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Roscoe Club
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Back at you Keith!
I actually stay awake into the new year! Watched a very entertaining A&M-Duke game. Like him or not, Johnny Football is sure fun to watch!
Happy New Year to all!
Back at you Keith!
I actually stay awake into the new year! Watched a very entertaining A&M-Duke game. Like him or not, Johnny Football is sure fun to watch!
Happy New Year to all!
I'm surprised by how much I got into that game. Definitely entertaining. I think JF proved that he can be a real team leader with that comeback.
Today I am flying out to New Orleans for the layover. I'm sure the back of my plane will filled with lots of crimson. Our hotel is on Bourbon St. so, I hope they let me get some sleep tonight.
Happy New Year!
Back at you Keith!
I actually stay awake into the new year! Watched a very entertaining A&M-Duke game. Like him or not, Johnny Football is sure fun to watch!
Happy New Year to all!
funny how everyone is talking about "jonny football" but the a&m defense won that game.
Yeah, that D was just some kind of awful. But, they decided to really show up in the last quarter and a half.
Just made the jump from 4 to 6, oddly enough at age 46...
I can see it's going to take some time, and a lot more shedding, but I'm already hooked.
This is a CS 3006 (#4030) that's been making the rounds here. I'm glad I nabbed it, but I'm also keeping my LG 3000
I can see it's going to take some time, and a lot more shedding, but I'm already hooked.
This is a CS 3006 (#4030) that's been making the rounds here. I'm glad I nabbed it, but I'm also keeping my LG 3000
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Great bass and great deal. Enjoy! A 6 gives you a lot of different options.
I almost bought a 6 (again) last month. I like (trying) to play Yellowjackets stuff and a 6 would be nice - but I get by OK on my 5.
I may have to add a fretless back again. Nothing like a mahogany body, diamondwood board, JB pup placement, Roscoe fretless. Should have not sold he one I had. I'll never learn.
I almost bought a 6 (again) last month. I like (trying) to play Yellowjackets stuff and a 6 would be nice - but I get by OK on my 5.
I may have to add a fretless back again. Nothing like a mahogany body, diamondwood board, JB pup placement, Roscoe fretless. Should have not sold he one I had. I'll never learn.
Thanks Steve
I've found that I practice a lot on just one bass when I put my other bass(es) away "permanently" for a while before selling them.
Congrats, I too made the jump a few years ago, however I play my 5 strings for 90% of the gigs. The Roscoe 6 usually is for home shedding. I am around the same age as you and agree, we old farts may take longer to get comfy with the mighty 6 but it is a fun journey.
I agree that it is best to put the other basses away and concentrate on the 6 string for a while to get used to the extra string and wider neck.
I see you are from MA; I am on Cape Cod.
Cheers!
Just made the jump from 4 to 6, oddly enough at age 46...
I can see it's going to take some time, and a lot more shedding, but I'm already hooked.
This is a CS 3006 (#4030) that's been making the rounds here. I'm glad I nabbed it, but I'm also keeping my LG 3000
Congrats Asher! Classic looking Roscoe.
Roscoe 6'ers have IMO the very best feeling neck out there!
I played them exclusively for about 3 years and only recently went back to 5's. I went back to 5's primarily because I started back playing a 4 banger more and while it became easy to switch back and forth from 5 to 6, when I threw the 4 string in mix I began to have a few moments of "what string am I on" during gigs. That plus I started stringing one of my 5's E-C for recording purposes and it seem to make a bit more sense (from a hand fatigue perspective).
CrashClint
I Play Bass therefore I Am
I loved my SKB3006 but due to a wrist injury it became a little painful for me. As long as I stayed above the 5 fret it was ok but anything below. If not for that reason I would still be playing a 6er. Like Joe mentioned it was crazy going from the 6 to the 4. I would be reaching for strings that just weren't there.
Thanks guys,
Bipslapper: I'm in a suburb just west of Boston. I haven't been to the Cape since 1997!
Joe: I know exactly what you mean. I'm finding that I get less disoriented if I DON'T look at the fretboard, and just listen and feel. My biggest challenge right now is re-learning the floating thumb on the 6 without getting disoriented, plucking the wrong string. It's coming back, gradually.
CrashClint: I hear you. I've had the same problem with my left wrist, especially when I was trying to double on upright about 5 years ago. With this 6 string bass, I'm slinging it fairly high and off to the right (even when I'm sitting and practicing), over my right hip, trying to keep both wrists straight as much as possible.
Bipslapper: I'm in a suburb just west of Boston. I haven't been to the Cape since 1997!
Joe: I know exactly what you mean. I'm finding that I get less disoriented if I DON'T look at the fretboard, and just listen and feel. My biggest challenge right now is re-learning the floating thumb on the 6 without getting disoriented, plucking the wrong string. It's coming back, gradually.
CrashClint: I hear you. I've had the same problem with my left wrist, especially when I was trying to double on upright about 5 years ago. With this 6 string bass, I'm slinging it fairly high and off to the right (even when I'm sitting and practicing), over my right hip, trying to keep both wrists straight as much as possible.
There's a book called "Awakening Your Inner Genius" by Sean Patrick. In the foreword he discusses the correlation between IQ (or "natural" gift of talent) and performance. According to Patrick, "While many theories were put forth, there was one common factor that researchers recognized in all great performers: they practiced so hard and intensely that it hurt."
Jimmy plays the way he does because, even now at his current stature in the music industry, he sheds almost constantly: before meals, after meals, before the soundcheck, after the soundcheck, after the gig... I've seen this first-hand on several occasions. Every time I think I've practiced "enough", I think about that and keep going, and that's the only thing that's made a difference in my skill, noticeable by my band mates and friends. It's also significantly minimized (although not eliminated) my GAS. Jimmy could've played just as inspirationally on YJ albums with a 4- or 5-string...
I hope this helps you in your search for the perfect bass (which does not exist).
Has anyone tried the Reed James RJ Neo Humbuckers in a Roscoe? Wondered how they would sound relative to the Roscoe Barts in an SKB3005...
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Had never heard of them until now, but damn, I really liked the sound(s) in the demo video in that link.
I have RJ NEO's in my new 6 string bass. I had never tried them before but was looking for something different. Very, very impressive pickups. There isn't anything out there quite like them. When I was having my new bass built I spoke to Jim about what I was looking for. He assured me the pickups he'd make would be perfect. He was absolutely right, and he made them in wooden covers that look beautiful and match the aesthetic of my bass perfectly. I would definitely recommend his pickups to anyone.
Edit: Compared to the Roscoe Barts they aren't as dark, have less output and are more even from top to bottom. I love Bart pickups because of the lower mid bump that they have....love them. These pickups are more even but they certainly have a strong midrange and have a great punchy quality. Really nice.
Edit: Compared to the Roscoe Barts they aren't as dark, have less output and are more even from top to bottom. I love Bart pickups because of the lower mid bump that they have....love them. These pickups are more even but they certainly have a strong midrange and have a great punchy quality. Really nice.
Thanks, the comparison is helpful. The RJ Neos seem like excellent pickups but I kind of like that low-mid bump the Roscoe Barts have and don't want less output as our FOH engineer likes a hot signal to work with. I was going to try a Demeter pre-amp to make the Barts sound less dark but its wiring harness was in sad shape so I opted instead to modify my Aggie OBP-3 low-mid frequency point. It had 400/800 switchable mids on a push/pull pot. 800 Hz is a useful frequency for me but 400, not so much. Cutting took too much meat out and adding sounded kind of boxy. I heard 550 Hz was prominent in that singing fretless mwah sound and it also is where my Streamliner 900 amp has a pronounced dip so I wanted to check this out. I changed the low mid frequency on my OBP-3 preamp from 400 to 550 Hz with mid voicing Option #6 on page 5 of Aguilar's OBP-3 wiring diagram.
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550 Hz seems to have a more musical sounding cut/boost than 400. Boosting this frequency also restores the normal Streamliner dip in that region, leaving me free to use the amps mid select at 2500 Hz which sounds better with most of my cabs. Flattening out the mids this way really makes the STM900/Roscoe pairing sweet and also works better in my IEM when going direct. Even though the slightly darker character of the Roscoe Bart/Aggie OBP-3 is in the higher frequencies, I found this to be a worthwhile improvement to the mid-voicing.
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550 Hz seems to have a more musical sounding cut/boost than 400. Boosting this frequency also restores the normal Streamliner dip in that region, leaving me free to use the amps mid select at 2500 Hz which sounds better with most of my cabs. Flattening out the mids this way really makes the STM900/Roscoe pairing sweet and also works better in my IEM when going direct. Even though the slightly darker character of the Roscoe Bart/Aggie OBP-3 is in the higher frequencies, I found this to be a worthwhile improvement to the mid-voicing.
The other thing to mention is that Jim Reed is basically a custom outfit. He can build anything you could want. He built me custom wound NEO's to work best with my chambered 6 string.
