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Roscoe Club

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steelin4u said:
Beautiful. Also, I will say, as long as you play the songs and are rock solid on the form, you will be great! I bet you are worrying about gear too much. Just dont show up with a 7-string fanned fret and a Phil Jones briefcase amp and you'll be fine.
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I am leaving the 7 home (fretted Roscoe SKB) and Phil Jones is out of my price range, so I'm good ;-)
Actually, the band rehearses with headphones (and e-drums) so I'm not much worried about gear at all...
 
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steelin4u said:
That is great! Your Roscoe will excel at headphones/in-ears, in my opinion!
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Since most of my playing is fretless, and if I can't hear myself it's a really long night, I invested in a quality in-ears setup early on.
Most of my at-home practice is headphones so I'm comfortable with that environment. In-Ears are Westone UM-Pro30's, headphones are either Grado or Sony depending.
 
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Bassworship1 said:
Bass and playing sounded great.
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Thank you! I like that song a lot, and playing it is always fun.

SteveC said:
Nice job. We do this tune quite a bit lately. I use my Roscoe as well.
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This is a great tune, and I'm hearing it on the radio still (on days where I listen to old-fashioned FM in the car). I bet you and your Roscoe sound great on this song as well.

fauxtoe said:
Love the driving rhythm of that version!
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Thank you! The core 4 of us in the group have been playing together for 15+ years now in praise, original rock, cover bands, singer/songwriter, and other situations. Having a good drummer that locks in the musicality with you is so rewarding and fun - every bassist deserves a long-time good drummer! I've had like 3 in the last 20 years that I've played with for 3+ years (Ted in this video being the longest relationship), so I consider myself very fortunate.
 
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fauxtoe said:
@SteveC You're a bad (good!) influence :)

If one of you amazing folks sold this to the The Bass Place up in Seattle, thank you! It'll be at my doorstep next week!

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This beauty just arrived today and it's a perfect 10/10. It might as well be new old stock from 2008 it's so incredibly clean.

It has been a while since I had even played a Roscoe, and unfortunately the last time I did that particular bass (also an LG3005) was not in the best of condition. However, a couple things stood out- 1. The B string was mighty impressive for something with a wood neck and dead strings. I say that because I am totally spoiled by the B string on the carbon fiber necks of my G. Gould and Modulus basses. I have to remind myself on occasion when I'm demoing basses at a shop just why it is that I favor CF necks. So it's really saying something when I can make a positive comparison of wood to carbon fiber. 2. There was a really nice array of tones that I could dial in fairly quickly without it being harsh. The angled position of pickups and their smaller size I think really make a solid difference in the overall sound.

Thankfully, this bass meets all of the same positive things that I remember and then some. I went back and forth comparing the B string against the one on my G. Gould GGi5. The GGi5 sounds like a piano and is super tight. The Roscoe is tight with a well defined tone and a warmer sound. The strings need to be replaced on it and then I think I will hear and feel quite a difference. However, I have no problem agreeing with you all that they have one of the best B's in the business.
 
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