My Lg made it from GC to the shop..
Neck refinish + new strings + Plek/setup in about a week sounds good to me.
Neck refinish + new strings + Plek/setup in about a week sounds good to me.
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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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Very little. I'll see if I can post a before/after pic later on.
A little goes a long way on a Plek. I'm amazed at how precise the Plek is. It actually scans your entire finger board and only removes the high spots. When's it's done you have a perfectly level board (or perfectly level frets).
Keith actually used it to remove a Diamondwood finger board (on my fretless) to install a new one. It left a paper thin layer of the Diamondwood finger board (to cover the truss rod area) and the new board was just glued on top.
So I will have seen or will be seeing the following this summer (so far) for concerts.
I saw P!nk Saturday night in Fargo and Eva was playing her P bass.
Going to see Chicago on Friday where Brett Simons will be playing a P bass.
May 25 is Snarky Puppy in St. Paul - pretty sure Michael League will be playing a P.
John Mayer August 5 in St. Paul - pretty sure Pino will be playing his P.
I love my Roscoe 5 more than any bass I've played in 45 years, but sometimes I think, everyone is playing a P bass these days, what am I missing.
I played a Fender Select P (with a 1 3/4 nut) at the local shop. Nice bass, compound radius neck, 9.5-14, and it sounded like a P. I thought the neck felt a little fat and wide, even though I usually play my Roscoe 5 which must have a wider neck than that P bass? I know it's a flatter neck for sure, but I am amazed by how thick a 4 string P bass neck feels to me compared to my Roscoe 5.
Wonder how low Greg would go on that classic he has left...
I saw P!nk Saturday night in Fargo and Eva was playing her P bass.
Going to see Chicago on Friday where Brett Simons will be playing a P bass.
May 25 is Snarky Puppy in St. Paul - pretty sure Michael League will be playing a P.
John Mayer August 5 in St. Paul - pretty sure Pino will be playing his P.
I love my Roscoe 5 more than any bass I've played in 45 years, but sometimes I think, everyone is playing a P bass these days, what am I missing.
I played a Fender Select P (with a 1 3/4 nut) at the local shop. Nice bass, compound radius neck, 9.5-14, and it sounded like a P. I thought the neck felt a little fat and wide, even though I usually play my Roscoe 5 which must have a wider neck than that P bass? I know it's a flatter neck for sure, but I am amazed by how thick a 4 string P bass neck feels to me compared to my Roscoe 5.
Wonder how low Greg would go on that classic he has left...
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OK. The price starts with a 1 now. Make it happen. 
Or somebody else please buy it and put us out of our misery already. LOL
Or somebody else please buy it and put us out of our misery already. LOL
OK. The price starts with a 1 now. Make it happen.
Or somebody else please buy it and put us out of our misery already. LOL
You all know how I am. Maybe Fred will beat me to it.OK. The price starts with a 1 now. Make it happen.
Or somebody else please buy it and put us out of our misery already. LOL
I’m tempted by the Century 5JJ- that SteveC signature model is all you
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So we jammed this past Tuesday evening and I've got to tell you, I liked the live sound of my Fender Elite P-bass with the Chrome flats better than my Roscoe with nickel RW strings. Much more definition in the mix.
So I installed a set of Chromes on the Roscoe (again) and jammed this morning with a version of ABB's Dreams (with bass removed via GoldWave). IMO it came fairly close to coping the old school bass tone of the original recording (at least to my old ears).
They certainly feel better to the fingers ....... So much fun to play a bass with these strings installed.
So I installed a set of Chromes on the Roscoe (again) and jammed this morning with a version of ABB's Dreams (with bass removed via GoldWave). IMO it came fairly close to coping the old school bass tone of the original recording (at least to my old ears).
They certainly feel better to the fingers ....... So much fun to play a bass with these strings installed.
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Sounds good Joe. My problem with flats as I love the feel and tone in a recording setting or practice but in a full band mix they don't seem to cut through the mix good enough. I've played them all and TI's, Cobalts, and then Chromes was the best I played. Definitely nice strings that feel so good to play though.
Maybe it was the songs that we played, the venue or maybe it was the p-bass with Chromes (I'll find out next week how they sound on the Roscoe live) but they cut much better than the Roscoe with RW's. So much better definition on the notes.
just another reason y'all need a Roscoe classic w/ flats but seriously I run into the exact same thing . I have found and especially true if you wear ear plugs to just bump the highs on the amp a wee bump and it brings back that lost clarity you may be missing , not too much or it'll ice pick everyone 
however as much as I like rounds , at least 1/2 the herd here has them it takes way more EQ to get them to sit like the flats then the other way around , added bonus is much less fret wear . Lastly I have gone back to rounds on my fretless , it was just too murky with flats .
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but seriously I run into the exact same thing . I have found and especially true if you wear ear plugs to just bump the highs on the amp a wee bump and it brings back that lost clarity you may be missing , not too much or it'll ice pick everyone however as much as I like rounds , at least 1/2 the herd here has them it takes way more EQ to get them to sit like the flats then the other way around , added bonus is much less fret wear . Lastly I have gone back to rounds on my fretless , it was just too murky with flats . <_<
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I defiantly preferred rounds on my fretless when I had it.
I am a little curious about stringing an active 5 string bass with flats. It seems counter-intuitive to me. It might be fun to try as I never have on my active 5 (just passive 4's) but which flats? I have tried TI's and LaBella LTF's and I always seem to take them off. I'm not sure why I can't seem to "take" to flats. I use D'Addario nickels now so maybe.
I don't like to use a pick and I'm afraid I will loose attack/definition with fingers on flats. IDK, Pino sounds fine I guess. Yet another reason to try the P bass I suppose.
I am a little curious about stringing an active 5 string bass with flats. It seems counter-intuitive to me. It might be fun to try as I never have on my active 5 (just passive 4's) but which flats? I have tried TI's and LaBella LTF's and I always seem to take them off. I'm not sure why I can't seem to "take" to flats. I use D'Addario nickels now so maybe.
I don't like to use a pick and I'm afraid I will loose attack/definition with fingers on flats. IDK, Pino sounds fine I guess. Yet another reason to try the P bass I suppose.
I may. They're only $40 so not like the $100 for TI's or something. By counter-intuitive I guess I meant you always hear about flats on your P or J, not so much on your modern active 5 string.
