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I thought the straight V4 tone sounded the best.

I wonder why they didn't include a Wren & Cuff Hangman. The Dunwich sounded the best though, imo.

The tone isn't for me but I think the OG versions were far superior if that's the sound you're going for.

AxAxSxS wrote: I dig portland, that's a fun town to hang out and get drunk after a show in, and they have some of the best breakfast hangover cure eatery's in the country.

did you go my fathers place,ax?
chicken fried steak and pancakes?

I liked that Hm2 vid...pretty well done comparison...interestingly i liked the Dunwich and the Taiwan HM2 the most. After owning one for a while i realised its not a sound for me anyway...but atleast now i know if i ever want to get back into it i can do it cheaply with a MIT one!

Got some time to sit down and fuck with the mr black double chorus I got last week. Fuckin bees knees, that thing is. With the wizard fuzz and revelation super beast in front of it, my god. Baller tones, yo

chillerthanmost wrote:I thought the straight V4 tone sounded the best.

This.

Clearly all that amp needs is a clean boost or a Naga Viper (my favorite drive pedal by far since I got it).

The Sleep show here was great. I don't know if it was all a rented back line since we are up over the border here or if it's just what they use but Al had 3 SVTs on fridges and a Hiwatt half stack. Matt had a Marshall, a white Hiwatt and a Rockerverb on 3 Marshall cabs and two Orange cabs. Last time I saw Om Al had a mix of Electrics and Matamps and some 6x12s and sounded knarlier but over all the sound was good.

They played all or most of Dopesmoker split up throughout the set plus Dragonaut, The Clarity, Sonic Titan, From Beyond, Holy Mountain, Aquarian, I think that was it. I was never that into Sonic Titan but hearing it live it sounded amazing. They should give that album a remix for sure.

That new drummer is really good but he tends to play a bit too slow or exaggerated the slowness a bit too much but it was fun to hear some of the riffs that slow. Like Matt would be playing an intro and then the drums would kick in way slower throwing things off for a moment until they locked into the slower groove. My preference would be to hear the songs played closer to their tempo on the record but that's just me.

Matt Pike is a pro. I really liked that after all these years he still puts in the work to keep the solos faithful to what he played on the albums. The leads he played sounded killer and his tone in general sounded great through the whole night using a red Bogner Ecstasy drive pedal and sometimes the Oath fuzz. Anyway, great show.

sounds like the same they had in portland, similar set aside from order as well. What a killer show. Opening with Dopesmoker and 5 people are passing me joints that are just on their way out into the crowd, no need for smoke machines haha.
I gotta get some tickets to the 4/20 show.

Yeah I can't remember the song order exactly so probably the same show.

The opening of Dopesmoker was so heavy. Just perfect. And the second riff of that song at gig volumes, omg. My neck is a little sore today from head banging so much.

LOCOPELAND wrote:Got some time to sit down and fuck with the mr black double chorus I got last week. Fuckin bees knees, that thing is. With the wizard fuzz and revelation super beast in front of it, my god. Baller tones, yo

Mr. Black is making some really good stuff. I was stuck on my old Boss PS-1r phaser for years, it just has that one great sound, but recently switched to the Gilamondo. With all the knobs turned low it has a great thick phaser sound but then you can boost it up into a range of swirlier sounds, and the fixed phase is a really cool filtered tone for once in a while. Not quite the exact fixed flange Zappa lead tone but close. Wouldn't mind trying a bunch of their pedals.

I still want a downward spiral really bad, no use for it, I just want one cause they are so damn cool.

fallen wrote:Yeah I can't remember the song order exactly so probably the same show.

The opening of Dopesmoker was so heavy. Just perfect. And the second riff of that song at gig volumes, omg. My neck is a little sore today from head banging so much.

Unreal. I had exposed the guys in my 2nd band to sleep, and they all came down but for most of them, it was the first time hearing Dopesmoker in it's entirety. I think the singer had a religious experience. He kept saying "I get it now, I used to wonder why, but I get it now"

Cheers fellas.

Iommic Pope wrote:

HeavyXIII wrote:

whiskey_face wrote:kids are the worst. they're obnoxious little fuckers that say and do terrible things to their peers while hiding behind the disguise of a "innocent widdle kiddo"

This must be why educational psychology is proving interesting. Seeing them test 6 year olds and 8 year olds on which is "more" and the concept of literal vs abstract is fucking gold.

That sounds fascinating. Links to any papers?

I can do one better (for whatever it's worth): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRF27F2bn-A[/youtube] I wouldn't say I've been doing any extensive research or reading, but what I've learned is eye opening (for me anyway).

It's all a matter of perspective, and I thought your comment about discussion with your parents about how they raised you was on point. Makes me think about how childhood memories were "simpler times"; obviously they weren't, but there was so much going on that we missed because we weren't mentally capable of grasping it yet. All that good stff.