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07-08-2007, 04:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Addis, La | | | Got a Roscoe Saturday
I posted this in the basses thread, but thought I'd do it here too for the Roscoeheads!
Swamp ash, Zebrawood/Spalted Sapwood, Mahogany accent, Pau Ferro, and wedge neck (maple, cherry, wenge, and something else). It has Barts wired parallel and a Demeter preamp. Killer bass. Great setup, monster tone, and looks great.. I know the rules, so here are some pictures.      
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07-08-2007, 05:07 PM
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Endorsing artist: Genz Benz - Nordstrand | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Los Angeles/Redlands, CA | | | Beautiful!
Although I'm concerne about Demeter+Bart parallel.... doesn't it sound too scoop?
Still, great instrument.
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07-08-2007, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Addis, La | | | Not at all. I used it this morning, and it sounded fine. I did have to boost the mids a bit. The parallel wiring really clears things up to my ears. My only gig is church, so I'm not competing with a couple of 100 watt Marshall's, but we do have a really loud drummer, and i had no problem being heard. |
07-08-2007, 05:38 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | Great looking Roscoe! 
The Demeter/Bart is still my favorite combo.
I really like the pau ferro finger board too. Much more brown hue than normal pau ferro. |
07-08-2007, 10:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brentwood California | | | That is zebralicious. Congratulations.
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07-08-2007, 10:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | Nice wood! 
That's not a wedge neck btw, but a standard neck with wenge centre lam, and some purpleheart on either side.
I really like the colour in that pau ferro board, and the body isn't too bad either. I'm also curious how the parallel wired Barts and Demeter sound - like mo I'd expect that to be quite scooped, but I guess it could work  |
07-09-2007, 06:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Boston, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Moote  Nice wood!
That's not a wedge neck btw, but a standard neck with wenge centre lam, and some purpleheart on either side.
I really like the colour in that pau ferro board, and the body isn't too bad either. I'm also curious how the parallel wired Barts and Demeter sound - like mo I'd expect that to be quite scooped, but I guess it could work | Jeff, I think that it is a wedge neck...it has a volute. |
07-09-2007, 08:16 AM
|  | Appointed President of the Roscoe Owners Club | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | | Isu, that is a good looking bass, I really like the neck design.
I was doing the prep work on my bass, last night. Drilled the hole for the Demeter mid-switch, installed the preamp and I soldered my pickups for parallel. As soon as Demeter sends me my nuts and washers they forgot to pack with my preamp I will try it out. I am curious to how it will sound going through my Aguilar 359.
Has anyone put one of the pickups in parallel and the other in series? Any thoughts on what this would do to the sound?
Oops, sorry for hi-jacking the thread a little. |
07-09-2007, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by lsu921 I posted this in the basses thread, but thought I'd do it here too for the Roscoeheads!
Swamp ash, Zebrawood/Spalted Sapwood, Mahogany accent, Pau Ferro, and wedge neck (maple, cherry, wenge, and something else). It has Barts wired parallel and a Demeter preamp. Killer bass. Great setup, monster tone, and looks great.. I know the rules, so here are some pictures. | Nice man, that was a favorite of mine before it left....
FYI: Jeff is right, that isn't a wedge neck, just a wenge center with purpleheart stringers and a volute. Not sure why it ended up with the volute, but it IS an "off the menu option" ($100 retail) for any standard neck. Quote:
Gard, you win!
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07-09-2007, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CrashClint Isu, that is a good looking bass, I really like the neck design.
I was doing the prep work on my bass, last night. Drilled the hole for the Demeter mid-switch, installed the preamp and I soldered my pickups for parallel. As soon as Demeter sends me my nuts and washers they forgot to pack with my preamp I will try it out. I am curious to how it will sound going through my Aguilar 359.
Has anyone put one of the pickups in parallel and the other in series? Any thoughts on what this would do to the sound?
Oops, sorry for hi-jacking the thread a little. | Clint, let me know how you like it wired that way. I would like to try a DB359. I love my Aguilar cabs. I'm sure that's a great sounding head. |
07-09-2007, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Gard Nice man, that was a favorite of mine before it left....
FYI: Jeff is right, that isn't a wedge neck, just a wenge center with purpleheart stringers and a volute. Not sure why it ended up with the volute, but it IS an "off the menu option" ($100 retail) for any standard neck.
There was never any doubt that I would eventually... |
Thanks Gard. I'm really pleased with it.
I knew you'd get me eventually.. I had to play hard to get though, right? |
07-09-2007, 09:32 PM
| | Appointed President of the Roscoe Owners Club | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | | My washers and nuts came in today from Demeter so I installed the preamp in my SKB3005. I wired my pickups in Parallel and started comparing it to my SKB3006 with the Demeter preamp, both have the stock Roscoe Bartolini pickups. This is what I noticed about the parallel setup
The volume was about 25% lower
The Mids were really scooped.
The Bass seemed more clean and not as heavy
The Treble is about 50% more, it was very bright
The Pickups had less noise (Noticed more so on DB359)
I played for about an hour and a half using a Fender Bassman 60 and an Aguilar DB359 through a Genz Benz 4-10.
I prefered the Series setup on my 3006, it seemed so much thicker so I switched my 3005 back to Series.
I can't wait to get down to Greensboro to try Pete's Bartolini Classics. I am thinking the Demeter coupled with the Classics could sound pretty awesome. |
07-09-2007, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by CrashClint I can't wait to get down to Greensboro to try Pete's Bartolini Classics. I am thinking the Demeter coupled with the Classics could sound pretty awesome. | I'm sure the Demeter with the classics would be a deadly combo... |
07-09-2007, 10:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Addis, La | | | I've played mostly Zon and MTD basses for the last three years, so clean and bright is where I come from, which is probably why I like the parallel setting so much. |
07-10-2007, 12:04 AM
| | | | Awesome looking Roscoe man.. where did you buy it? which dealer?
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07-10-2007, 07:43 AM
| | Appointed President of the Roscoe Owners Club | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lsu921 I've played mostly Zon and MTD basses for the last three years, so clean and bright is where I come from, which is probably why I like the parallel setting so much. | That was what I was thinking, sounded real close to a MTD to me, with a lower output. It sounded better on my DB359 than it did on the Bassman 60. |
07-19-2007, 12:47 AM
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07-19-2007, 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Moote On eBay now? | Looks like it, same pic's and the listing is for the same area he is in... bummer dude. 
Best of luck with the sale.
Peace,
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07-19-2007, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Moote On eBay now? | It is...  |
07-19-2007, 07:52 AM
| | Appointed President of the Roscoe Owners Club | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | | Wow, I wish I had the extra cheddar because that one would come home to NC.
Is it the sound you are not liking? It you have the pickups wired back to series it will change the sound, make it more fuller.
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