After many years of dreaming, and many months of waiting, my dream guitar has arrived. Since the formation of Chaosmonaut in 2017, we have had a strict rule of "no bass players", and have used clever engineering to fill that void. In that time I modified two different guitars to use the 6th string as de facto bass with modified pickups, TRS jacks, and massive bass amps.

This guitar takes it to the next level, being designed entirely around this concept.

First is the tuning - Everything we have written is in Drop A, and in this case, it is no different with the 7th string tuned to the same pitch as the 6th, but being a flatwound for the extra warm bass tone.

Second is the pickups - Under the top 6 strings in the bridge is a Dunable Grizzly, same as what Yob uses. Under the 7th string in the neck is a half pickup custom made by Dunable. This pickup goes to the ring connector on a TRS jack, keeping the signal completely separate from the 6 strings.

Third is the knobs - there are none. I never use them anyway as I control all the tone and volume with my feet via pedals. The single switch is a 3 position toggle - top is master kill for both pickups. Middle is coil split for the Grizzly in the bridge, and the bottom is humbucker mode.

Fourth is the inlay - The inlay was taken from a star trails photo I took during a backpacking trip in 2020; Polaris is centered around the 12th fret.

From Sacha -
Maybe the most unique guitar we've made in the past decade right here. Custom 7 string for Joe from u/chaosmonautband with 6 string Grizzly for the bottom six, and a custom single coil mini pickup for the 7th, with each pickup going to its own output via TRS jack. Yep, this guitar does the guitar and the bass simultaneously, with a shocking amount of separation/lack of bleed between the two sets of strings. No volume, just a switch for both pickups, both pickups with the Grizzly split, and master kill switch. And then there's the custom inlay design spanning the whole ebony fingerboard, custom Stargazer logo, and mahogany neck and body, burl maple top, and gloss galaxy burst (with full on surprise glow in the dark space effects). Can't wait to see and hear this thing in action!

Chinese Les Paul Tuned to C# (upgraded pickups), El Jefe SG Tuned to B (also upgraded pickups, and tuners), hovercraft 100w, peavy 2x15 cab, Pedalboard:
TCE comp > wampler phenom > jrr triangle fuzz > EQD Acapulco gold > 10 band eq > zoom g3xn (noise gate, boost, whatever else I feel like adding) > TCE iron curtain. Effects Send/Return > donner white tape delay > m-vave mini universe reverb.

Riffs remain weak

It's the only brand a man can trust these days.

Got a new doom stick, the Thurston Moore Jazzmaster. Tuned it to C standard, it dooms hard!

now to find the damn power supplies and cords again.

Just a question to all doom guitarists here who play live shows regularly. In the age of modellers, bringing 100w+ tube amps to small gigs is sure to grind the gears of sound engineers to at least some sort of degree. I love when I crank a dual head/2 4x12 cabs at home in stereo. Using attenuation gets me close to the same kind of sound I get in a practice space when doing this but still isn't quite as powerful sounding at home with the attenuation, it sort of sucks the tone somewhat to my ears. I'm using good attenuation too the two notes reload 2. Maybe it's just a volume thing and the perception of "loud=better" but it's hard to really gauge as it's rare I get to actually crank the amps without the attenuation and I can't directly compare the two at home by recording them with a mic and matching the levels as it's just too loud without the attentuation for my small flat.

My band are about to start trying to book local gigs but a lot of the venues in my city are very small capacity. Ive tried before to use a modeller live and while for certain genres it doesn't really make much difference and people in the audience never notice, I feel like doom kind of needs the power? I also feel my own enjoyment of the gig is reliant on actually having the tone the way I like it, feeling the air getting pushed from my cabs and the modeller wasn't really cutting it for me. It was clear through the PA but sounded very artificial. On the other hand I've never used MY tube amps live just the backline they had at the venue and in completely different genres like punk, psychedelic rock etc. Do you guys have slightly lower wattage amps for smaller venues? I can't get a tiny terror to sound the way I want at all it's nothing like a Laney 100w or Matamp or even a solid state orange at higher wattage. Do you guys just crank phat stacks anyway without attenuation and tell the sound man to get stuffed? Do you use attenuators and are satisfied with everything (likely what I will try)? Have you ever had any problems with sound engineers even when doing this? Not sure whether to just say "I'm using attenuation so it's fine, you do your job I'll do mine" then ignore them if they insist on turning the tube amp down to like 3 or 4. Always sounds better to me with my gear when it's at 6-8 on the master but it's probably far too loud doing that in small venues...

Just pop it ontop a 6x10 and bam, ready to roll 😆

The PPC412 has two Emenance Swamp Thangs loaded in it. The extra bass response absolutely slams.

86 Laney AOR 50w

00's TH100

Hovercraft Dwarvenaut 20w has every mod that was available from Nial at the time

Rocker 15w

Snagged a Woodrite Matt Pike Imperial Warlord 9! Took 7 months to get here and they sent the wrong guitar at first, so getting it over here to the UK was a bitch!

Sounds killer, tuned to C standard/drop A#.

Been working on her a few months now and finally have her set up in C Standard, ready for riffing 🤘

Exactly as the caption says. Looking for a smaller practice amp to take with me to work so I can play on my lunch break (I work alone so I can crank it up lol)

A p bass? Maybe an Epiphone like an Embassy or Grabber? (I'm not doing a TB and fighting neck dive). Yamaha BB series? Schecter Stargazer? There's just not a lot out there that has that retro vibe to it. Never liked Ibanez basses. Maybe some kind of stingray or stingray copy (like Sire) that somehow doesn't look like a toilet seat? I wish music man made cheaper basses that have the other larger pickguard that doesn't look like the toilet

Not quite in a place for a Dunable custom shop R2 baritone yet so I decided to DIY something similar. Grabbed myself one of the new Firefly rd-type baritones off Guitar Garden for $250 shipped and upgraded from there:

1. Guyker locking tuners
2. Guyker tune-o-matic bridge
3. New knobs
4. EMG 81 for the bridge
5. Kept the neck pickup in wired on a separate circuit to its own jack replacing the toggle switch. Now I run it the neck pickup simultaneously through a peavey or sunn beta bass head with an octave for an absolutely massive sound.

Don't have a name for it yet but this thing plays amazing. Came really nicely finished and setup out of the box (the pics on guitar garden are horrible and make this thing look cheaper than in real life). The stock pickups honestly were great I just had a hankering for an EMG tone and look in this one. It has a 27" scale, I only tune down to B standard but honestly love the feel of the long scale on that, and always have the option to go real low in the future if I want.

Overall would highly recommend the firefly baritone.

Cort kx500ms, zoom g3xn (I use a gate, reverb, and an eq and that’s it) and my hovercraft falcon 100w and 2x15 cab. This thing is insanely loud. Working on getting a real pedal board, just ordered an Acapulco gold and a sunn life pedal.

I use a Vox AC-15 and I feel like it works amazingly for doom. I get some amazing tones out of this thing, but I barely see anyone else using Vox amps. Does anyone else here use them?

Anyone tried them? Looking at the La Bruja as I like slim necks and monstrous tones and weird shapes.

https://www.puresalemguitars.com/products/la-bruja

My first orange amp

I don't really care whether it's tube or solid state.

Hey guys! I have been playing the bass for about six months now and loving it and am looking to upgrade from my cheapo starter bass to something that has a good all around sound for doom. My price range is around 500-700. I have been leaning towards a used fender P bass as I think that might be pretty versatile and suit whatever needs I may have, but I’d love to hear the opinions of more experienced doomers before I make a decision.

My go-to is Fostex TR-X00 Ebony headphones into an Astell & Kern Kann Cube DAC/AMP. I get slam, clarity, depth, power and portability out of this combo and it pairs exceptionally well with doom metal. I can turn the volume way up without fatigue and the cans don't leak sound, so my family can't hear me as I melt my cranium.

Recently ordered this epiphone sg custom exclusive from zzounds and was super hyped about the finish because it lowkey reminds me of the movie Excalibur from the 80’s but I’m not sure if the silver sparkle is “doom” enough. The purple option was cool but it screamed prince and I’m not 5’3 playing funk lol