When I research something, I go deep. Stupid deep.

I play three instruments and have tone goals for all of them. For the past few weeks, I have searched high and low on how to improve the tone on my bass, guitar, and drums. I don’t feel like writing a book, so I’m just going to word vomit in a semi-chronological order.

Bass dry – tube boost -no workie – volt increase – kinda workie – put on guitar – loved it – stays with guitar – hot wax OD into tube boost – complete and total crap – rededicated myself to selling it – staged boost with pretubes – acquired lower gain power tubes – decrease headroom – increase pretube drive – me likey lots – stage gain again – find that sweet spot – guitar done for a while – not true – listened to an alnico vs ferrite magnets for speakers comparison on the youtubes – loved it – must have it – went stupid deep – like real deep – customize speaker? – say no more – decide to move money in different direction – guitar good for now – toms heads are too thick – study heads – find heads made of real skin – human skin – not really – cow – expensive – all on back order – manufacture had a promo head lying around – real skin snare drum head on the way – bought a die-cast snare drum hoop – stiffer/less ring/stable tuning – already have new bottom snare head and wires – need head! – Hmm – want a humbucker for SG – no a P90 – I’m a P90 guy – nah, want a humbucker – back to… keeping my current pickup – it sounds nice – need P90’s on my Wildkat – spensive af, will wait – was about to purchase flat wounds for the bass – for no reason, checked out tape wounds – found locally, purchased – I found it! – I mean, really found it! – dropped my tone knob – growly velvety yumminess – fuck other instruments – I’m playing bass – opening up new pathways – pushing drums hard – forcing my brain into uncomfortable rhythm patterns – drums good – just waiting for the head – guitar good for now – will need a boost – bass ok – tape wounds changed my direction – recorded drums and a bass track – this will probably be a post of its own – excited on finding a bit of my new sound – actually old in my head – gain knobs on sound cards cranked too high – researched mic boosters – found affordable ones that work great, just like the “pro” ones – ordered – tried all four of my 10″ bass speakers – landed on original – want better – did research – found that Eminence is the “one” for the Ampeg sound… according to Ampeg – I have an Ampeg – I’m an Ampeg guy – ordered speaker – ordered mic boosters – acquirement stopped – I’m good for now – will save for an actual tube bass head – Ampeg, duh – Enjoy tubes on guitar so much – need that on bass – so much more to get – totally passable now for recording – I’m enjoying this – probably irritating the crap out of you – yep – and…