True. I've had a Rob Allen, too. A little different but if you're going for that upright sound in an electric, that is it. I had a Mouse that people said sounded more like an upright than an upright.
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Roscoe Club
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True. I've had a Rob Allen, too. A little different but if you're going for that upright sound in an electric, that is it. I had a Mouse that people said sounded more like an upright than an upright.
That would be like dying with a smile on your face, right? And with your Roscoe toys, you win!!
I really like TI flats on my fretted five. Rounds were always the prescription for my fretless.
A while back I gave EB Cobalt flats a try. They do feel like flats, but have the sound of rounds. Not that expensive either (nothing near what TIs will set you back).
They're on my fiver. The only hitch is that I can't find a 'C' to make up a set for my six.
A while back I gave EB Cobalt flats a try. They do feel like flats, but have the sound of rounds. Not that expensive either (nothing near what TIs will set you back).
They're on my fiver. The only hitch is that I can't find a 'C' to make up a set for my six.
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The closest I've come to a Double Bass sound was a Wyn fretless five (yes, seriously). I have witnesses.
Rob Allen is for sure good, but (for my ear/taste) the best fretless is a Roscoe followed by Zon. That's why I settled in with a five and a six (see the avatar).
Rob Allen is for sure good, but (for my ear/taste) the best fretless is a Roscoe followed by Zon. That's why I settled in with a five and a six (see the avatar).
Well, I can hear a Rob Allen or Roscoe fretless. I suspect if I was curious enough I could hear a Zon fretless. Now a Wyn fretless? Who gets to hear those?
The TI's on my fretless are the last set of strings that bass will see while in my possession.
I'm a big fan of shell pink....and Roscoe'sMy Current family. The Shell Pink is kind of whited out in the picture due to lighting, it is actually darker in person.
- Apr 1, 2000
- 17,398
- 9,830
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings, Aguilar Amplification
This is my favorite demo of a Rob Allen (sorry for bombing the Roscoe thread!)
Is Roscoe making a "classic" jazz bass now @Gard
Roscoe Classic Custom 5PJ Solid White Light Distress (Serial #0006C) Pre-Order
Roscoe Classic Custom 5PJ Solid White Light Distress (Serial #0006C) Pre-Order
- Apr 1, 2000
- 17,398
- 9,830
- Disclosures
- Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings, Aguilar Amplification
mmbongo said:
My man mmbongo pickin' up my slack!
Yeah, we are indeed making a new model based on a very classic design but with many Roscoe elements.
Hah... sorry... been in the world gigging, teaching, and working.
Don't get by as often as I should...
JohnnyR had a really beautiful Wyn fretless a couple years ago. It had a strangely dampened sound. Sounded like the strings were dead (even after installing a fresh new set of RW's. Similar to an upright but not really the nice growly swell that you get on notes with a nice upright. I think he sometimes uses too many laminates in his bass. Apparently hippie sandwich basses just don't make good fretless basses.
My experience with fretless basses is with less than a few, but the ones I have certainly appeal to my ears, and others agree. Wyn basses are quite beautiful, more accurately and to my eyes, most are wood media art work. I guess trying to appeal to both works of art and a great sounding bass has its hurdles.
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
this one is now hanging with me.
SKB Standard Plus 5, strung with new Labella gold flat wounds, will become my new country bass.
first Roscoe. Probably not the last.
One of my old Roscoes! I also played in a country band.
