F yes! Diamondwood growls and mwahs for days!!! Love mine!
And don't be afraid of roundwounds. They sound amazing, and diamondwood is really resilient.
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Roscoe Club
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F yes! Diamondwood growls and mwahs for days!!! Love mine!
And don't be afraid of roundwounds. They sound amazing, and diamondwood is really resilient.
That was my next thought - round, ground or flat wound
I’ll probably stick with rounds.
Thanks to all for the info!
I don’t believe that you’re whining at all.
It’s very uncharacteristic that your bass has those type issues. I have to believe that it’s due to it being an early version of the Classic (maybe a prototype) fabricated at a time when some of the features were still being worked out. Still, those issues should have been corrected prior to the bass leaving the factory. Maybe the endorser needed the bass for a tour and they rushed it out.
Regardless, I would think that Keith would be willing for you to send the bass back so they can correct the major issues/defects. If not, I’d be very disappointed.
Let us know how things progress.
While the Bart Roscoe pickups are custom quad coil pickups made specifically for Keith, the Preamp is a stock Bartolini 3-band. Nothing custom about it.
I don’t recall any of my basses being shielded. I don’t go NIN the control cavity much but...maybe I’m wrong. I know my basses are dead silent. I can have the volume up, my hands in the air and you don’t hear a thing.
All my Roscoe builds have had Shield paint in the cavities and also shield tape under the electronics.
The two I've owned have been shielded as well, but they have been customs 
(the second picture was after the preamp was swapped from an Aguilar to a Bartolini, but still shielded)
I agree with Joe, there's probably some extenuating circumstances with that bass.
(the second picture was after the preamp was swapped from an Aguilar to a Bartolini, but still shielded)
I agree with Joe, there's probably some extenuating circumstances with that bass.
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Are yours jazz basses? I don't see any reason to sheild Roscoe's typical designs with soapbars (or other brands) at all. It's just a lot more typical on higher end jazz basses due to single coil hum and noise.
How is the cavity done? My two Lull/XYZ M5Vs are both shielded excellently, but they're routed in the back, and both have single coil pickups. I've not removed the pickguard, so I don't know if they're shielded.
My Century fretless has it. It’s fantastic, beautiful growl. My only minor complaint is that the fret lines are a bit hard to see as the fingerboard is not dark. I’m very fortunate to own this bass.
This was the main reason I sold my Roscoe fretless. The light reflecting off of the fb made it hard for me to work with.
Nice. The pickguards have to be sheilded also if the cavities are otherwise you won't get continuity throughout the copper sheilding (creating a Faraday cage) and that can actually make the problem worse. I sheilded my Fender Marcus Miller Jazz myself (it was not fun!) and learned the hard way
oh and on the Roscoe all the cavities are front access except the battery compartment - routed and accessed on the back.Anyone doing any gigging out much these days? I know a few are back playing at church but around here for the most part they aren’t using bands at inside venues (eatery’s or bars),
Only playing church services right now but have been blessed with the opportunity to play with 3 different Praise bands right now. On a side note I sent the new Myrtle bass back and Keith is goiing to swap out the Aguilar electronics and put the Roscoe Barts in it. The Aguilars was very aggresive and clear but I missed the smooth thick Roscoe tone. I wanted to have him put a Nordstrand Preamp in it but they are on backorder for a long time. Maybe will have to do it later. I wonder how the Aguilar Preamp already in it would pair with the Roscoe Barts?
We’ve done a couple private gigs at rich guys’ lake homes. Outdoor, we’ve requested fencing for spacing around the stage and kept to ourselves. We get to go through the food line first. So far so good. They pay great and the food is awesome and there’s often an open bar. We only have a couple this summer.
We have a wedding scheduled for September. Again, it’s outdoor (one of those camps converted to a wedding venues site) and we requested separation from the band and dance floor/people. I’m not a fan of weddings but a couple guys in the band think they’re great gigs. Idk, having to be set up WAY early and then killing time in the middle nowhere.... I guess you can work in the 3 special request songs for the bride.
We have a wedding scheduled for September. Again, it’s outdoor (one of those camps converted to a wedding venues site) and we requested separation from the band and dance floor/people. I’m not a fan of weddings but a couple guys in the band think they’re great gigs. Idk, having to be set up WAY early and then killing time in the middle nowhere.... I guess you can work in the 3 special request songs for the bride.
Dry here in the ATL! I was hoping to get back at it this month, but........
Gard loved the Aggie with Bart’s but I wasn’t ever crazy about the sound of them together. Bummer about the Nord being out of stock. I waited 3 months for mine. Give the Aggie a try with the Bart’s and if you don’t like it just live with it until you can get the Nord. It’s a simple install.
