I don't doubt that one bit, Ray. The best thing about that is your search is done. Enjoy brother!
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Roscoe Club
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The HX Stomp is $649 (Sweetwater and GC have limited editions available at $599) and to me, worth it for all of the hardware it replaces.
Ok. My fretless and my P we’re both PLEK’ed. When I play my fretted century 5 it’s become obvious it wasn’t. I think it’s time to get it done like my others. What’s the first step? Just call the shop? Email? Who do I contact to set it up? I kept my shipping box from my P so I’m good to go.
also. My fretless had the pickups replaced with Bart quad coil I believe and a pair of toggles - one for each pickup. Really helped give me tone options on my fretless. I’m debating having that done to my fretted while it’s there.
Thoughts?
also. My fretless had the pickups replaced with Bart quad coil I believe and a pair of toggles - one for each pickup. Really helped give me tone options on my fretless. I’m debating having that done to my fretted while it’s there.
Thoughts?
Call the shop. Keith will probably answer. Let him know you want it plek'd. He'll give you the rest of the details.
Yea I guess a lot of people go amp less and the Floor Preamp essentially is the amp. I do see a lot of people though have say, an active Roscoe bass with say Bartolini or Aguilar Pre- then going to (fill in blank with any number of floor pre amp DI) then to an amp and cab with (you guessed it another preamp). That chain I don’t get . I do understand the amp less use of a good floor Pre amp but even then i my amps flat anyways and really only use my onboard bass pre amp.
I use that setup every Sunday without issues! I play passive and active basses into a pedal board with a preamp DI splitting the signal to the house and to my bass amp, which has a preamp, into cabinets on the stage.
My bass amp EQ is usually set the same for how I want to hear things on the stage. The DI preamp is next to me on the floor and I can reach it very easily to make adjustments quickly, if needed, and not have to get up and step back to the bass amp to make tone adjustments. My basses are usually set near flat, and I don't play around with tone EQing much after I setup. I try to use my hands/fingers for that.
I wouldn’t have if any other way!
My bass amp EQ is usually set the same for how I want to hear things on the stage. The DI preamp is next to me on the floor and I can reach it very easily to make adjustments quickly, if needed, and not have to get up and step back to the bass amp to make tone adjustments. My basses are usually set near flat, and I don't play around with tone EQing much after I setup. I try to use my hands/fingers for that.
I wouldn’t have if any other way!
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2-plane Fingerboard levelling. Remove deep wear grooves. Restore original radius. Recut nut as required.
Huh. Found the answer. Very interesting.
Plek is awesome for planing fretless bass fingerboards. We can use all the same principles that go into the fret work but cut it into the board. We've produced many incredibly great playing fretless intruments in this manner.
My fretless is plek'd this past summer. This was after it was replaned about 15 years ago.
It's plays smooth. Real smooth. Like butta smooth. Plek on a fretted is a thing of beauty- but a plek'd fretless Roscoe is the best neck/fingerboard in the business.
Every new Roscoe bass authentication letter from Keith says to stay away from exposed core strings. My newly acquired LG arrived with new Dean Markley SR2000 strings (Light 30-125 exposed core). They sound very good with no problems. They actually have very nice harmonics to the fundamental tone.
Is anybody experiencing weird harmonics from exposed core strings? Does this really need to be on every letter from Keith?
Is anybody experiencing weird harmonics from exposed core strings? Does this really need to be on every letter from Keith?
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Hey Gary.
I think it has more to do with HOW close you adjust the pickups to the strings. Pickups with really strong magnets (and exposed pole pieces) have more issues with taper wound strings.
The problem is that if the string gets to close to the pickups, the magnet pulls the string enough to cause harmonic and intonation issues.
Keith and Gard put that note in the letter because they got tired of phone calls about issues with players using taper wound strings on Roscoe's.
Go for it Steve. I played that bass while it was in middle Georgia and it really sounded good with those pickups and switch options. The Bart Quad coil pickups also sound phater and I love the natural compression that they have (verses the CB models).
Not exposed core, but I’ve always favored tapered B strings and despite the warning against them from Roscoe, definitely preferred them on the Roscoe basses I’ve had.
If they work use them! I remember Gard explaining, years ago, that there were some harmonic issues they traced back to the taper or exposed core strings, so that was the reason for the warning. If you have no issues and you like them use and enjoy them.
Mark
Thanks, Mark. Comparing the Dean Markleys and the Roscoe D'Addarios does reveal some tonal differences. Guess what? The lighter gauge Markleys sound lighter/softer than the heavier gauge strings.
To my ears, the exposed core reveals a bit more harmonic tones. You may hear something else. Amazing how that works.
