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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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From the private lake party last night.
Played for a couple hundred of their closest friends...free food and open bar all night. How the other 1% lives
We played in front of the “extra” garage on the property, complete with an “in law” suite and shuffle board above.
Played for a couple hundred of their closest friends...free food and open bar all night. How the other 1% lives
We played in front of the “extra” garage on the property, complete with an “in law” suite and shuffle board above.
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They both sound great. I don't mean good. I mean great. Let's celebrate together my brothers. It's a time of celebration. Thank you Ray!
You are so welcome!!! You never know love until you play a fretless Zon or Roscoe!!! And you have it in dual abundance!!!!
That is so cool. I would like to celebrate your happiness, and also add a new arrival myself! I may be starting down a new road/new project soon, and I'm 'tooling up' for the journey. Here's a few sneak peeks until I have proper pictures. Seasoned clubbers should be able to spot the new arrival.
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And I will love that bass as long as I can play, and I feel connected to you by owning it, Steve! I always get so many compliments when I play that fretless.
Is that a new satin-finish onyx Century Standard 6 with ash body, maple neck, and Bart soaps at the back? Congrats!
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You found it! It is as you say, although it is only 'new to me' (2016, so I am told). I did find several strange white 'clouds' in the finish, and the seller couldn't tell me what was up with it.
I'm still finding out what it does. I have all the settings flat right now. It sounds so good.
I thought I was having a good time. Look at you!
I really didn't know the deal was going to happen, Joe. I was just going to look.Wow! Gary it looks like you snagged some nice ones!
I can’t believe that you 2 didn’t invite me!
What an awesome collection! It would certainly be hard to chose which one to play.
Do you string them up differently (SS, Nickels, Flats) or do you find that you get different enough sounds based on variation in wood types and p/u configurations?
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I've tried SS and flats (flats on the fretless and the PJ were cool for a while), but I kind of gravitated back to my current preference: Dunlop superbright nickels. I'm not some first-call studio guy or anything (I wish!), but I've found that the sounds I get asked to play I can cover the best with nickels. I play a lot of rock, country, Christian, and some pop, funk, Motown, 80s, etc. I really just have to vary my technique and pan the blend knob to change my sound.
I specifically sought after different pickup configurations, and keep several other elements the same - I love ash bodies, maple, purpleheart, and wenge on the neck, and prefer single coil pickups with the highs rolled off just a little. That's sort of 'my tone', and then the different pickup positions flavor it differently. The fretless, of course, is different and special, and I like mahogany on it.
I back in the Chrome flat mood ........ They feel so much better than the rounds.
Another from this weekend:
Sorry I couldn’t figure out how to crop it, but I thought it was a nice shot of the Roscoe.
Sorry I couldn’t figure out how to crop it, but I thought it was a nice shot of the Roscoe.
