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Roscoe Club

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I thought I had a Pee bass but realized I had only spilled beer on it. Now SteveC has a real Roscoe Pee bass, I actually peed on it before it left the factory. I could have peed on Jome77's bass as well but don't remember as Gard bought me a lot of beer at lunch that day and I don't remember much.
 
#5,207
No affiliation with this one, but it sure is tempting! Nordstrand pickup, koa, mahogany, diamondwood... pretty much the perfect Roscoe fretless! I bet it does Pino tones for days (minus his hands/brain, which most of us lack of course)

Koa top Roscoe Century Standard Plus 5-String Fretless Bass

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Yeah, she's probably right. I thought I could make a quick $1,000 and pay some debt. We have a large refund coming and I thought an extra bump would help that much more.

When I think about selling (I don't play it often) she always asks if I like to play it when I do use it. Of course the answer is yes. Probably the nicest bass I've owned fretted or fretless. Then she says if you like it, even if you don't play it much, just keep it. You always sell P's and 4's so a 4P is doomed from the start.
 
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No experience with tape wounds Crash. But I how about Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats.

I just tried a set of Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats on my fretted five. So far I'm happy with'em. A little higher tension than I'm used to. The B string has more sustain and the sound is more articulate than other flats I've tried.

I'm thinking of trying a set on my fretless. Anyone out there have any experience with these flats on a Roscoe fretless?
 
#5,215
I've got Deep Talkin' Flats on a Synapse fretless.
OK - not a Roscoe, but a composite fingerboard just the same.
They're OK but IME, totally devoid of mwah.
I've got D'Addario nickel rounds (170...) on my Roscoe fretless, had FlexSteels for about a year but went back to the 'standard' string.
I think rounds on fretless is a match made in heaven, but it's your bass, your sound, do what you want.
(I had TIJF and D'Addario Half-Rounds on an ebony-fingerboard fretless for a while (pre-Roscoe) and they were fine but again, I couldn't eke any mwah. Maybe someone with better touch could.)
 
#5,217
I have tried some odd strings on the Roscoe you wouldn't normally get.. I have the Dunlop Super Bright nickels on now though.. which I'll put up a recording soon here if you guys want of these.. and then I had Fodera strings on before.. which I think I liked better.. and will put back on..

I have these strings I could put on the Roscoe LG custom V I have, anybody want me to put some on to hear it?

strings I have I could put on:

Ernie Ball round slinky steel..custom..
LaBella (many sets of Flatwounds "Deep Talkin' Bass) strings..
DAddario XL chrome flatwound/ I think I have round as well..
Dunlop Super Bright Nickel
Fender Steel Round..
Fodera NIckel Roundwound
DR (i think Marcus Miller) Fat Beams? round..
-there is a few mores strings I just can't even remember now.. but I think Elixers? and .. I'll try to find the boxes and update list..


My next strings I'm thinking of buying for Roscoe Bass:

Thomstik-infeld Super Alloy
Sadowsky strings..
 
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ArtechnikA said:
I've got Deep Talkin' Flats on a Synapse fretless.
OK - not a Roscoe, but a composite fingerboard just the same.
They're OK but IME, totally devoid of mwah.
I've got D'Addario nickel rounds (170...) on my Roscoe fretless, had FlexSteels for about a year but went back to the 'standard' string.
I think rounds on fretless is a match made in heaven, but it's your bass, your sound, do what you want.
(I had TIJF and D'Addario Half-Rounds on an ebony-fingerboard fretless for a while (pre-Roscoe) and they were fine but again, I couldn't eke any mwah. Maybe someone with better touch could.)
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I agree. Most flats will turn a MWAH monster into more of a mwah puppy. I've preferred D'Addario rounds on fretless for some time, but I've also been known to keep TI flats on a fretted bass.

The sound (and feel) of the a Cobalt flats prompted my question. They are not typical.
 
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SteveC said:
Yeah, she's probably right. I thought I could make a quick $1,000 and pay some debt. We have a large refund coming and I thought an extra bump would help that much more.

When I think about selling (I don't play it often) she always asks if I like to play it when I do use it. Of course the answer is yes. Probably the nicest bass I've owned fretted or fretless. Then she says if you like it, even if you don't play it much, just keep it. You always sell P's and 4's so a 4P is doomed from the start.
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Your wife is smarter than you are.
 
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JohnnyR said:
No experience with tape wounds Crash. But I how about Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats.

I just tried a set of Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats on my fretted five. So far I'm happy with'em. A little higher tension than I'm used to. The B string has more sustain and the sound is more articulate than other flats I've tried.

I'm thinking of trying a set on my fretless. Anyone out there have any experience with these flats on a Roscoe fretless?
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I will in a few weeks. Just sent Gard a set of EB Slinky flatwounds to string up my CS5+ fretless when it's done. I put a set on my P-bass a few weeks ago and I really like them. They seem to be the perfect balance of flatwound feel and roundwound sound. I've tried half-rounds on fretless before and didn't like them.
 

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