The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[D-Day]

Congrats on the van Conky! Dirty Diaper Dispatch imo

What is easting a brain, by the way?

Hahaa! EAT. I want to eat Jason's brain and gain his knowledge. Shit man, I'd eat yours too if knowledge could actually be gained that way. Also Nick is Lord Dying now so not all of his other bands are dumb!

I'll bet it blasts apes just peachy.

Would you believe that last night I used a couple of fuzzes with it but not the Ape Blaster? I just felt like not using my board. I'm 100% certain that VTM + Ape = RAD

What a score, FUCK. What happened with that? Around here you've really got to be in the right place at the right time. Gnarly!

That is literally just what happened. I spilled out of bed and walked over to the computer. Facebook was up and staring me right in the face was a First Church of Amplifier Worship post that said something like "Seattle kvltists need to jump on this" or somesuch. I got no specific beef with Peavey but I'm generally not interested and am fairly anti 'kvlt'. I looked anyway though and when I saw it was $60 I fired off a text. I guess I was first so we agreed to meet. Then he texted back saying that someone offered him a hundred for tomorrow (now today) and that he was going with that. I have no time for shenanigans so I did not respond to that wack as fuck text. He texted back an hour later saying dude was now trying to put it off til Wednesday and that if I could make the original rendezvous I could have it for $60. So I did!

So yeah, I give credit where credit is due. I've heard many Peavey bass amps that were just fine and I like those 5150 thingies okay too. Also Ginn and Hill rocking those weird PA heads always had me curious to try one. But most of the guitar heads? I mean in my neighborhood people used Peavey heads on windy days to hold their garbage can lids down because they couldn't give them away even to sea captains who needed anchors for their ships. I basically bought this to flip it for five times the price because that's how stupid the world we live in happens to be right now. YAY KVLT. But fellas, I don't need 300 bux bad enough because this fucking thing is SWEET VALLEY HIGH. I didn't want to love it but I love it. And like the camo Viper before it, even my bandmates couldn't deny its genuine radness to the ear. It won't be knocking the SLO off the stack but it's a keeper. At least for now.

[BoatRich]

The last couple of pages are full of sweet scores, I've always wanted a blacked out Ric, and I've been looking for a VTM for super cheap for a while.

Unrelated, those of you that practice in a storage space, how did you go about getting permission/asking? Were you just up front with it? Also, how do you know if they have the necessary power and is climate control really worth it? It'd be shared between two bands with mostly the same members/gear

[ShaolinLambKiller]

if there are already bands there practicing... ask them what they did and any of those issues.

usually I would ask to see the specific unit or similar I'd be renting so I can see if the power is necessary. Climate control is always worth it.
and I was up front with it, esp since the office is right across the parkinglot so they can hear and see people bringing gear in. So they are well aware.

[BoatRich]

There aren't any as far as I know, I've been asking other local bands, but the DC area seems to be pretty empty for practice spots unless you live in a large house, and my roommate has the whole basement to himself, so it seems like the best idea? That's all good to know though.

[emptyparadigm]

How dem Hammer Claws?

So, the person I got them from actually sold me two neck pickups. But I paid less than half price for 'em, so I just said fuck it and put 'em both in there. I haven't run it through my rig yet, but I have 'em set up pretty solidly as far as I can tell when using my TonePort. So far they have a slight but noticeable upper midrange bump and are HOT (~13 or 14k each). I'm actually glad I don't have the normal bridge p/u, because it's probably too hot for me to use (something like 19).

Will definitely report back when we practice next week.

Also, I have two issues. One: I wired the selector backwards. I'm dumb. Gonna wait until I try the pickups out through the full rig before I open the guitar back up. The other issue is that my tone controls don't seem to do anything at all. But it looks just like every diagram I can find (cap goes from first lug on volume to middle lug on tone pot, first lug on both tone pots bent back/soldered to the pot). Anyone ever had this happen?

[pelliott]

The bridge of the Dirty Heshers is around 19k too, and however they set it up, it's fucking great. Not overly compressed, just killer.

[Ancient Astronaught]

The other issue is that my tone controls don't seem to do anything at all. But it looks just like every diagram I can find (cap goes from first lug on volume to middle lug on tone pot, first lug on both tone pots bent back/soldered to the pot). Anyone ever had this happen?

That doesnt sound right at all.....

The cap should be on the tone pot's middle lug and grounded to its case I believe. Like this:



What your describing, to me, is like this:



I have never wired a guitar like that at all, and to me would do absolutely nothing as one end of the pot is open and the other is grounded and your sending the signal from the volume pot to the output of the tone pot using the cap.

[new05002]

Grounding to the pot back should be abolished via Congressional Amendment to the Constitution.

[D-Day]

Nick you have just inspired me to learn new shit. I was just wiring that Viper the other day and thinking to myself "this grounding to the back of the pot is sloppy and fucking corny, there has to be a better way". Now I am going to find that better way.

[D-Day]

And oh yeah, I forgot to say it, but Ben that guitar is lovely! I like the gothics personally.

[pelliott]

"there has to be a better way"

[live-i-evil]

I feel like we should all pitch $50 and buy you a doom mobile. We get to choose it though, so if you are not comfortable with driving the munsters van, might not work.

It'd be a Krimbus Miracle. The lord works in mysterious (douchey) ways.

No dice unfortunately

Bloody thing isn't working properly - sounds like the ocean is trying to get through the speakers


Matamp are gonna have it back, seems like it was damaged in transit

were all your amps built on top of an indian burial ground?

Seriously, Boxman, can we just have a group ceremony to rid that amp of it's evil demons or what?

The KVLT is silly beyond belief but this was $60 so why the hell not? It does happen to be the head the guitar player from Gaytheist uses, so that's fun. I hope it works!

I'm dying for a good Peavey score right now.

I have one on the way. Submitted for the approval, of the midnight society.(Y'all remember that one?) I give you my Rickenbacker 4004L Jetglo. Ships out tomorrow. I am so excite. Sold the SVT and the Ibanez explorer. They weren't getting used.

NSFW: show

The midnight society approves!

[live-i-evil]

Also, I managed to snag tix to that PyscoCA fest and I can't wait to see all those bands. Plus, hopefully get to slam a few beers with Will since Indian is playing and definitely slam a few beers with Peter since Bloodmoon is playing.

[Timm Grimm]

Also, I have two issues. One: I wired the selector backwards. I'm dumb. Gonna wait until I try the pickups out through the full rig before I open the guitar back up. The other issue is that my tone controls don't seem to do anything at all. But it looks just like every diagram I can find (cap goes from first lug on volume to middle lug on tone pot, first lug on both tone pots bent back/soldered to the pot). Anyone ever had this happen?

So I had a pretty similar issue with my tone put on a bass I wired up a few weeks ago. Mine was caused by having the wrong polarity between the two pickups.(I struggled with how to put this.) Swapping lead and ground fixed it, but there was 4 possible combinations. This was between a 4 wire Humbucker and P pickup. I'm assuming guitar humbuckers are fairly similar to bass.

[Iommic Pope]

Yeah that Ric is boner town.
I love those goths as well. Red grain on black stain. Nummy. Looks good dude!

I'm I'm disbelief that the guy who invented and makes the ABlaster just didn't use one on a new amp purchase. That has shattered my whole world.
For the record it will be one of two pedals I'm keeping. Got an estimate on the cost of my surgery yesterday. The put of pocket was way higher than expected. So everything must go.
Expect BST spam soon.
The upshot is I'm going into surgery on the 10th of feb. Initially, the doctor had me down for next thursday and I was stoked, but then I found out he was overbooked. Should have realised surgeons are incapable of organising their own admin.
Also found out I have some scarring on my retina and some pigmentation on my macula, which explains the little kink I see in things that should be straight. Hopefully that heals a bit more over time.
Eyeballs are fun!