Well you "I can only play a 5 string" guys will be glad to know that for at least this week I have to agree with you. And man does the Roscoe low B kill it!
I guess for that one the low B will make a great thumb rest!
It does and...
...it does.
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Roscoe Club
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It does and...
...it does.
I can't do without a 5'er for the service music I play. Far too many songs in Eb, F, Ab, and Db for a 4 string. It just wouldn't sit well with the tonal groove required for those bass lines below the root!
You can't retire yet, Joe! You don't have enough basses!!
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I'd love to get more into flats. I have only tried Chromes, La Bella tape wounds, Fender SS flats, and TI Jazz flats, the latter being my favorite for usable tone and sounding like that magic sound I equate with Jamerson's recordings. I will try the other La Bella offerings you guys suggest soon, especially if they have that old school sound. I'll tell you which flats have the furthest thing from old school sound: the Fender stainless steel flats. You can really tell they are stainless.
Man that is a steal for that bass. I bought Adam's other Classic P/J and it's a phenomenal bass. Heck it comes with $150 worth of extra pickups! Sell those and you've got the best passive bass on the planet for $1300. Adam is a man of few words, but have no doubt he is a top notch guy and he packed my bass better than most I've seen. He packed it the way I would have packed it
True. Sell the Nordstrands and keep the the Aguilar J just in case I want to go JJ. $1,300 Roscoe. P bass tone with a J bass neck. I like jazz necks better than P necks. That's a Roscoe for less than a new Fender. Hmm. Maybe I don't need that Sub 37 synth...
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Wow!
You'd pay that for a used US Fender Elite Precision. Awesome deal!
and Steve .........
...... it's RED!and Steve .........
I know. I don't have a red bass. Red means fast right?
The neck is pretty.
More drum roll!
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Waiting on you, Steve!!!
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Waiting on you, Steve!!!
That’s actually a good investment. One day (50 years) it’ll be known as a “pre-Kyle” model!
I’m having fun playing this little guy I rescued from a corner of the storage room at school.
‘74 Mustang. Put some LTF’s on it and deoxit on the pots and she’s good to go. Needs a strap button on the horn but is an amazing sounding little bass. Really fun to play and had a very “P-ish” tone.
I’ve got a few jazz gigs this summer and I think I’m bringing this for that “upright-ish” tone and feel. I play way differently on this little shorty 4 than I do in my 35” five with rounds.
‘74 Mustang. Put some LTF’s on it and deoxit on the pots and she’s good to go. Needs a strap button on the horn but is an amazing sounding little bass. Really fun to play and had a very “P-ish” tone.
I’ve got a few jazz gigs this summer and I think I’m bringing this for that “upright-ish” tone and feel. I play way differently on this little shorty 4 than I do in my 35” five with rounds.
