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10-26-2010, 06:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto | | | Happy first time Roscoe owner
Hi everyone. About 2 years ago I decided to try learning bass guitar. I ordered a nice SX Jazz bass from Rondo, then a short while later added an SX P-bass, and lastly a decent OLP MM.
I didn't know how far I could go with the bass, but once I got into the learning phase I really enjoyed it. Last year I met some local bass players, one had a Roscoe. I got to play it briefly and really liked it, light weight, very well balanced, low action, great tone.
I finally had a chance to buy one recently and now it's the only bass I play. The other 3 basses are nicely sitting in a closet. I've tried playing them a few times, but they just don't compare to the Roscoe. I also sold off my previous amps and cabs and downsized.
I'm very happy with my current setup. I've played in a 3 piece band a few times now and was able to try out this new rig this weekend. It did great. 
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10-26-2010, 06:34 AM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Nice one man, congrats!
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10-26-2010, 06:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toronto Canada | | | Welcome to the Roscoe forum Nick! Pull up a chair, you're gonna like it here!
Fishheadjoe
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10-26-2010, 06:46 AM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Yessir!
Roscoes Standard line is fantastic.  Congradulations on picking up the bass. Welcome to being a Roscoehead.  
God Bless, Ray
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10-26-2010, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Fishheadjoe  Welcome to the Roscoe forum Nick! Pull up a chair, you're gonna like it here!
Fishheadjoe | It's your fault Joe....had I never tried your Roscoe I'd still be slinging the SX Jazz... 
But the Roscoe is a hit, and takes less effort to play well. It lets me focus on playing and getting better.
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10-26-2010, 07:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toronto Canada | | | Nick, I will take full responsibility and maintain a smile on my face the entire time... and your new amp system looks to be head and shoulders above your old set up!
Gonna have to get you and Deb over to the house for yet another bass marathon!
Fishheadjoe
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10-26-2010, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Fishheadjoe Nick, I will take full responsibility and maintain a smile on my face the entire time... and your new amp system looks to be head and shoulders above your old set up!
Gonna have to get you and Deb over to the house for yet another bass marathon!
Fishheadjoe | Yes, we'll have to arrange a free Saturday or Sunday to drop in. My new, smaller rig is so much nicer to travel with. Now we only need to get Deb to buy a Roscoe... 
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10-26-2010, 11:43 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | | Congrats, these Century Standard basses are some sweet playing instruments. |
10-26-2010, 12:07 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | |
Welcome to the world of Roscoe!
Congrat's on the new bass! Got to love that black finish with the enhanced grain.
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10-26-2010, 02:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona | | Good for You! 
Aint nothin' like playing a well built instrument.  |
10-26-2010, 02:39 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Nick, welcome to the family!
I hope you are OK with crazy, otherwise, you're in for a bumpy ride around here... 
...I'm sure Jerry (VroomVroom) will be stopping in to give you the standard speech about string ball end alignment and your mental health. (Hint: If you take him seriously, you should question your mental health  ) Watch out for his sidekick nostatic, he has some very strange ideas about the correct angles of each string's ball end that he will try to pitch at you as well. Last week, the two of them were yelling at each other and throwing handfuls of old wet newspaper at each other...I still don't quite understand what they were going on about...and I'm certainly confused as to why the wet newspaper got involved, something about balancing the angles of magnetic fields... 
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10-26-2010, 03:13 PM
|  | Well, Ahoy Paloi | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cape Cod, MA | | Welcome aboard! My first Roscoe was (is) a Century Standard, Black Onyx 5 
It's not like we are weirdos, rather we each like to choose our own form of reality.
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10-26-2010, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Bipslapper It's not like we are weirdos, rather we each like to choose our own form of reality. | The Patron Saint of Roscoeheads speaks!!!!
(...and by the way, yeah, we ARE weirdos, but we're lots of fun and have REALLY AWESOME bass guitars! )
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10-26-2010, 03:25 PM
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Nice bass.
I await my first Roscoe also.
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10-26-2010, 03:41 PM
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Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard
...I'm sure Jerry (VroomVroom) will be stopping in to give you the standard speech about string ball end alignment and your mental health. (Hint: If you take him seriously, you should question your mental health ) Watch out for his sidekick nostatic, he has some very strange ideas about the correct angles of each string's ball end that he will try to pitch at you as well. Last week, the two of them were yelling at each other and throwing handfuls of old wet newspaper at each other...I still don't quite understand what they were going on about...and I'm certainly confused as to why the wet newspaper got involved, something about balancing the angles of magnetic fields... | The ball-end/newspaper connection has been well documented. Strings are used on basses, and basses are made out of wood. Newspapers are printed on paper, which comes from wood. Quid pro quo, res ipsa loquitur. The wet newspaper was actually part of advanced testing on nuclear flux densities. I was trying to prove that the parallel ends induces a quantum shift that is responsible for aberrations such as Justin Bieber. Can we really risk that?
Unfortunately the results were inconclusive, so we need to move to magazines. I wanted to use hard cover books but Jerry complained about a concussion he got during testing. I think he should work on his reflexes. I'm still going with the 72 degree twist. It is a moral imperative.
Oh wait, what was the question? |
10-26-2010, 03:49 PM
| | Well, Ahoy Paloi | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cape Cod, MA | | | Oscillation Overthruster
I think we need John Warfin to explain from YoYodyne Propulsion Systems:  |
10-26-2010, 03:49 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nostatic The ball-end/newspaper connection has been well documented. Strings are used on basses, and basses are made out of wood. Newspapers are printed on paper, which comes from wood. Quid pro quo, res ipsa loquitur. The wet newspaper was actually part of advanced testing on nuclear flux densities. I was trying to prove that the parallel ends induces a quantum shift that is responsible for aberrations such as Justin Bieber. Can we really risk that?
Unfortunately the results were inconclusive, so we need to move to magazines. I wanted to use hard cover books but Jerry complained about a concussion he got during testing. I think he should work on his reflexes. I'm still going with the 72 degree twist. It is a moral imperative.
Oh wait, what was the question? | Is that a -72 or a +72 degree twist? Do authors have an effect if you go with hardback books, and will have any affect on the outcome? Will glossy magazine pages be good? How about sheet music? How about a stack of my old unpaid utility bills from 1985????*
Jerry's old, you can't fault his faulty reflexes.
Oh, and illigitimus non carborundum.
(*...hopefully, all this nonsense will keep nostatic occupied for the next few weeks, so we can get some work done around here, he keeps calling with new theories on nuclear flux densities.....  )
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10-26-2010, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Bipslapper I think we need John Warfin to explain from YoYodyne Propulsion Systems: | No matter where you go, there you are.
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10-26-2010, 04:00 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard (...and by the way, yeah, we ARE weirdos, but we're lots of fun and have REALLY AWESOME bass guitars! ) | Wierdos....
Werd!
God Bless, Ray
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10-26-2010, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Gard Is that a -72 or a +72 degree twist? Do authors have an effect if you go with hardback books, and will have any affect on the outcome? Will glossy magazine pages be good? How about sheet music? How about a stack of my old unpaid utility bills from 1985????* | + or - depends on what side of the equator you're on.
Authors only affect the outcome if they have more than 3 vowels in their name.
Glossy magazines skew the results towards action too low due to shallowness of the approach.
Sheet music? Is that some porn series?
As for your unpaid utility bills, dude...how many grow lamps you running in the basement?!? Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard (*...hopefully, all this nonsense will keep nostatic occupied for the next few weeks, so we can get some work done around here, he keeps calling with new theories on nuclear flux densities..... ) | I believe part of that work is on my fretless. I'll keep my theories to myself lest I interrupt the workflow. But ignore the ramifications at your own peril.
Actually I just like saying, "flux."
Well, typing flux. I like saying it too. But here I type it. Flux. Flux Flux. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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