Harsh Tones || Fowl Sounds x Primitive Man The Lifer || Bass Distortion + Drone Synth || Pedal Demo

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The Lifer is a collaboration between Fowl Sounds and Denver doom sludgers, Primitive Man. A signature pedal for Primitive Man bassist, Jon Campos, The Lifer also features artwork from PM vocalist/guitarist Ethan Lee McCarthy. Blending independent synth drone and massive, caustic distortion into one unholy chaos machine, The Lifer is truly an instrument unto itself, as well as a unrepentant instrument signal mangler. Use it as a bass or guitar distortion box, as a highly tweakable drone source, or both at once. It even has a built-in delay chip, and a send/return loop for further outboard processing with other pedals and effects. In this demo, I take The Lifer for a spin in a live band context, using it on both bass and guitar, while incorporating the synth for noise and drone accompaniment. Then I dig deep into the features and functions, going over distortion and synth drone sections separately, then showing you how they work together.
Gear used in this demo:
Fowl Sounds x Primitive Man The Lifer
Fujigen Flying V w/ Railhammer P90s
Ibanez RB650 P/J Bass
Traynor TS50B bass head
4x12 cab w/ Celestion G12H-90 speakers
Cascade Fat Head Ribbon Mic
Sansamp DI
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[@TheoAndHisPedals]

Unsurprisingly, I absolutely love this.

[@HarshTonesInc]

Thank you! I thought you might. Seems right up your alley

[@fowlsounds6314]

Amazing work as always

[@HarshTonesInc]

Thank you! Always a pleasure to demonstrate your diabolical creations

[@phfrixion]

Killer demo! Love the tone & the dronescapes.

[@HarshTonesInc]

Thank you! Much appreciated

[@sygyl]

wow. one of the coolest bass pedals i’ve ever heard.

[@HarshTonesInc]

Agreed!

[@MrExcane]

So freekin sweet! 🤘🖤

[@HarshTonesInc]

Thanks dude! Appreciate it

[@MrFuzzleupagus]

I don’t know if I’d ever find a use for this pedal except for experimentation. I’m listening to this demo with my iPhone so I’m sure there are some nuances I’m missing without proper headphones/speakers…. However, it’s obvious and refreshing you give 110% in your demos! Always a pleasure, good sir!

[@HarshTonesInc]

Thanks! Much appreciated, as always. The Lifer is aimed at the experimenters and noisemakers, so definitely not for everyone. If you get into Primitive Man, Sunn O))), Earth or other drone/doom/noise type bands, then it will make perfect sense

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

@@HarshTonesInc Is it good on guitar too? I know it's meant primarily for bass, but it seems like it has enough gain for guitars as well.

[@nicccandussi865]

@@noesunyoutuber7680 Fowl sounds has a demo of the lifer that shows its effect on a guitar signal. :) Check it out!

[@Suped_BIGRIG_350mph]

sounds neat

[@HarshTonesInc]

It's pretty, pretty neat

[@saturnskull1242]

great! sure would like to hear it with guitar!

[@HarshTonesInc]

Thanks! It was designed for bass, but it definitely rips on guitar too. Definitely going to do some guitar-oriented stuff with it in the future

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

An Empty Glass-style distortion/Drone pedal but oriented specifically towards bassists and not a limited edition thing that's never gonna go for under $500? Have I died and gone to heaven?

[@HarshTonesInc]

Yes, you are in heaven now! The drone aspect of The Lifer is way more fleshed out as well. It's a proper instrument all by itself.

[@nicccandussi865]

But if you don't buy one of the few a available ones directly from fowl you might very well experience prices in kinda that exact range. So be quick and get one haha

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

@@nicccandussi865 Oh yeah, just bought mine. Incredibly excited to get it.

[@bigdog517]

@@noesunyoutuber7680 was gonna say I think there are more Empty Glass pedals made than Lifers I believe

[@mariuskozokar4341]

I have one of these, and while I love it for messing around, I can never seem to actually a tone that meshes with my guitar player. I've tried a lot, but it always seems to get lost in the guitars because of the low end loss.

[@HarshTonesInc]

The synth element is right in the same frequency range as guitar, so it does tend to blend with it. Not always a bad thing. I like the wall-of-noise aspect, but if you want the synth to stand out, the guitars have to take a break or do something cleaner. It’s definitely the kind of pedal you have to write and arrange around to make the most of its powers

[@C-Los138]

I play bass mainly, but how does this sound with guitar? Thank you for the video.

[@HarshTonesInc]

Sounds huge on guitar! I use it on guitar and bass in the first part of the vid

[@Caliyork]

Drop tuned bass in the demo?

[@HarshTonesInc]

Yeah, I think I had it in D standard for this one

[@reneebear3641]

What’s the distortion circuit based on?

[@HarshTonesInc]

I think it's based on Fowl Sounds' Backstabber circuit