Roscoe Heads! What style of music...

[Shiveringbass]

Originally Posted by VroomVroom

Ludo, I love it! The bass sounds great. And I really dig how the tunes go in directions I wouldn't have expected.

Thanks very much for the kind words.


Ludo

[coyoteboy]

Played a lot of blues and blues-rock with my Roscoe (ash maple-maple-Demeter)

Oh, and it slaps just fine, me on the other hand...

[Fishheadjoe]

Well, I picked up my song list last night and well, I am only familiar with two of the 17 songs! I listened to them and man, have I ever got a lot of work to do... this stuff is nothing like what I'm used to... some of it is stand up bass which is really cool, but gonna be quite a challenge for me and my limited abilities.
Fishheadjoe

[CrashClint]

Originally Posted by Shiveringbass

Hey Roscoeheads,

To me, my LG fits absolutly in any style I could play. Since my primary band is what you could call rock fusion, a song can go from metal to jazz with some funky bass line in between.

My only concern was its slap tone but since I've installed Delano pickups and a glockenklang pre, it is much much better imho. I will be confident in bringing only a Roscoe in a studio.

You can judge by yourself my roscoe in action at

www.myspace.com/shiveringmusic

Regards

Ludo

Hey Ludo, the lg really sounds good!

Hey,are you a daddy yet?

[lwrthnwhalepoop]

Originally Posted by Fishheadjoe

do you play? I have been invited to join a Blues band, completely different from the prog rock I have historically played.
Anyone else play blues with their Roscoe? Better yet, what style do you play?
Fishheadjoe

I mainly play blues and old-school R&B. I love the Roscoes for blues. The fretted sixer has that big P-bass-y bottom and sits well in a mix with one or more loud guitars or horns. It's got tons of sustain, which is nice for slower tunes. I'm also finding I like the fretless sixer's earthy meaty sound for some smaller groups with a less dense mix. I can get it to sound just like an upright acoustic, mainly since its body wood is Spanish Cedar. It doesn't have as much sustain as the fretted, which is to be expected, and it'd get lost in a busy mix.

Hope this helps. Remember, if you're playing the blues and you're thinking real hard, you're doing it wrong.

Check out Johnny B. Gayden's work on Albert Collins' Alligator Records releases to hear the blues bass done right.

[PICK]

Metal mostly. Guitarists like to tune to B nowadays, give me enough wattage and i can make them cry. I did play every bass at the shop searching for the ultimate marshall killing B string, and i'm happy with the end result.

[CliffD]

I plan on using mine for funk, jazz, reggae, rock, etc. Shouldn't a great bass be able to cover all the "Basses" (ha ha ha)

[Darkstrike]

Just bumpin' this thread to say,

Originally Posted by Darkstrike

I'm hoping mine will suit me from Rock/Hard/Metal to Blues, Ballads, and even some soloish/lead stuff, you know, chords, slap, tap etc.

Awwwwwwwwww yeeeeaahhhhhhhh!

That is all.

Actually, no its not, I just wanted to say, contrary to most, I love its slap tone. Though I'm one of the few that thinks a P sounds better slapped than a Jazz, so take that for what its worth.

[Bassmanbob]

I have one Roscoe... for now. It's a fretless SKB-3005 with ash body, maple top, diamondwood fingerboard, Bart pups and the Demeter pre.

I use it as much as possible in anything I play. The only time I don't use it is if I need more of a percussive sound or if I'm playing a lot of octives. My fretted bass (Peavey Cirrus) allows for the better intonation that my semi decent playing doesn't perfect on those octive type songs (Hotel California).

But some day I'll replace the Peavey with a fretted Roscoe most likely.

Oh... the original question... duh!

I play mostly classic rock, Motown, old R&B and a sprinkling of disco, current rock, dance, rock/blues.

[VroomVroom]

I had a really cool casual on Saturday night, and ordinarily I'd share some clips in my little Genz Benz thread, but since we covered a variety of material it seemed like this one would be more appropriate. The Roscoe just sounds awesome in pretty much any genre. Here's the goods:

Harsh stage lighting, and I really wish I'd brought my Nikon. Nonetheless, it's cool what you can do with an iPhone, Photoshop, and NoiseWare Pro software...


My Baby Just Cares for Me

Unforgettable

Smooth Operator

Pink Cadillac

Put Your Records On

Stolen Moments

[RocketMusic]

Pink Cadillac is where it's at! Nice groove.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by RocketMusic

Pink Cadillac is where it's at! Nice groove.

What this man right here said.