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DumpTruck – Grungy Royalty-Free Sampler by BigAssRobot
Been a while, I know. But hey, life and stuff. So, this new song DumpTruck was actually completed a few weeks ago, and by “completed” I mean we just abandoned it as is. Made the mistake of really really liking it… obsession, that sort of thing … makes it hard to finish.
Anyway, DumpTruck is a swinging … er, lumbering tune that just begged for some noise, like old machinery, rusty metal, stuff like that. Guitars too. And of course, the first thing that comes to mind in that context is old-school square-wave synth … right? Well, this is a groovy tune that we like a lot, so after that … not much else.
And yes, that’s GTA San Andreas PS2, shot with handheld cam ’cause we were too lazy to walk the 30 feet to the tripod. And too lazy to find an actual dumptruck. But damn, shooting down a helicopter…
Hard Times Means Groovy Guitar Deals …
S. Knock went and got another guitar today. He goes off on these obsessions about a certain sound or … things that fly or … whatever. Starts as interest, then obsession, then moves to snobbery rather quickly. Some things pan out, some don’t.
This bad boy is an Ibanez Rg2ex2 (catchy eh?). SK bought it off a bass player who hardly touched it. Like neeeewwww! And with an awesome hardshell case.
And, he walked away with the whole package for, like, $180. So jealous, except I have too many guitars already, one being a classic Ibanez Blazer (more on that later).
Anyway, SK’s obsession this time around has to do with really low tunings and super heavy strings to accommodate that. That’s for going chucka chucka of course.
Here’s the strings: DR Strings Drop-Down Tuning Mega Heavy Guitar Strings. I like them DR strings. They do last a good long time.
But as usual, there are pickups to be swapped out, so we’ll have to wait to hear what this heavy-string tuned-down-to-A noise sounds like. Then we’ll work it into the noise, of course. And share.
Rehearsal Pics – Serf Lourdes (it’s a homophone)
Working on this surf-type track called Serf Lourdes, pronounced … well you get it. Started by going for some Mexican food at the local *bertos. Bastards forgot my bean & cheese burrito, which is essential to round off the tacos.
Me and FrankenSteve laying down a twangy track. I am not the guitarist. FrankenSteve is this cheap guitar with a good neck that we gutted and replaced all the innards and now it’s great, and you don’t have to worry about it, ’cause it was cheap … initially anyway.
This is where Schlock’s stray picks end up. That wooden one sounds … odd. Schlock was taking pictures by edict, so he was shooting stuff like this.
Update: Here’s the finished mix of Serf Lourdes.
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