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Roscoe Club

#4,761
Freddels said:
I can't wait to hear how the tone knob sounds with the Roscoe barts.
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Hey Fred!
I've never tried to run the Roscoe Barts passive because I've always been told that they wouldn't work passive (to low output). I was shocked to hear how good they sounded. It's really not much output difference active verses passive (depending on how much EQ boost you have). I'll try to record some sound clips that demo the preamp some time this week (and maybe a soundtrack too).
 
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#4,763
JOME77 said:
Yeah, that bass sounded really good. It had the Bart CB's and the passive tone control worked really nice. The Pope is a great choice if you really like the sound of your bass. It retains it well. I'm told that the East Uni-pre allows for much more radical tone shaping (but it's suppose to have a really good passive sound too).
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I'd go for this, but I don't like having to deal with two mid knobs live, just like I don't like two separate volumes live. I used a Bongo once, and the two bands of midrange drove me nuts on stage.
 
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Yeah, it took me about an hour to route the cavity on my LG to get the ACG EQ01 to fit. I had purchased a couple routing tools for my Dremel for a previous install so that made it a little easier. I am really interested in hearing your thoughts after a couple of days with the preamp compared to the Demeter and the Pope.

JOME77 said:
It would have been a simple install but unfortunately my Roscoe cavity only had large deeper round routes around where each preamp pot mounts and the East preamp boards bottomed out on the thicker areas (outside the deeper round routes). Of course that prevented the threaded shaft of the pots from going fully through the body holes (so I could thread on the washer and nut). Nothing that a little routing wouldn't solve but it's certainly not for the faint of heart (or inexperienced techs).
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#4,769
bassfacer22 said:
Thats actually pretty hilarious.. Are those (headless?) strings widely available now-a-days? I'm assuming yes, I haven't dove into the headless guitars yet but thinking about it..
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It is an option that is available on every model we offer, and the pricing for it is listed on all of the price lists - you just gotta dig a bit to find it. :) Frankly, I'm done with headstocks myself, I've got one of these, and eventually I will have all headless. Easier to carry, less likely to smack people and things when moving around on stage, extremely stable tuning, zero loss of tone or playability. Why WOULDN'T you want it, other than the aesthetics just rub you the wrong way (you Luddite! ;) ).
 
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emjazz said:
I think with the Century body style, it's one of the best looking headless basses around. Great to see Roscoe doing this.
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I tend to agree, but I am personally a bit biased, the Century is my favorite body style. In the interest of fairness, here are both an LG and SKB with the headless option (photo credit: Bass Direct - Mark Stickley takes great photos!):

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#4,774
Thumper said:
Nope, the SKB body is still my fave, even headless. Gard, is there any weight benefit?
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Well - it's difficult to answer that exactly. You would need to add the average weight of the headstock and tuners up, then subtract the slight addition of weight to the bridge of the mechanism to tune the strings and the brass string retainer at the other end of the neck....I'm thinking: it's a wash on average.

That said, the BALANCE benefit is supremely noticeable, the instant you put one on your strap and start playing. :cool: :bassist:
 

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