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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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I have used quite a few compressors in my lifetime. I stopped searching for them when I bought a Diamond bass compressor. Not difficult to set and it just sounds great.
I have a Darkglass Super Symmetry and like it on my Roscoe, though it definitely darkens the tone. I also have an Avalon U5 that makes everything sound better!
Received the 19mm Roscoe from Bardolphus. He told me this bass was owned by about four Talkbassers. The frets are perfect.
Seems this bass wasn't even played. WTH!
That is going to change.
Seems this bass wasn't even played. WTH!
That is going to change.
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Yeah. I bought that bass from the original owner (1 month after it's delivery). Not sure why he didn't bond with it. It was built through Atlanta Bass Gallery.
That bass literally had a perfect fret job. Gard told me that while Keith rarely frets basses anymore, for some reason he did that one. I can't remember if thay had the Plek machine when it was built but the fret job (and leveling was as perfect as I've seen on any bass.
I only sold it because of the 19mm spacing. I just couldn't get use to it. Love 19mm on a 4 but not a 5 or 6.
Congrats!
So, I'm a bit new to compressors in a pedal board but do you really think that a compressor would work (sound good) on one bass and not another?
I've been using compressors when going through the house and whatever they had in the rack sounded good on anything that I played.
Not sure what I was thinking.
I should have know that you would have tried most of the top compressors out there Shane!
That Cali76 has lots of knobs that are really close together!
I’d probably still be using an Avalon U5 if it weren’t so big. I did try a REDDI but didn’t care for it as much as everyone else does. Of course now the flavor of the day is Nobel. That’s a pretty expensive experiment for me though. I’ve been pretty happy with my $199 passive Radial JDI - which is also plenty to pay for a simple passive DI I suppose.
So, I'm a bit new to compressors in a pedal board but do you really think that a compressor would work (sound good) on one bass and not another?
I've been using compressors when going through the house and whatever they had in the rack sounded good on anything that I played.
Not sure what I was thinking.
I should have know that you would have tried most of the top compressors out there Shane!
That Cali76 has lots of knobs that are really close together!
Well it’s not that any of the compressors sound bad but rather some sounded best with certain basses. My Hyper Luminal sounded very good with any bass I had. The devons it sounded best because it helped tame the glassy open highs it has naturally. The Roscoes I have are warmer and smoother so for me the Cali76 adds some openness and more clarity in the mids and top end. I didn’t like the Cali at all with my brighter bass. The Cali Union was the only Comoressor that I’ve owned that sounded really good with any bass I played through it and was probably my favorite for overall compressor. It’s just easy to set and forget. I’ve never seen anything that opens up the tone like the Cali does though. Even my daughter and wife that are both tone deaf said there was a huge difference when comparing with and without and with the Cali.
I use in ear monitors and what I feed the FOH is what I get back. I remember the gig when I didn't have my REDDI and I was miserable. I can't describe what it does to my sound except that it makes it like 3 dimensional. HUGE difference without it. sounded like I was playing a $50 bass.
if my REDDI goes down I will buy another immediately, without hesitation.
I probably didn’t give it a fair trial. I used it at church for the 1st service. Then I went to the JDI for the 2nd service. The rest of the band said they liked the JDI. Idk. Maybe it’s because we were used to hearing the JDI? I have friends who swear by the Nobel as well.
Reddi's claim to fame seems to be 'the Ampeg tone.' If that's the sound in your head, it's a great way to get there.
I use a JDI every day and carry one in my stage bag, although I prefer my RNDI's for serious use and the DarkGlass Vintage Ultra as my primary DI due to the CabSim.
I've also been looking at the Radial FireFly but they're too expensive for me to buy on a whim.
I use a JDI every day and carry one in my stage bag, although I prefer my RNDI's for serious use and the DarkGlass Vintage Ultra as my primary DI due to the CabSim.
I've also been looking at the Radial FireFly but they're too expensive for me to buy on a whim.
My signal chain is a little different because I want the compression done before it goes to the FOH. My experience with our sound engineer is that we don't really have one.
Bass > TC Polytune > Keeley Compressor Pro > Sadowsky BP/DI > FOH and
Genzler MG 800 > speaker cabinets.
My Keeley and DI are usually EQ'd the same for every bass, but I may have to adjust the bass's EQ based in its character.
Bass > TC Polytune > Keeley Compressor Pro > Sadowsky BP/DI > FOH and
Genzler MG 800 > speaker cabinets.
My Keeley and DI are usually EQ'd the same for every bass, but I may have to adjust the bass's EQ based in its character.
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Of the Roscoes I custom ordered, one of them had a *very* fat neck profile. I hated it so bad I ended up having my go-to local luthier reshape and refinish the neck to match my others.
I "feel you" there (dad joke?). There have been several times where I have my IEMs in my ears but not turned on, and I tune my bass (i.e., I can hear almost nothing from the outside world). I swear the bass is on in the FOH system, but it is just my Roscoe rumbling against my chest as I tune (chest, stomach, whatever). I really appreciate how resonant and well built they are!
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