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A Little Roscoe Fun
- Thread starter RocketMusic
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hey Greg, once both of the leftys come into your shop, maybe you can do some sound clips to show the difference in pickup placement.
Hey dedpool1052,
I put a deposit down on the other lefty - yay! What is different about the pickup placement on yours?
I put a deposit down on the other lefty - yay! What is different about the pickup placement on yours?
i have the neck pickup moved foward a tad, so it's spaced 2" from the bridge pickup. it was based on the pickup spacing of my current 5 as i like a woolier/deeper tone from the neck pickup. and congrats on getting the other lefty, that thing is beautiful.
I'm giving a lefty Roscoe a try! It seems like the kind of thing that I should always have one or two in stock... time will tell if that's a good call. Tell your lefty friends!
Isn't this top lovely? I love the look of Cocobolo, I need to order more of that...
Roscoe Century Standard Plus 5 (Cocobolo, Lefty)
I think you have your questions answered...didnt both sell already?
Here's a right-handed 5-string version of Jimmy Haslip's famous Roscoe. Same woods, same colors, same pickup slant (reversed relative to the usual LG slant), and volume/volume instead of volume/blend. Very cool!!
Roscoe LG Custom 5 (Yellow)
Roscoe LG Custom 5 (Yellow)
Here's a right-handed 5-string version of Jimmy Haslip's famous Roscoe. Same woods, same colors, same pickup slant (reversed relative to the usual LG slant), and volume/volume instead of volume/blend. Very cool!!
Roscoe LG Custom 5 (Yellow)
Wow. That is just about the perfect bass. The back is stunning. What a great "Jimmy" bass for a 5 string right handed player.
The more I look at this bass, the more I want it.
Greg, would you consider trading this bass for a newly released CD, straight up?
Greg, would you consider trading this bass for a newly released CD, straight up?
Here's a right-handed 5-string version of Jimmy Haslip's famous Roscoe. Same woods, same colors, same pickup slant (reversed relative to the usual LG slant), and volume/volume instead of volume/blend. Very cool!!
Roscoe LG Custom 5 (Yellow)
Here is today's new arrival from Roscoe! This is a KILLER bass. Great looks, fantastic tone. Slurp!
Roscoe Century Standard Plus 4 PJ (Cherry Burst)
Still love this bass. Get the "old school" P/J tone with the new Aguilar electronics but still get the Roscoe look and feel.
Oh man is that pretty! Is it just me or does the reverse slant on the pickups make the contour lines of the LG look better? Something just flows more naturally with that bass. Very nice.Here's a right-handed 5-string version of Jimmy Haslip's famous Roscoe. Same woods, same colors, same pickup slant (reversed relative to the usual LG slant), and volume/volume instead of volume/blend. Very cool!!
Roscoe LG Custom 5 (Yellow)
It's just you ...... and Ken!
I'm sure I'm just use to seeing it the standard way.
I like 'em both though.
It's just you ...... and Ken!
I'm sure I'm just use to seeing it the standard way.
I like 'em both though.
The 'other way' seems to not make much sense for me. If there is anything that I might not completely love with the Roscoe's I've played, it is the balance of the super fat B and E strings and the D and G, that can sound a bit 'unfat' in comparison. With the 35" scale and those Barts stacked close to the bridge, that is pretty much the definition of a slight thinning of the higher strings. Slanting the pickups to compensate for that makes much sense to me.
No big problem with the straight configuration, but slanting them to work against the D and G... don't get it. I guess maybe this was just a function of players wanting their bass to look like Haslip's without understanding what the slant does ? Not sure about that, but isn't Haslip's design functionally the same as the 'reverse' option. Might be wrong about that.
Yeah, I would think so too. Give you a nice tight low B and E with the pickup so close to the bridge and fatten up the higher strings a bit. I tend to pluck closer to the bridge on lower string but play the upper strings in the "sweet spot" so this makes sense to me.
CrashClint
I Play Bass therefore I Am
Where is the sound clip for this beautiful specimen.
Here's a right-handed 5-string version of Jimmy Haslip's famous Roscoe. Same woods, same colors, same pickup slant (reversed relative to the usual LG slant), and volume/volume instead of volume/blend. Very cool!!
Roscoe LG Custom 5 (Yellow)
My LGs have a nice balanced sound across all strings. Id be a bit hesitate to go with the reverse slant that might have a tendency to emphasize the B and the E more. Id have to say that if it isnt broke, dont fix it.
Guess it all depends on the sound/tone you're looking for. For the last couple of years I've been playing mostly orchestration lines, which means I spend the majority of my time on the 'A' string or below.
I was looking to "open" and "fatten" the bottom end without impacting the mids & highs. So for me the 'forward' slant was an advantage. It depends on what you're after.
I was looking to "open" and "fatten" the bottom end without impacting the mids & highs. So for me the 'forward' slant was an advantage. It depends on what you're after.
If my eyes are not tricking me, the slant moves the pickup in the direction of the slant to the right facing the bass (again, might be wrong). So, in the standard slant, the pickup is in pretty much the same position as 'straight' on the D and G, with the pickup on the lower strings moved toward the neck. So, in that case (again, if I am right... seems I am if you look at the pickup position relative to the bridge on the 'slant/no slant'), the standard slant would have little impact on the upper strings. So, again, if my eyes aren't tricking me, the standard slant is not really doing what you think it is. Seems like it would result in a bit more open and deep and less punchy low end. Again, could be wrong on this.
The 'reverse slant' would seem to not impact that wonderful Roscoe low end articulation, but just fatten up the D and G a bit. Again, probably somewhat minor, but a slight fattening of the D and G while leaving the E and B pretty much alone would make a very good bass into a perfect bass for me!
FWIW I have no experience with Roscoe basses other than looking at them so hard on the Rocket Music site that I think I may have pulled a retina!
. Given their reputation I don't doubt the standard LG's pickup configuration sounds great (I've only heard a few SKB's online). I'm basing my opinion on a couple Warwick Dolphin 5's I owned which had reverse slant neck pickup and "relatively" balanced B. Also on all the Jazz 5's I've owned/played I usually roll the neck p/u off quite a bit to tighten up the B and E. From those experiences when I look at the standard LG slant it seems wrong. No doubt there's more to it than that.
Again I have no personal experience with the standard LG's and I'm sure they sound great. Hope I can try one out soon and see for myself. They are absolutely beautiful instruments and I'm very intrigued.
That said if you feel you need to prove it you're welcome to ship your LG to Iowa. It would be a horrible burden but I could find it in my heart and gig it for a few weeks to see that you are correct. I'll polish it up before I return it and make sure I clean off any peanut butter and jelly fingerprints my kids put on it.
