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Roscoe Club

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Stranger Danger said:
Tracked down a previous owner of my bass and found out it is a 2007. Still haven't heard anything back from Keith but that was mainly what I wanted to know. I moved the rear strap button from the B to over the G string to improve the balance and I have some Gotoh Res-o-lites on the way. The stock tuners are 64 grams each and the Res-o-lites are 31 grams. That will decrease head stock weight by 6 ounces. Combined with the strap move it should completely eliminate neck dive (hopefully). Also got the right truss rod tool and now have the action set up beautifully. Still waiting on some Ken Smith Slick Rounds to try, but I put on some regular Slinkys and they are really quite good. The bass is inherently very bright and I play with a pick for the Phish tribute so I need something a little rounder in the string department. It has a beautiful fingerstyle tone as is. I am not a great slap player but this bass is really made for slap and makes it really easy to sound great on slap stuff.
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Personally I think Gotoh res-o-lites are a great investment. They're even a little lighter than comparable Hipshots, which looks better is up to you. I have them on one of my basses now, and have swapped out for them several times before.

If you haven't already, you may want to reach out to TBer MarTONEbass , I know he's a Phish tribute band guy and he was playing a Roscoe for awhile, may be able to give you some pointers. He's back to a Modulus now though ;)
 
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MattLplaysBass said:
Personally I think Gotoh res-o-lites are a great investment. They're even a little lighter than comparable Hipshots, which looks better is up to you. I have them on one of my basses now, and have swapped out for them several times before.

If you haven't already, you may want to reach out to TBer MarTONEbass , I know he's a Phish tribute band guy and he was playing a Roscoe for awhile, may be able to give you some pointers. He's back to a Modulus now though ;)
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$108 for a set of 5 seemed like a pretty decent deal too.
 
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I have a set of wood covers I would offer up for what it cost to have them built shipped if anyone’s interested. The Wenge matches my basses better. They have been shielded also.

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MattLplaysBass said:
Personally I think Gotoh res-o-lites are a great investment. They're even a little lighter than comparable Hipshots, which looks better is up to you. I have them on one of my basses now, and have swapped out for them several times before.

If you haven't already, you may want to reach out to TBer MarTONEbass , I know he's a Phish tribute band guy and he was playing a Roscoe for awhile, may be able to give you some pointers. He's back to a Modulus now though ;)
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The Res o lites are a major upgrade. Neck dive completely gone and they’re better quality than Hipshots too.
 
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I’ve had the Chrome flats on my Roscoe for quite a while and after playing it a bit yesterday I decided to install a set of OEM D’Addario XL nickels on it.
Still adjusting back to the rough feel of the strings (spoiled by the smooth feel of the Chrome flats) but love the overall tone and extra harmonics that I hear. Funny how you can play a certain type string for years, get away from them for a while and then think that you’ve discovered some new and great when you return to them. Lol

Am I the only one that suffers from the “absence makes the heart fond” with strings?
 
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I've found that Roscoes pretty much sound the same with about any Roundwound string you put on them. I've tried Pure Blues, Sunbeams and the Stock strings and others and while feel and tension will vary they all sound the same in recordings. So your pretty much paying for feel and tension.
 
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What strings I use tend to be heavily influenced by what my working projects require.
Call it line of least resistance if you like, but I've given up trying to make strings sound like what they're not when they're so easily changed.
I love the OEM D'Addario nickel rounds, especially on the fretless.
But I'm playing in 'more' rather than 'less' traditional genres right now - PBass-with-flats genres.
I love the nickel round mwah, but it's incompatible with the sounds I need to make right now.
So it's TI Jazz Flats on the fretless, EB Cobalt Flats on the fretted (and if EB could figure out how to make an 0.030" C like everybody else has, theymight still be on the fretless...). And D'Addario Tapes on the other fretted, which were needed for a project years past and I haven't had any incentive to change them...
 
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