Line 6 pod not cutting it with my Roscoe. What effects etc do you use with your Rosco

[Gard]

Originally Posted by René_Julien

In a few weeks Gard is gonna sent me 2 Fishman AFX pedals along with my Roscoe.

I think you may have meant "Greg"?



...and for the record, I really don't have a problem with using effects, my amp has a built-in compressor (preset) that I use at times, and I'm not above getting a good overdrive and chorus...if the tone is called for!

[RocketMusic]

Originally Posted by Gard

I think you may have meant "Greg"?

I liked it better when he was paying me, but you had to ship it, Gard... infinite profit margin!!!

[Tee132]

Hey Thanks Renee

Its good to know another user of Roscoe has had the same problem with their line 6 pod x3.

Firstly I gigged with my Roscoe for the first time last night. All I can say is what a pleasure to play!!! And the it sound wicked!!!

I used the pod x3 last night and bybassed what I could, but it is still going in the bin once I find out a few more details on what you guys are using oh also what di units work the best.

I will require something in the way of
di
Chorus
Synth
Auto wah (or something sounding like this)

And hopefully the tone of the Roscoe won't be affected to much with these.
T

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by Darkstrike

And this is exactly why the OP asked for other Roscoe owners opinions, a Roscoe(normally) is a severly hot, loud instrument, even compared to other active basses, unless you cut the gain in the pre amp from the rear(I prefer not to, as I think it sounds best with the gain maxed), so why not ask people who have experience with adding effects to such hot signals?

First let me say that I'm not "arguing" in a serious way, just expressing an opinion. But look at most of the replies in this thread. How many of them answered his question, and how many of them razzed effects usage altogether, or avoided the subject?

In the Effects forum we discuss effects all day, and many of us have high-output basses, and the subject of whether a given pedal works well with high-output or active basses comes up all the time.

That said, I understand the "community" aspect, and am not disputing that... too much. There's at least one Roscoehead I know who has never once posted anywhere but in the Roscoe forum over the couple years he's been here. Seems like he should get out more.

[René_Julien]

Originally Posted by Gard

I think you may have meant "Greg"?



...and for the record, I really don't have a problem with using effects, my amp has a built-in compressor (preset) that I use at times, and I'm not above getting a good overdrive and chorus...if the tone is called for!

Originally Posted by RocketMusic

I liked it better when he was paying me, but you had to ship it, Gard... infinite profit margin!!!

Ow crap.

It was late last night.

I mixed up Greg and Gard...

I mean Gard and Greg.

Originally Posted by Darkstrike

And this is exactly why the OP asked for other Roscoe owners opinions, a Roscoe(normally) is a severly hot, loud instrument, even compared to other active basses, unless you cut the gain in the pre amp from the rear(I prefer not to, as I think it sounds best with the gain maxed), so why not ask people who have experience with adding effects to such hot signals?

After reading my post from yesterday again: I didn't mean to sound so negative why Tee132 formulated the question this way... why a specific bass wont work with the POD.

Rather than concentrating on why a certain bass doesn't work he should have inquired this to people with experience with the X3 rather than someone with experience with Roscoe.

The chances of finding someone who also uses a Roscoe with a POD X3 are rather slim compared to someone who uses a Pod X3 with any other active bass.

Originally Posted by Tee132

Hey Thanks Renee

Its good to know another user of Roscoe has had the same problem with their line 6 pod x3.

Firstly I gigged with my Roscoe for the first time last night. All I can say is what a pleasure to play!!! And the it sound wicked!!!

I used the pod x3 last night and bybassed what I could, but it is still going in the bin once I find out a few more details on what you guys are using oh also what di units work the best.

I will require something in the way of
di
Chorus
Synth
Auto wah (or something sounding like this)

And hopefully the tone of the Roscoe won't be affected to much with these.
T

I actually don't own a Roscoe yet.
(Soon...)

But I felt I was in the position of answering your question.
For the reason I said before... it doesn't matter if you play a Roscoe through it, a POD will always tonesuck and doesn't like hot signal.

Well, I'm not stating that a POD + active bass is useless, you just have to spend more time tweaking your POD.

I don't really know how you stand toward the world of POD, but from what you told us my advice is to go the seperate pedals route.
Tell your wallet I'm sorry.

For autowah I'd recommend you give the BOSS AW-3 a go.
I like that one... if I could actually think of a use for autowah for myself I would have picked one up long ago.

Originally Posted by bongomania

First let me say that I'm not "arguing" in a serious way, just expressing an opinion. But look at most of the replies in this thread. How many of them answered his question, and how many of them razzed effects usage altogether, or avoided the subject?

In the Effects forum we discuss effects all day, and many of us have high-output basses, and the subject of whether a given pedal works well with high-output or active basses comes up all the time.

That said, I understand the "community" aspect, and am not disputing that... too much. There's at least one Roscoehead I know who has never once posted anywhere but in the Roscoe forum over the couple years he's been here. Seems like he should get out more.

Yup... I was trying to help the OP in a similar way.

In the effects forum a lot of people can help with high output basses... and buffers and stuff.


See!

36 hours before someone said the word buffer in this thread.

But I'm not really an expert on active basses + effects.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by René_Julien

36 hours before someone said the word buffer in this thread.

But I'm not really an expert on active basses + effects.

See that, in the effects forum, someone would have said buffer by post two!

[Darkstrike]

Oh, and René, Bongo, I don't mean to argue, just pointing out, where IMO, the OP is coming from, I have no doubt you would have been able to answer the question if he asked in the FX section.

[JOME77]

Originally Posted by bongomania

That said, I understand the "community" aspect, and am not disputing that... too much. There's at least one Roscoehead I know who has never once posted anywhere but in the Roscoe forum over the couple years he's been here. Seems like he should get out more.

Yeah, I bet that's what his momma tells him that too!

Definitely a failure to launch!

We're just Roscoeheads and we welcome any Roscoe related question....even if it's really a generic question.

We even let TB'ers that don't own Roscoe's post on our forum!

By the way, one of my favorite Andy Griffith show is when Barney brings his bongo drums over to Thelma Lou's and plays along with Andy's folk songs! That Barney is quite a good bongo player!

Yes, I too am a real big fan of the bongo drums!

IMO they fit with any style music!

[chadds]

Originally Posted by Gard

Signal chain: brain -> hands -> bass -> good quality instrument cable -> tuner -> good quality instrument cable -> WT-550 -> good quality speaker cable -> Epifani UL310 Series II

+1 Me too! Annnnnd I don't plug through it!
I really don't want anything between the Roscoe and my ears. I do use effects recording and occasionally live but rarely. Yes, Roscoes sound so good it does matter if your underwear are dampening any of the enthusiasm, I mean suppressing any vibrations from your bass, I mean affecting your tone. I can see folks caring that their cab or strap not diminish any of that tone.

[jimb213]

here's my pedal board.


One thing I've noticed is that, at least with my roscoes, I have to have the XXL volume no higher than about 9 o'clock to have a good matching volume. If I had the volume at noon or higher, it would make things soooo much louder. But with the moogerfooger, I can have the output a little past noon, or even higher, and it doesn't increase the overall volume that much. Different manufacturers, different kinds of effects, I know, but it's still interesting how differently the signal gain is structured in the two pedals.