a bass fuzz in the works for some time and the distortion/fuzz based on the Kowloon Walled Bunny that I mentioned awhile back is about to come out of the briefcase and take pedal form. Nick sent me a rad looking schem for a Sonic Titan variant and I've been fooling around with secret shit lately too.

You fuckers who don't know who Tad is suck at life.

The one time I saw them live in about '94 Tad the band was great. But I have never dug the recordings of Tad the band. Tad the man though? Don't get me started. He is the best dude. The. Best. Dude. As well as historically pivotal and blah blah blah

More nice things about my fuzz pedal and also the band I'm in.

Okay now I'm blushing over here! I love how that Ape sounds with your crazy 12 string and those cyclopean ampstax. I'm pretty sure your setup is the biggest rig I've seen it hooked up to. Actually you may be in competition with Tad. I think he runs a vintage Model T clone, a modern Model T RI and some Hovercraft head all at the same time now. One thing I like about the one you have is that it has the old graphics with the really big gorilla face, but you keep it under glass so it's not all scratched to FUCK like mine. I wish I could make this CFA show on Saturday. I was thinking of riding down with Scott and them but I can't shake these other plans.

But they're good guys and I don't want to screw them up.

Plus music is rad so you should just stay heavy!

Verellen Meat Smoke Preamp...tell me about it...i know a few people have had it on here...Skip???

Could it replace dirt pedals??

A Verellen preamp pedal is truly a killer item to have. As you now know I have Skip's old Skyhammer. It can do some fine fine tube dirt but not like transistorized pedals. I sold the ridiculous Garnet slave I was running with it and I don't find any use for it with any of the amps that have normal preamps but it's fun for recording and does enough cool stuff to set it apart from the GTO that I feel it's worth keeping. I've fooled around with several Meatsmoke pedals and they are righteous in every way for bass. In front of a 'real' amp, poweramp or as the sweetest DI box in town. The actual Meatsmoke amp and these preamp pedals are the coolest stuff Verellen does imo

So, erm, how does the Ape Blaster sound on bass?

If you like really high gain fuzz with bass guitar I think it'd do nicely. I however don't like that. And if I'm being honest I have to say I don't like the ABF for bass much. Then again I don't do well stacking it with anything but Druden (Parker/misterstomach's band) will blow your face off. So your mileage may vary?

I should probably get the LSTR just to round it all off.

LSTR is underrated man! Do it!

Any other suggestions?

They'll make me get one of them Sharktanks if I say the name of it again

Gotcha, yea TB stuff since its all Ge (at least the purist versions) always ends up costing a pretty penny

I'm not a fan of fiddling with ge stuff but I sure have a bunch of ge transistors around and I think I kinda want some of that dumb ge money. I saw some alarming shit on facebook where one guy is going to sell his dumb Tonebender clone for $500 to buy his buddy's dumb Tonebender clone by the same builder for $500 because it has some dumb 'Hunts cap' in it whereas the one he already has contains what I can only assume is some lesser capacitor that siphons all his capacitor mojo. Seems a feller like myself could do well in a world like that.

Sold. I need one now. PM inbound.

Absolutely! I plan on getting it going here soon. I got pretty depressed and kinda lost the plot for awhile there but I seem to be a little less crazy right now.

no worries. whenever you get to it.

obligatory Ape Blaster vid demo, back in the day when it was Black Hand Analog OKW

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_PB5Rzu33k[/youtube]

Holy smokes, thanks Conky! It'll ship it out tomorrow. I can't wait to hear what you think!

I didn't see that you reposted that old vid so thanks Nick! You do those videos way better than me. I never know what to play.

Kurt Danielson

Is a fucking crusher. Thanks for invoking him by name in this thread man. He's in Vaporland now with some dudes from Love Battery. The oldsters around here love that band and they're pretty good.

I love the word 'bogan' so much. That is all.

HA! Me too! I'm trying to find ways to use it more in my daily life as an American. I don't think people are really picking up on it.

[samzadgan]

Fuck Daza...thats a one hell of a multi-quote-post...its kind of post you need to make a cup of tea for!

I think the Skyhammer pre would be really cool...my thinking on it was to use it as a pedal in front of my Super bass...but the meatsmoke although sounds pretty good doesn't go as high gain as i want it.

The LSTR is great...i had it before as part of the sarcophagus, which I'm not sure why i sold now...but i do remember it didn't get used as much as the pharaoh side...buying it again would be more of a want than a need. Also all this AP talk is getting me gas again for that pedal. Im absolutely skint right now, but i might hit you up in the new year...or pick one up on my travel through the US.

[Iommic Pope]

I was going to attempt to out-Multi Daz but......I honestly could not be fucked.
That was epic.

I got like 3 or 4 quotes in and though, "fuck it".

I'm so tired I lost my fucking train of thought and got caught up looking at gifs for smug faces.


I should probably eat dinner and hit the sack.