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Roscoe Club

#1,721
ko stradivarius said:
I strung up my new to me Roscoe with DR black beauties last week for a gig. I dont care for them. I found them to have too harsh of a feel for me.
I use sunbeams on my beat up Alembic, and like them, so I think ill try them on the Roscoe next.
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+1 - DR Sunbeams FTW. On my 35" Roscoes, I've recently switched from .045 to .040. The reduced string tension feels nice to my fingers, and the tone is awesome...
 
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Jeff Moote said:
Pretty sure that's where I am headed with my 35" basses as well (Sunbeams in the lighter gauge)
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I did this after hearing Jerry (Vroom Vroom) rave about a 34" Lull 5 string he played at Gelb in San Fran. "Slinky" was the word he kept using, and it got me thinking about string tension... I slapped a set of .040-.120 Sunbeams on my 35" Lull M5V just to try it. And then I very quickly decided to do the same to both of my Roscoes. I haven't looked back since, although I do still occasionally pine for TI Jazz flats on the fretless...
 
#1,725
Hmmm…I've been a 45-125guy for a long time. Maybe it's time to experiment with the next set on my 5.

I went 30-125 Hi Beams for my 6.

OT: There sure are a lot of nice Roscoe's in the classifieds these days….
 
#1,726
RocketMusic said:
...although I do still occasionally pine for TI Jazz flats on the fretless...
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I liked TI Flats so much on my fretless that I decided to try them on my fretted. Haven't taken'em off yet (that was about three months ago :hyper:)

Strings selection (for the most part) boils down to personal taste (tone, tension, etc.). If you're happy, you got the right ones. ;)
 
#1,727
JohnnyR said:
I liked TI Flats so much on my fretless that I decided to try them on my fretted. Haven't taken'em off yet (that was about three months ago :hyper:)

Strings selection (for the most part) boils down to personal taste (tone, tension, etc.). If you're happy, you got the right ones. ;)
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Truer words were never spoken, Johnny. If you think it's good... it's good! :D
 
#1,728
OK, bumpin it up with a little pre-noon Roscoe love.... just need a fix of Roscoe centered discussion to get me through Grumpy Government Employee Tuesday.

I am a string freek and have a stash of different strings for different occassions. I have also discovered the joy of different guages as well as tuning to Eb for certain gigs and also a huge fan of TI and LaBella's. But I am def looking forward to some Sunbeams on my Roscoes....:bassist:
 
#1,734
RocketMusic said:
(here's where you chime in and disagree, surely they should be FREE today)
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great idea! i'll take this one please.
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