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Roscoe Club

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Well, for a 5'er those TI Flats costs a lot!! :wideyed: I bought them a few years ago and never could really adjust to them on any of my fretted basses. They were shelved and I was going to try to sell them, but when I got the Roscoe fretless back from Keith I decided to try them on it, and they seem to work well. They have been on the fretless Roscoe longer than they have been on any other bass that I previously tried them on. So, hopefully, I won't need any other strings for it giving their longevity.
 
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@JOME77, I was thinking about changing out the Bartolini NTMB-GFL with a Pope Flexcore in the Zon Sonus fretless.
Do you have any experience with the Pope preamp, and how would you envision the Flexcore working in the Zon over the Bartolini?

I suspect a different voicing was what I'm after from the Zon, since both the Roscoe and Zon have the Bartolini preamp.
 
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Nightman said:
@JOME77, I was thinking about changing out the Bartolini NTMB-GFL with a Pope Flexcore in the Zon Sonus fretless.
Do you have any experience with the Pope preamp, and how would you envision the Flexcore working in the Zon over the Bartolini?

I suspect a different voicing was what I'm after from the Zon, since both the Roscoe and Zon have the Bartolini preamp.
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Ray,
I installed the Flexcore Pope in one Roscoe (3006) and it was really nice.
I would suspect that it would work really good with the fretless since you can really tailor the mid's to the freq. that you prefer. It also gives you a nice passive tone control and A/P (if you don't mind installing a couple mini-toggle sw's).
That Zon originally had the Dark Glass pre (Vol/Vol, hi-mid, low-mid, bass; no treble). In hind sight I think that I preferred the Dark Glass pre in that bass. The Dark Glass is an easier install (and more affordable) than the Pope.
 
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JOME77 said:
Ray,
I installed the Flexcore Pope in one Roscoe (3006) and it was really nice.
I would suspect that it would work really good with the fretless since you can really tailor the mid's to the freq. that you prefer. It also gives you a nice passive tone control and A/P (if you don't mind installing a couple mini-toggle sw's).
That Zon originally had the Dark Glass pre (Vol/Vol, hi-mid, low-mid, bass; no treble). In hind sight I think that I preferred the Dark Glass pre in that bass. The Dark Glass is an easier install (and more affordable) than the Pope.
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Thanks Joe! My preamp installation skills are lower than entry level, so 'an easier install' is a plus!!! And drilling!!! I was a little nervous drilling to install strap locks. I'll look at the Dark Glass for the Zon. :thumbsup:
 
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Right! I have a Stambaugh with an Audere preamp and I love the voice of that bass! Chris did a great job with matching this bass with the electronics. If only he had made a different decision with the bridge he selected for it! I have to remove the screw that secures the saddle in order to remove/install the low B string.
 
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WickedThunder said:
The necks are simply second to none!
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Can't speak to the "classics" as I haven't played one, but my Century 5 neck is the finest, most comfortable, most playable neck I have ever had. I have dabbled a couple times over the last 6 years I have owned this bass, but nothing lasts much longer than a quick try at a store or a friends house. I am completely spoiled by my Roscoe neck. Try as I may, I'm not sure I'll ever find another bass that I'd want to play for any length of time.
 
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fretno said:
huh what a pita , lets see that bridge .
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It's really part of the intonation setting and not really the screw that secures the saddle, but still!! What I find on a few of my basses, Roscoe included, that the placement of the bridge and the bridge design really don't permit 12th fret tuning to be perfect. Seems not enough length is given between nut/zero fret and saddle for the bass scale.

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SteveC said:
Can't speak to the "classics" as I haven't played one, but my Century 5 neck is the finest, most comfortable, most playable neck I have ever had. I have dabbled a couple times over the last 6 years I have owned this bass, but nothing lasts much longer than a quick try at a store or a friends house. I am completely spoiled by my Roscoe neck. Try as I may, I'm not sure I'll ever find another bass that I'd want to play for any length of time.
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I agree that Roscoe necks are very comfortable to play, but my MTD Kingston ZX5 with the asymmetrical neck profile is really, really comfortable and I find it more comfortable to play than my Roscoe basses. As a matter of fact, it being the less expensive bass that I bought new, it is by far my favorite go-to bass. I've read mixed reviews about it AFTER I bought it, but those reviews don't apply to this one. I did change out the 19mm bridge to an 18mm Hipshot B bridge, though.
 
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oh or a hipshot Kick Ass if you want to keep the weight down , infact I would email Hipshot and ask about the swap . They are a custom shop so perhaps they could tweak some things to make it work . anyway you are getting by so it's not really needed but i feel yer pain .
 
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Thanks! Right, this bridge (Hipshot Transtone) is designed to have this locking intonation system, but if the bass builders don't build in enough distance for this type of bridge to function without having to tear it down then we have the pains of dealing with it. If this was my only bass and I needed to change strings on it a lot more frequently than I do now, this bridge would have to go!!
 

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