I know it’s kinda a no no to mess with that incredible low B string but I just wanted to try it.
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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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Your more equipped than about anyone to try that out considering you have 3 5'ers and 1 4 string Roscoe lol. Probably wouldn't be a bad idea to try it out.
Yeah! The last time I did a 5-string E-C, it was on a Roscoe LG 3005. I luckily happened to have a 6-string set of strings NIB, so I went that route. I would recommend getting a brand of string that you like or always wanted to try, and get a 6-string set. You might save $5 by finding a 4 string set and a single high C, but in my experience, the singles aren't as new/sealed the same way as the whole sets, and that freshness matters IMO, especially with a high C setup that you may want the zingyness of fresh strings.
Also, the E-C setup was super fun, and didn't require any nut adjustment. (Where are the jokesters at? )
Gotcha, buying a 6 string pack was what I was leaning towards. Thanks for the feedback and good to know I won’t have to mess with deez nuts lol nut
My Century 5 came back today. Holy cow. It’s like brand new. Clean, oiled up, all the dust out off the bridge, clean fret edges, and it plays fantastically. All 3 Roscoe’s are set about the same now. So fun and so worth it.
Looks like you've gotten adequate answers but I'll chime in anyway.
I've done that on both Roscoe fretted and fretless basses and always purchased 6 string sets and just held onto the Low B for a rainy day. The main reason is that it's sometimes hard to find super long 4 string sets (lots of the 34" scale 4 string sets won't fit a 35" scale bass).
I especially loved tuning my Roscoe fretless E-C. It worked out great for my Bass Orchestra tunes where I played the lyrical lines on fretless.
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Diamond Bass Comp Jr. is still my favorite after owning a LOT of them. I actually liked most of them for different reasons, but nothing else had the tone magic of the Diamond. Closest was the Smoothie but I didn't like the dual volume controls. Then followed by the Darkglass Hyper Luminal in BUS mode but I found myself constantly knob twiddling and changing pararameters in the software with it
I really like the LA-1A. I’m working to make it sound better to me with my active Roscoe’s.
Thanks brother, yea I just ordered some Daddario NYXLS 6.
Very nice Roscoe.Best of luck with your sale More or Les. I am feeling the pinch too. Work is getting slim. May have to put up another of my Roscoe. Will be hard to choose one to let go. I'm getting anxiety just thinking about it....
I think about everyone is feeling the pinch somewhat right now with so much uncertainty. Luckily my wife and I both are still working but it's a day to day thing. Just saving up every penny I can to make sure if hard times do hit. I about acted out of fear and let 1 of my basses go when this mess started but after prayer and some good advice from friends I changed my mind. Think I will have to sale off the wife's hoarding of clothes before I let go of my Roscoes though lol.
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I’m glad you decided to keep your bass(es) as you’d regret it. I feel like we’re in a good place as well with jobs and savings. I’m actually debating getting another acoustic guitar. Well, 2 actually. The Taylor buy one get one for $99 is really tempting - even to a bass player. There’s a 317e Locally that is love to go with my Martin. And my son is playing a lot of guitarlele lately so the $99 GSMini with the purchase of the 317 would be nice.
Still not sure if I need to spend the money - as good a deal as it is - in a recession, but how else do we get out and in the mean time keep local businesses going until the rebound.
Still not sure if I need to spend the money - as good a deal as it is - in a recession, but how else do we get out and in the mean time keep local businesses going until the rebound.
I saw that one too... my original comment still applies!
I’ve heard of basses being heavy enough to also be boat anchors, but to function also as a load/unload ramp(?).
move had some boat anchors before lol. Some of my old Stingray 5HH basses I higher with for years was over 12 pounds. Never flinched when using them. Now a 10 pound bass is absurd for my preferences lol.
