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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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I prefer 45-105, although I think the Roscoe set is 80-100 on the A and E, and I'm good with that, too. I just can't go less than 45 on the G or more than 125 on the B.
Thanks, Dave. I think I want to stick with the 45 to 105 (and a 125B) on my 5 string...thinking about lighter strings on my P bass.
Agreed. My Fodera 5 came with the Heavy B set (.130) and I love the way they sound so I ordered the same in a 6 set to try. I used to be all about tapered or exposed core B strings but for the last couple years I've been loving the authority of non-tapered strings.
I've been able to get about that much life from my Fodera sets in the past.
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Alright Roscoe owners...lets see a picture of the best Roscoe bass you’ve owned. I know all Keith’s creation are good but with any builder sometimes everything just lines up to create perfection. I have to say mine would be my Buckeye. I’ve never played a bass that is better.
If I had to pick one bass it would be my fretless Century Standard Plus 5. I think I'd chose this over my Koa fretted 5...just barely. It sounds fantastic, plays great and looks OK, too. A fretless doesn't have to sound like a fretless all the time, but a fretted can't sound like a fretless. I'd rather have a B and not use it than need it and not have it.
These are my favorites. Well, I need to update the pickups and electronics on the 4 string, that is happening soon.
The one that got away. Acquired in a trade from someone on this forum.
It was a handful, but I actually became comfortable playing it. Looks a lot nicer in person. IIRC, that's a walnut top over a mahogany body with a wenge wedge neck. Should've kept it.
It was a handful, but I actually became comfortable playing it. Looks a lot nicer in person. IIRC, that's a walnut top over a mahogany body with a wenge wedge neck. Should've kept it.
The one that got away. Acquired in a trade from someone on this forum.
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I can't tell you how many times I looked at this bass pics on Rocket Music lol. One of the nicest I've ever seen.
I've been window shopping for 6 string basses, and Roscoes have caught my eye. How's the weight and balance on yours? It's a beautiful instrument.
Thank you; I like it a lot!
It's a box elder burl top over a Spanish Cedar body. I don't have anything more accuratethan a bathroom scale for weights, and mine seems to need a new battery since it won't light up today. I'd guess 9-something...
Like all SKB's there's a little bit of neck dive, and with 6 tuners, even HipShot ultralights (one of which is a detuner) it's even a bit more pronounced. But I usually play shows with a GoPro Session mounted on the headstock and even with that, with a suitable strap, I don't notice it. Maybe I'm not especially sensitive to it, so YMMV; but it works for me.
Really, really comfortable neck and huge range of tones, all of which I like.
IMO Roscoe is one of the 2-3 best fretless in the business, and also the best low-B.
Roscoe is absolutely the best fretless and best B string. Probably the most comfortable 6 string neck as well.
Definitely ended up with my favorite.
I’m thinking that the wedge Wenge neck seals the deal!
I’m thinking that the wedge Wenge neck seals the deal!
I owned that quilted redwood SKB an owner before you and it dove like crazy on me. I think there's a lot of factors to it- I wear my bass higher, and I "have kept my winter weight on for a few years", so that may be why it did it to me (my Sadowsky neoprene straps are super grippy, so that isn't it). Which is a shame, because that bass had a great neck and was super growly...
