Roscoe tone questions

[wujuu]

Originally Posted by Bassmanbob

Your problem is that you are comparing apples and oranges. Any Sting Ray is going to sound greatly different from a Roscoe no matter the wood/ PUP/ preamp combination. You could get close to a Sting Ray sounding bass (someone correct me if I'm wrong), but you can't make a Roscoe a Sting Ray and you can't make a Sting Ray a Roscoe.

I know the Stingray is going to sound different, the single bridge humbucker makes for a unique sound with some loss of warmth due to no neck pu, but if i remember correctly, ash is supposed to have scooped mids tonally isn't it? There may be ash bodies that don't, but i believe that is the general tonal nature of ash. Please correct me if i'm wrong. I noticed this "scoop" playing another bass ash body/maple board/emg pu's and electronics...

[Bassmanbob]

Originally Posted by wujuu

I know the Stingray is going to sound different, the single bridge humbucker makes for a unique sound with some loss of warmth due to no neck pu, but if i remember correctly, ash is supposed to have scooped mids tonally isn't it? There may be ash bodies that don't, but i believe that is the general tonal nature of ash. Please correct me if i'm wrong. I noticed this "scoop" playing another bass ash body/maple board/emg pu's and electronics...

Our sound gurus will hopefully chime in soon, but I'm thinking you will get much more scoop out of the electronics and construction (pick up placement and such) than the difference between Mahogany/ Spanish Cedar/ Swamp Ash.

Once again guys: correct me if I'm wrong.

[wujuu]

Hey Bassman, you're right, of course everything factors in, and pickups/placement are big ones. However, I'm not deciding on which type of bass to get, or which electronics package I like, I'm deciding on the woods. So in this case, it is proper for me to talk about the tonal qualities of wood and what I want/don't want, no? Sure no Roscoe will sound like a 'ray and vice versa, but within Roscoes there is still a wood selection that offers slightly different tones and that's why I'm being specific about the woods--regardless of the tone shaping capabilities of electronics/construction.