The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[odontophobia]

As far as I can tell. I left my keys in florida while I was working. I have to go back down there monday regardless to finish up work. So my weekend of recording and trying out this amp with the other cabs is out of the question. So as far as I can tell with the blown speakers the important part is in great working condition, couldn't turn it up past 3 anyway. just been listening to Blind Guardian and Sabbat today. going to go draw. :/

I love Blind Guardian. Just a sucker for all those vocal parts. And fantasy lyrics.

yea they are the king of both. just amazing. got the newest album on pic disc.

NICE!

I'm really hopping they tour the states this year.

Also I just want a new cab. Looking at those Atlas pics gives me a huge gear boner.But I think that I want instant gratification and I really don't want to pay to have a cab shipped. Woof.

[ShaolinLambKiller]

They are going to tour the states this year. they are on the verge of announcing the dates.

[Iommic Pope]

That green atlas looks great!

Fingers crossed my blood results are ok and i get to go home today...kidney infections and stones are no fucking fun...dont think ive had this much pain in my whole life!

Pope...dude, ill sort you out as soon as i get home tonight...thanks for putting up with the delay.

Good luck man, hope you're feeling better soon.

Hassle count = 0.
I'm more concerned with your renal well being. Although, multiplex delays have been known to assist in analgesic pain relief. Put up with THAT delay.

Odonto: instant gratification will be your instant funeral *raises claw hand to ominous darkening weather, formed mysteriosly and suddenly on an otherwise fine day*.

[misterstomach]

i have never and will never understand the appeal of a 6x12. they seem so fucking huge to move. a 4x12 is easy. two 4x12's is annoying but fine. a 4x12 and a 2x12 is fine too, it's almost like, why don't you just have 2 4x12's dude. but a six 12 is like having to move whole other fridge. fuck that. i've never seen or heard a band with a 6x12 where i was like "holy shit! this sounds so much better than a full stack! or a 4x12 and a 2x12!" no offense to anyone. i've seen some great looking 6x12's posted here. i just love a full stack and moving 4x12's is so easy. and they sound so good. i just don't get it. can someone explain? you have less speakers, but it's much harder to move alone. what's the appeal?

[Iommic Pope]

612 has a lower instant gratification score, is more arduous, less convenient, heavier and not used by hipsters: therefore is more doom.

Iunno. I like em because they're a bit of rig candy for the most part. I think I read something somewhere about better mids definition and cutting through on stage, but that could be horseshit as well.
612 nerds, what's the low down?

[chillerthanmost]

I have a 4x12 and a 2x12 running through my Model T because it's easier to carry and because it's cheaper than buying another 4x12, as I already had these two. I did want/prefer a full stack, but I bought another amp instead. Now I play another 4x12 and 2x12, each with their own amp, on the other side.

6x12's look cool. But they are expensive. But I would play one if the opportunity came up. Just gotta get the right speaker mix. I've seen a lot of bands sound incredible through 6x12's while others sound terrible through full stacks. But that can go either way.

[Jäke]

I've had just about every imaginable speaker configuration and the 6x12s are some of the easier things to move, believe it or not. Mine are tilt-back, like a fridge, so there is almost never any dead lifting. And they're great for running two heads without having to 1. stack everything to the ceiling, or 2. having dual 4x12s at your knees. They're a way of getting full stack "bigness" without having to sling around more than one cab. And they're really not much bigger than a 4x12.

Before, I ran 2x12s on top of 4x12s. There's actually much more weight and wasted space involved with that setup. Plus, plenty of dead lifting. Sure it's easier if there's only yourself lugging them up/down stairs or something. But almost every time there's additional hands on deck to help.

In many ways they're like Ampeg fridges. Of course someone could get two 4x10s and theoretically have the same speaker output. But I would never throw my hands up in the air and call a fridge an impractical luxury. They've just got "that" sound, that makes it worth the effort.

[ryan summit]

yeah with wheels no crouching
whats the problem?
amp is right at eye level
and big boom
612 is perfect thats why
Both mine happened to be cheap too
that was enticing

[Kacey Y]

I wouldn't mind having 6x12's for guitar. Just big enough to do the whole tiltback thing, with a handle bar, kick plate and rails on the back to make it easy to move and load, put the amp controls a little higher up, but not have the stacking and moving around issues of a full stack. I never stack cabs vertically anyway, usually side by side, but still.

[Krosis]

not used by hipsters

Shhh...don't give them any ideas.

[mmurphy1000]

FFOM & Charlie Brown

The Charlie Brown Christmas album is my holiday jam though.

That green 6x12 is snazzy.

Got an EQD Arrows in the mail today. Holy fuck this thing is awesome. I've never had a boost pedal before, and I was skeptical this was going to live up to the description, but it gives my Ampeg exactly what it needed - makes the bass tighter/less boomy/more usable, makes mah highs all sparkly and pretty, and everything sounds bigger. The best is that I can just stick it at the front of the chain and leave it on all the time since it makes any drive pedal after it sound even better than it already did.

Highly recommended, my dudes, especially if you are running a darker amp.

I've been watching some demos of the EQD Arrows, really intrigued. There's usually not a lot of bass videos so it's cool to hear that you like it.
What are you running for a bass rig?

[Iommic Pope]

not used by hipsters

Shhh...don't give them any ideas.

in an ironic twist, it'd be weird if all these hipster doomers lurked here, waiting to see what shit we'd type next.
Fuck it.
Beards are out.
Tonsures are in.
Look like a trve medieval doom monk, you jerks. Not just some craft beer swilling Rasputin.
While I'm at it, fuck volume and fuzz. What you want you be doing is starting P&W bands that just substitute "Satan", "the Allfather",or "the Ancient Sleepers" in wherever they would normally say "Jesus".
Bonham size kits are no good for this, Ric basses are out, too. And you'll probably just need some acoustic guitars.
So no need for large, stained cabs, or old English tube heads, or ancient American solid state technology.
Alright. My work here is done.

You guys just totally talked me into a 612, though. Thanks.

[ShaolinLambKiller]

i wanted a 612 to have a 612. I don't use it alone so it's all about more is moar.

current live set up: 612, 415, 2 412s. Since I didn't put casters on the 412s they are harder to move. So how shall I go about correcting this?

building another 612 and another 415. I want it to seem like I have such a small penis that it's inverted into a vagina. That's what I want people to think when I roll out with my gear.

[Iommic Pope]

Or you could just start incorporating folded horns into that rig and literally start inverting penises.

Re castors and skis on cabs: aren't there those snap in/out castors? You could drill the recess into the ski, snap em out when playing so you still get your stage hugging bass response, put em back in to load out.
Or did I just make that product up? I thought they were an ampeg design?

[t-rey]

I've been watching some demos of the EQD Arrows, really intrigued. There's usually not a lot of bass videos so it's cool to hear that you like it.
What are you running for a bass rig?

I'm actually a guitarist - I have one of those little Ampeg GVT15s, which is a bit dark and flubby (vintage if you wanna be nicer about it) in the bass. Seems like it could be useful on bass, but it's probably been ten years or so since I've actually played a bass through an amp so I really shouldn't be giving opinions on shit like this.

not used by hipsters

Shhh...don't give them any ideas.

in an ironic twist, it'd be weird if all these hipster doomers lurked here, waiting to see what shit we'd type next.
Fuck it.
Beards are out.
Tonsures are in.
Look like a trve medieval doom monk, you jerks. Not just some craft beer swilling Rasputin.
While I'm at it, fuck volume and fuzz. What you want you be doing is starting P&W bands that just substitute "Satan", "the Allfather",or "the Ancient Sleepers" in wherever they would normally say "Jesus".
Bonham size kits are no good for this, Ric basses are out, too. And you'll probably just need some acoustic guitars.
So no need for large, stained cabs, or old English tube heads, or ancient American solid state technology.
Alright. My work here is done.

You guys just totally talked me into a 612, though. Thanks.

Motherfucking grandpas guitars dooms

Came home to an empty house today so had the chance to play guitar unimpeded for awhile. Dimed the master and gain on the Ampeg and hit it with all sorts of dirt with the volume opened up. Loud enough to feel palm mutes in my chest and make my ears ring a bit in this little room. Feels good bro.

Now I'm jamming Meanderthal for the first time - good shit.