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25 Years Of Local H
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| | In a virtual state of paralysis, we send our latest 4-song demo to all of our favorite indie labels: Sub Pop, Matador (Scott's favorite), Cargo, etc. No one bites. These are dark times. Even Joe quits at one point over a particularly heated and idiotic argument with Scott over, of all things, the band Belly. We swallow our indie rock pride and decide to send the demo out to some majors – and whaddya know? We finally get a response. Interscope likes the demo and wants to come out and see us play. One problem: No bass player. Matt's not coming back and every other guy we try out has a mullet. Sparked by an offhand remark from Joe about cloning Scott, the idea to stay a duo is floated. We book a show at the Avalon in Chicago and try to figure out how to pull this thing off. A couple of years back, Scott had seen a two-piece from Athens – The Chickasaw Mudd Puppies – and remembered being impressed at how entertaining a band with only two people could be. But how do we make it heavy? We were aware of Flat Duo Jets. We were fans of The Spinanes. But neither of those bands were as heavy as we wanted to be. The answer as to why was simple: No bass. We had to figure out a way to get that bass. We decide to pay a visit to our friend Toby Flescher, who used to play with us in high school and was now working at a music store. We're convinced that splitting the signal through an octave pedal into a bass amp will give us the desired effect. It doesn't. It works great with single note riffs, but with chords, it sounds like a muddy mess. A light bulb goes off in Toby's head and he suggests installing a bass pickup that would isolate the bottom two strings - sending a signal out of a separate jack, which could then be fed through the octave pedal and into the bass amp. That sounded just about right. Scott leaves his $150 black Ibanez telecaster, and Toby goes to work with his router. |
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