Day Drinking and Head Banging
Brian was up visiting Nick for the weekend when this episode was recorded and, actually, it’s the first time this year it happened. The show doesn’t really go down any differently, but it’s still fun for us. It also gets us to plan ahead better, so a lot of that happened! Like you care…
Reviews:
He Is Legend – White Bat (Spinefarm)
Torche – Admission (Relapse)
Immortal Bird – Thrive on Neglect (20 Buck Spin)
M is for
Mireplaner
He Is Legend – White Bat
Torche – Admission
Immortal Bird – Thrive On Neglect
ABC’s of 2019:
Mireplaner
The Sideshow Podcast 
I forget if you play a 5 string bass, but 152 seems crazy for an E string. For me, nothing beats a good ol’ set of 9s on my guitar. Drop C# is as low as I go.
Yeah, our tuning is pretty much Drop C#, but I have a drop A# below that, so thicker gauge strings balances the tension and keeps everything from playing floppy. I have problems with playing tight riffs on less-than-great tension.
Hey, I agree with you about Harmonicraft by Torche. I as well still sing the lyrics from a couple of those songs even though that album was released in 2012. Their next album, Restarter, was terrible. So I’ve been hesitant to to buy their new album Admission. I kind of feel that same way about Baroness, meaning I’m hesitant to buy their new album because I didn’t like their last one.
And how the hell can you down tune your lowest guitar string an entire OCTAVE lower? I guess the only way you could do it is if you used a bass string on your guitar. But then your guitar literally just becomes a bass, so it seems sort of pointless. I understand if you want to play an 8 string guitar down tuned so that you can have a wider range of sound available to you as a single player, but to simply tune down one string an octave makes little sense.
Agreed. They’re are relatively secretive about their tuning because it is pretty unique, but I was looking to learn a few of their songs to get in the headspace for a new project I’m involved with and the tuning info is all over the place. They definitely place some intense string gauges. Check out Circle K strings if you ever find yourself in need of ridiculous shit. I play a set of 152’s for Vining Hill for our tuning!