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  1. Obese Chess

    Stage Names?

    Fats Domino... Chubby Checker... hmm... (<----)
  2. Obese Chess

    Help getting this tone of The Smashing Pumpkins

    another issue unique to the Pumpkins is that on the two records with the most audible bass guitar - Gish and Siamese Dream - it's Billy Corgan playing the bass rather than D'Arcy, and I have no idea if he was using her gear. That said, when I was young, starting out, and a huge SP fan, I...
  3. Obese Chess

    Help getting this tone of The Smashing Pumpkins

    I could be mistaken but that just sounds like the neck pickup on a Jazz Bass, through an SVT with the high mids slightly rolled off. D'Arcy was not nearly as much of a gearhead as Corgan and his endless experiments with different pickups, pedals, amps, etc - she basically used a Fender (usually...
  4. Obese Chess

    Latest and Greatest Budget-Priced Stereo Interfaces? Help Me Choose!

    Hopping back in - does anyone have any experience with any of the Yamaha UR or URX-series interfaces? The URX feels like major overkill since I don't need the touchscreen or onboard DSP or whatever else, and in fact those look like "just more things that can go wrong," however, the fact that...
  5. Obese Chess

    Help decide between two (or suggest)

    If it has to be between the two you picked, another vote for the Yamaha. I've been thinking about picking one up just because I don't have a modern PJ in my arsenal and I've loved the ones I've played. I also don't think they're doing anything proprietary there with the electronics - which...
  6. Obese Chess

    What is this Warwick Rickenbacker mixture?

    I went through MWAM's social media - which, luckily for me, appears to be run by their bass player - until I found a better picture of the bass. About two years ago they posted a photo of the headstocks of all of their basses, including this one, which has an "SWT" logo on it. From there I just...
  7. Obese Chess

    What is this Warwick Rickenbacker mixture?

    I FOUND IT. It is an "SWT" custom made by Hideki Nagaoka of "Guitar Workshop Schwert" in Yokohama. Nagaoka lists bassist "Kamikaze Boy" of "Man With A Mission" as one of his clients, but mostly makes parts guitars/basses and does setup work. As far as parts goes, it looks like a Streamer...
  8. Obese Chess

    What is this Warwick Rickenbacker mixture?

    Couldn't get a good glimpse at the headstock, but if I had to guess, I'd say it started out as a Warwick Streamer and was then stripped, carved, and had a pickguard added. EDIT: in almost every other picture I can find of their bassist, he's playing a Warwick Streamer, so I am standing by this...
  9. Obese Chess

    Latest and Greatest Budget-Priced Stereo Interfaces? Help Me Choose!

    Perfect. Sounds like the move, then, is: 1. whichever stereo interface fits the bill (still leaning SSL but hoping for some votes in one direction or the other) 2. a small patch bay like this one from Hosa 3. whichever cables are suitable to route everything together, whether it's y-cables or...
  10. Obese Chess

    NBD, an absolute disappointment :( (Sire Marcus Miller m6 headless black)

    Many such cases, honestly. I have seen this in a number of other hobbies - something will debut as a low cost, budget line, slowly move upmarket, and then someone else will come in to take their place at the lower end. Heck, we've even seen it happen here! MIM Fenders used to be $299-$349 as the...
  11. Obese Chess

    Latest and Greatest Budget-Priced Stereo Interfaces? Help Me Choose!

    1. YES, PATCH BAY, THAT'S THE TERM I WAS LOOKING FOR. I kept being like "Line switcher? No... Uh... Mixer? Maybe...? What's that word... ?" and it was "patch bay." Yes, I need an interface with a stereo input (still leaning towards the SSL) and maybe a patch bay. Thank you! 2. If I understand...
  12. Obese Chess

    Latest and Greatest Budget-Priced Stereo Interfaces? Help Me Choose!

    good thinking! The issue is not so much cable management at the interface, it's on the other end, ie, plugging/unplugging/cable management at the synths themselves since one is a keyboard (MicroKorg) and the other is a rack-mounted ROMpler (Roland SoundCanvas) and unplugging one to plug the...
  13. Obese Chess

    Suggestions wanted to protect the back of my bass!

    I didn't realize these existed, but yes, that would be my first choice. My other thought is to try to get to a shop that does PPF (Paint Protection Film) wraps for cars and see if they will take on the wacky job of applying some PPF to the back of your bass. I have no idea how well it will...
  14. Obese Chess

    Latest and Greatest Budget-Priced Stereo Interfaces? Help Me Choose!

  15. Obese Chess

    "Hey, can I take a picture of your settings?"

    Same. Closest I've gotten is people taking pictures of my pedalboard, which I know is common because one time I saw a band - can't remember which - and their guitarist had a little sign on the front of his pedalboard that said something like "hey guitar nerd! Quit looking at my settings and go...
  16. Obese Chess

    Latest and Greatest Budget-Priced Stereo Interfaces? Help Me Choose!

    Hi folks, My current signal chain for recording is a very simple one. I go from my bass into a Neve RNDI into an Audient iD4 mk2. This has been fine for my purposes. I have no complaints about the id4. However, my setup has started to expand as I've started making electronic music and have...
  17. Obese Chess

    Launched my first Reverb store for selling... got any advice, tips, warnings?

    I apologize if this one has been mentioned already, but the single most important piece of advice I can possibly give you - as someone with 100% positive feedback across multiple platforms - is that a little bit of communication goes a long way. Whenever an item sells, I immediately reach out...
  18. Obese Chess

    KLOS Guitars Apollo V NBD

    I remember playing one at a big music store in... Montreal? Philly? Maybe NYC? I did a lot of traveling to big cities on the east coast in 2022. One of those. Anyway, I had the same experience - it was uncomfortable, poorly made, didn't sound great, and priced about 4x what it should have been.
  19. Obese Chess

    Wayne Jones Audio going belly up. killer deals available

    There's one preamp left on the site for $450 (marked down from $1100).
  20. Obese Chess

    Swapping Darkglass for EMG

    I do just want to say that I have two basses with the Tone Capsule preamp and I have NEVER had issues with noise - if you otherwise like how it sounds, I'd do a bit more troubleshooting, though I don't know enough to tell you what else to check. If you don't like the tone regardless, though...
  21. Obese Chess

    Feedback posted by Obese Chess on Bar Band Bassman

    Quick and easy transaction, good communication! Thank you!
  22. Tech21 DI-2112 Geddy Lee Preamp

    Comment by 'Obese Chess' on the classified ad 'Tech21 DI-2112 Geddy Lee Preamp'

    Sold!
  23. Tech21 DI-2112 Geddy Lee Preamp

    Comment by 'Obese Chess' on the classified ad 'Tech21 DI-2112 Geddy Lee Preamp'

    I would say it's pretty versatile, but I've never had or used the YYZ Shapeshifter so I can't compare. This is much more of a DI/preamp rather than a pedal despite the form factor. There's no on/off footswitch, it's always on. It has two outputs, one for each channel ("deep" and "drive") that...
  24. DR Dragonskin 45-125

    Comment by 'Obese Chess' on the classified ad 'DR Dragonskin 45-125'

    Sending DM now!
  25. DR Dragonskin 45-125
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    For sale DR Dragonskin 45-125

    Pack of DR Dragonskin in 45-125. These do indeed last forever, but they are fairly rough and high tension. As a punk and metal bassist I do a lot of bends and slides, so they don't get along with my play style. I bought a few packs at once, this one is still sealed and un-used. I paid $45 plus...
    $30.00
  26. Tech21 DI-2112 Geddy Lee Preamp
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     For sale Tech21 DI-2112 Geddy Lee Preamp

    Catch and release here - I bought this because I've always liked the SansAmp tone Geddy gets. This thing sounds great, but it doesn't add anything that I can't roughly approximate with my existing gear and a little extra EQ'ing - ie, "it sounds good, but it doesn't sound $225 better than my...
    $225.00
  27. Obese Chess

    Details about Fender destroying G&L

    Yeah, I don't know, man. I can believe that Fender would have trashed a lot of stuff in cleaning the place out, but I do struggle to believe that old, functional equipment, prototypes, and many of Leo Fender's personal effects were unceremoniously dumpstered.
  28. Obese Chess

    Hey UPS, 'dimensional weight' is not a thing.

    I hadn't had it happen until a few weeks ago when I sent a flat rate box. Obviously I appealed, but good lord.
  29. Obese Chess

    HPF (high pass filter) and why?

    Still use mine - it was a godsend when I was in a metal band that required me to tune my Dingwall down to F0. It still wasn't particularly clean and clear, but it was at least audible as "notes." Now I mostly use it as-needed to roll off a little bit of the boominess and thuddiness I get on some...
  30. Obese Chess

    Invited to play with people who are much better.

    Just adding on to this - I would not be even remotely passable as a bassist if I had not been lucky enough to get invited to play with people who were way, way, way better than me at their respective instruments. Everyone in my crappy little garage band in high school ended up going to Berklee...
  31. Obese Chess

    Why would someone deliberately.....it's just disgusting

    I was hoping I'd get to tell this story here: my drummer lives at the bottom of a hill, but the driveway curves around the house, sort of like... uh, hang on, let me draw a diagram. Okay. So he ordered a new snare drum a few weeks ago and when it finally arrived, his security camera caught...
  32. Obese Chess

    I bought the garbage pail kids ray

    I can't say I understand the point of buying a one-off custom finish instrument with the plans to refinish it. It's not like a Stingray is a particularly rare instrument where this is your only chance to buy one.
  33. Obese Chess

    Bass-centric and bass exclusive instrument and amp/cab mfrs.

    I don't think Bergantino makes guitar cabs or amps.
  34. Obese Chess

    Musician's Friend SDOTD Gator Bass Case

    Wonder how this compares to my Fender-branded case from SKB, which, despite coming in at a higher price point, I have not been impressed with the quality of.
  35. Obese Chess

    Markbass Compressore Troubleshooting. Bad tube, or... ?

    Got it. I believe mine does have a 12V option - I've been running it with this power supply without any issue for years and I'm sure I would have done that research before I set everything up - but yeah, I did break out the OEM power supply just to make sure.
  36. Obese Chess

    Markbass Compressore Troubleshooting. Bad tube, or... ?

    The problem persists with both. The "power" LED works fine and the unit otherwise operates properly (attack, ratio, volume, and gain knobs all work fine), the compression just isn't working how it used to. That was my plan for a replacement. I don't have any reason to believe that the...
  37. Obese Chess

    Markbass Compressore Troubleshooting. Bad tube, or... ?

    anyone?
  38. Obese Chess

    Markbass Compressore Troubleshooting. Bad tube, or... ?

    Hi folks, I've seen a few threads like this from the past few years, but none specific enough to my specific situation to bother bumping those. I have a first-generation Markbass Compressore pedal. I bought it used on here and I do not know exactly when it was built (late 2000s would be my...
  39. Obese Chess

    Seymour Duncan Powerstage Bass

    Yeah, this is... a little different.
  40. Obese Chess

    Seymour Duncan Powerstage Bass

    Okay, well, I forgot that the Powerstage has a headphone out, and it arrived today - my Sweetwater guy upgraded me to overnight shipping. That was nice of him. First, two tiny gripes: one, at this price point I expect the "feet" on the amp to be something more than little rubber bumpers I have...
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