Roscoe Club

[Drkwdsman]

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and many Roscoe basses to you all.

 

[ClassicJazz]

The Roscoe family is growing! Just got my third, a beautiful SKB 3005 which I got from a TB'r here. Sweet bass.

 

[Drkwdsman]

Here is my family. Only missing and SKB.

 

[Gard]

Merry Newtonmas to all.

...or whatever you and yours celebrate on the winter solstice.

 

[JOME77]

View attachment 1015397 Here is my family.

Beautiful LG-3005 (on the end) you've got there! Very classy looking!

 

[JOME77]

Merry Newtonmas to all.

...or whatever you and yours celebrate on the winter solstice.

Merry Christmas Gard (and fam)!

 

[Drkwdsman]

Beautiful LG-3005 you've got there! Very classy looking!

Thank you, Sir! Both LGs are my go-to basses.

 

[Warren Anderson]

For Sale - Roscoe Century Std 4 Aguilar PJ Trans Wht

Must part with my Roscoe Century Standard 4 Aguilar PJ in trans white... If interested, check out ad. Thanks.

 

[SteveC]

Hey guys,

Played a '66 jazz today at Willies in St. Paul, Mn. Birth year bass for me. Was really nice. Don't have $9,500 for it but it was nice.

Anyway, it has flats as did an old P I played a month ago. They feel kind of nice and of course lend a different tone. Got me wondering if/who uses flats on their Roscoe's. I have the 5 and 6 so I thought maybe leave the rounds on my 6 and try flats on the 5.

 

[JOME77]

Hey guys,

Played a '66 jazz today at Willies in St. Paul, Mn. Birth year bass for me. Was really nice. Don't have $9,500 for it but it was nice.

Anyway, it has flats as did an old P I played a month ago. They feel kind of nice and of course lend a different tone. Got me wondering if/who uses flats on their Roscoe's. I have the 5 and 6 so I thought maybe leave the rounds on my 6 and try flats on the 5.

Cool Steve. I know JohnnyR has a set of flats on 2 of his Roscoe's (I believe one fretted and one fretless) and loves them.
The best sounding flats that I've found are the EB Colbalt Flats. Great tone. I've got a set on my Warmoth fretless (polycoat finger board) and they sound really nice.

 

[JohnnyR]

Hey guys,

Played a '66 jazz today at Willies in St. Paul, Mn. Birth year bass for me. Was really nice. Don't have $9,500 for it but it was nice.

Anyway, it has flats as did an old P I played a month ago. They feel kind of nice and of course lend a different tone. Got me wondering if/who uses flats on their Roscoe's. I have the 5 and 6 so I thought maybe leave the rounds on my 6 and try flats on the 5.

Hey Steve,

Yeah, I've got TI flats on my fretted five, and EB Cobalt flats on my fretless five (feel of flats and the sound of rounds). The fretless six will keep it's rounds.

Works great for me.

 

[Jeff Moote]

Hey guys,

Played a '66 jazz today at Willies in St. Paul, Mn. Birth year bass for me. Was really nice. Don't have $9,500 for it but it was nice.

Anyway, it has flats as did an old P I played a month ago. They feel kind of nice and of course lend a different tone. Got me wondering if/who uses flats on their Roscoe's. I have the 5 and 6 so I thought maybe leave the rounds on my 6 and try flats on the 5.

I've used different flats on various Roscoes over the years but for the past year or so (and for the foreseeable future) my Century with P/J pickups has a set of TI flats. I love the tone and feel, and they can go from aggressive to classic flatwound thump with a change in technique and attack.

 

[SteveC]

So the E string can be "iffy" with flats, how about the B string?

 

[SteveC]

TI's are pretty expensive for an experiment. Someone suggested La Bella Low Tension flats.

 

[Thumper]

I actually bought some of Jeff's lightly used TIs for my Roscoe but never got around to putting them on (maybe when the rounds die), still another way to go. I love everything about TIs but the B, and have considered leaving the round B on when I use them again.

 

[emjazz]

TI's are pretty expensive for an experiment. Someone suggested La Bella Low Tension flats.

The LTF's are amazing.

 

[ClassicJazz]

So Anthony Wellington popped in on my gig last night. So what else is there to do......pose with my Roscoe for a photo!

 

[JohnnyR]

So the E string can be "iffy" with flats, how about the B string?

I've not had any issues with the E string when using the TIs. The sustain on the B string is slightly reduced, but the tone is still great.

 

[Jaco Taco]

View attachment 1015397 Here is my family. Only missing and SKB.

Those Electric Mayhem frames are fantastic.

 

[Thumper]

Ditto on the TI E string, no iffy here, I think they sound great.

Maybe the slightly reduced sustain is what I was hearing on the B, I just knew something was a little different, had them on 3 different basses.