lightning bolt

[bleep_bloop]

the bassist in lightning bolt is amazing. can you help me play like him?

[thelowsoundofbass]

Lots of distortion, play in a weird time signature and just make mindless noise.

lowsound

[bleep_bloop]

he seems to do a lot of that but on Wonderful Rainbow it seems like he gets more technical and taps a lot.

[deemo]

tune your bass like a cello, run your bass through 2 distortions (boss od-3 and something else), a bunch of octavers, leave your amp out in the rain, and shred.

[bleep_bloop]

lol. how would i go about tuning my bass like a cello?
oh and on a side note what tuning would i use to play sunn o))) and earth like stuff?

[BenJammin]

lol. how would i go about tuning my bass like a cello?
oh and on a side note what tuning would i use to play sunn o))) and earth like stuff?

Cello tuning is 5ths.

From low to high, you'd want to tune like this:

C-G-D-A

[lobsterjohnson]

play a guitar

[BenJammin]

play a guitar

Well, no.

You see, the threadstarter clearly stated his request for us to help him in playing like the bassist of Lightning Bolt.

By playing guitar, you are certainly not playing like the bassist.

[bleep_bloop]

lightning bolt does not use a guitar
and both earth and sunn use a bass in addition to a guitar

edit: whoops looks like ben's got my back

[lobsterjohnson]

sorry i was referring to sunn and i was under the impression that sunn had two members both guitarists using sunn bass amps

[deemo]

listen to one of sunn's collaborators (sp) boris. japanese metal band, freaking fantastic. the album "pink" is amazing.

[bleep_bloop]

Amplifier Worship is amazing and Boris' new collab is incredible.

[museic]

brian gibson is an awesome bassist.. the song ride the skies has really tastefull tapping.. and a lot of songs on hypermagic mountain are a lot more than mindless noise..

he uses a stingray 5 with 2 banjo strings into ampeg svt4 pro heads ( i think he stopped using them for a more digital setup).. he uses swr goliath 4x10 cabs with carvin speakers and some sort of sub then his pedals are a boss odb3 bass overdrive, a boss guitar overdrive, a boss octave pedal and a delay pedal which also has a loop function.

there is probably more to his sound but thats all i can gather from the dvd they have and from seeing them live!

[pikester]

I really really need to see Lightning Bolt live at some point.

[EADG]

Tune your bass in fifths with 2 banjo strings


Have shitty tone


Make a bunch of tuneless noise


Be liked by people on MX for some reason.



DFA > Lightning Bolt

[museic]

Tune your bass in fifths with 2 banjo strings


Have shitty tone


Make a bunch of tuneless noise


Be liked by people on MX for some reason.



DFA > Lightning Bolt


tuneless noise? you havent heard much lightning bolt have you?

[rh15951]

Tune your bass in fifths with 2 banjo strings
Have shitty tone
Make a bunch of tuneless noise
Be liked by people on MX for some reason.
DFA > Lightning Bolt

2 correct out of 5 = Fail :thumb:

[EADG]

tuneless noise? you havent heard much lightning bolt have you?


No, after 3 or 4 songs I really didn't want to.



My post was really overboard and uneccesary, but I really don't like them if you guys can't tell. :)

[EADG]

2 correct out of 5 = Fail :thumb:


The 3 of those five you consider "incorrect" were opinion anyway.


I could just as easily say you fail.

[EADG]

Listening to "Dead Cowboy" right now.

Still sounds like **** to me.


If you can recommend a Lightning Bolt song where I can actually understand the lyrics, then I might change my mind.

[BenJammin]

Seriously, learn to use the edit button, you n00b.

[bleep_bloop]

Listening to "Dead Cowboy" right now.

Still sounds like **** to me.


If you can recommend a Lightning Bolt song where I can actually understand the lyrics, then I might change my mind.

dude, its noise, the lyrics dont matter, you aren't meant to be able to understand what hes saying or else he would get a better mic setup.

[EADG]

dude, its noise, the lyrics dont matter, you aren't meant to be able to understand what hes saying or else he would get a better mic setup.


Just not my thing, I guess.

[Low_End_Communications]

I'm with EADG. I wasted about 15 minutes trying to find something that didn't sound like ****, but couldn't.

[EADG]

I'm with EADG. I wasted about 15 minutes trying to find something that didn't sound like ****, but couldn't.

I love you.


At least someone feels my pain.

[bleep_bloop]

Wonderful Rainbow is a good starting point

[Brandon_S]

I listened,I realized even more why I cannot for the life of me like metal,and I realized it even more why I hate it all lol.

But,Different strolks for different folks.

[Tokyo_Vogue]

with Lightning Bolt, either you "get" it or you don't. "getting" it has nothing to do with the quality of your taste in music. If it makes any sort of sense to you, you'll probably enjoy it...if it doesn't, than yes it is garbled, tuneless noise

it's certainly not everyday, all the time music...but I still love it.

Everyone has their own opinion, none of which are "right" It's pointless to argue about it.

[Brandon_S]

That is true! I do agree with you,I like alot of music a majority of people on this forum may or may not like,and I stick to mostly "groove" oriented music and classical,along with some prog rock.

I just dont like metal never really have that much,never appreciated it that much either,but I wont bitch unless people start forceing there opinions on me haha.

[bleep_bloop]

with Lightning Bolt, either you "get" it or you don't. "getting" it has nothing to do with the quality of your taste in music. If it makes any sort of sense to you, you'll probably enjoy it...if it doesn't, than yes it is garbled, tuneless noise

it's certainly not everyday, all the time music...but I still love it.

Everyone has their own opinion, none of which are "right" It's pointless to argue about it.

^ this kid know what he's talking about

lightning bolt isn't metal, it's noise. - @ brandon s

[One Groovin Clown]

lightning bolt isn't metal, it's noise. - @ brandon s

So you mean like Ben's music? :p

I've never heard of Lightning Bolt. Some one give me a suggestion and I'll give my input of them.

[bleep_bloop]

Wonderful Rainbow was my first album and i think its a pretty good starting point. in terms of songs some of my favorites are 2 Towers and Crown Of Storms.
if you cant find them just hit me up on aim: themoonisinmyeye

[lobsterjohnson]

Dracula Mountain is an amazing song and not to noisey

[White_Summer]

the trick to this genre, or any free sort of genre, which i am guessing this is, its a whole lot more interesting to play, than it is to listen to it

[museic]

Dracula Mountain is an amazing song and not to noisey

yes i think that might be the best one to start with..

the lyrics to lightning bolt are hard to understand but the lyrics are quite cool.. dead cowboy starts off with send george bush to afganistan...

EADG, im being a bit of an idiot trying to make people like them, i think im trying to say that they arent all noise.. but i agree LB arent for everyone otherwise they would be a lot bigger than they are.

[BenJammin]

So you mean like Ben's music? :p

Hey!

None of that sass. :angry:

[TheClap]

Dracula Mountain is an amazing song and not to noisey

That song tricked me into likeing them, for one song. Then I listened to some of there other songs. I realized it was just noise, with just enough structure to keep it going. I hate that. As before stated. DFA 1979 > Thunderbolt.

[bleep_bloop]

well, thats because they're a noise band; lightning bolt, not thunderbolt

[TheClap]

well, thats because they're a noise band; lightning bolt, not thunderbolt

Whatever, Im not even going to edit that.

[Az_Holl]

That song tricked me into likeing them, for one song. Then I listened to some of there other songs. I realized it was just noise, with just enough structure to keep it going. I hate that. As before stated. DFA 1979 > Thunderbolt.
"Once you get off the beaten path of chords and notes, any noise can be its own microcosm of song writing. There is a deep library of songs that go from G to C. There is not a deep library of songs that use a toggle switch and a wah pedal. It's a wide open road.”
--Tom Morello

Just because you dont like them doesnt make DFA better.

I really dont want to start a "what is music" arguement either :p They always end badly.

[TheClap]

"Once you get off the beaten path of chords and notes, any noise can be its own microcosm of song writing. There is a deep library of songs that go from G to C. There is not a deep library of songs that use a toggle switch and a wah pedal. It's a wide open road.”
--Tom Morello

Just because you dont like them doesnt make DFA better.

I really dont want to start a "what is music" arguement either :p They always end badly.

Oh, ok. Sorry.

[sub-bass]

I personally enjoy both bands quite a bit but I see no reason to compare the two. Both Lightning Bolt and Death from Above 1979 play very different kind of music so other than being drum and bass duos there isn't much reason for arguments.

[deemo]

DFA and lightning bolt are only as comparable as far as instruments go. different tunings, different style of vocals, different playing techniques, different sounds (DFA has a synth in some songs, after all), even different sounding distortion and song structure.

i bet it'd piss people off if i said all jazz was the same, wouldn't it? maybe.

[funkyhoney]

dfa > toast machine > everything else > lightning bolt


/lame


i can't get into "noise"... having said that i recorded about 8 "noise" songs and have them on my myspace and soundclick...

is ambient different to noise? someone explain. now.

[deemo]

ambient is a form of "noise" depending on how it's done.
ambient can also be recorded nature or stuff like that.
ambient noise is like, having a guitar humming feedback at a relatively low volume, with other little, nothing too extreme, things going on.

[TheClap]

DFA and lightning bolt are only as comparable as far as instruments go. different tunings, different style of vocals, different playing techniques, different sounds (DFA has a synth in some songs, after all), even different sounding distortion and song structure.

i bet it'd piss people off if i said all jazz was the same, wouldn't it? maybe.

Did I say they were the same? No, i merely stated that I like DFA better.

[Bukowski]

the trick to this genre, or any free sort of genre, which i am guessing this is, its a whole lot more interesting to play, than it is to listen to it

Lightning Bolt's songs aren't freeform, everything is structured. There's lots of repetition as well.

Lightning Bolt are so much better than DFA it's not even funny.

[deemo]

Did I say they were the same? No, i merely stated that I like DFA better.

my post wasn't necessarily directed at you, sorry. i just don't think DFA needs to be brought up whenever lightning bolt is.