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Roscoe Club

#1,767
CrashClint said:
Anyone do an A/B with the Roscoe/Bart or Classic Barts against the Aguilar DCB D4 pickups? If so, what is the difference?
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Here's my write up from a few pages ago:

JoelFT said:
My bass went from Nordy DCs/OBP-3 => Nordy DCs/Pope => Aggie DCBs/OBP-3. I also have a Century 3006 with Roscoe Barts/Bart pre and ash body, maple board to compare to. The Century is about as classic a Roscoe sound as you can get.

I wasn't big on the the first iteration of my SKB. It sounded fine, maybe a close comparison to Bart CBs. But, there was some mud in the top end. I thought the pickups just needed to be opened up more so, I went with a Pope preamp which I figured was as transparent as I could get. I was wrong. I had to EQ the bejesus out of it to get a usable tone. The mids were almost uncontrollable.

I played one of Greg's basses with DCBs at the last GTG and fell in love. So, I ripped out the guts out of mine and put a brand new set it. Wow, they changed everything. I've found the best tone is flat, maybe a smidge of bass. The top end doesn't have the mud that it had before.

Compared to the Barts it's like Roscoe with even more Roscoe. The Aggies have all the good stuff the Barts have just more of it. And, I might even say they are a cleaner sounding if that makes any sense.

I'll post up a country tune I worked on in a little bit. I pretty much live on the B string the whole time but, you'll get the idea.
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#1,769
JoelFT said:
Here's my write up from a few pages ago:
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I thought about trying a set of the Aggies, I took the Nord DCs out and put Roscoe Barts in place. I have a Demeter preamp so I am wondering how the highs will be. With the Roscoe/Barts I can keep the highs at 0, with the DCs I had to cut the highs almost all the way. How are the highs on the Aggies compared to the others?
 
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CrashClint said:
I thought about trying a set of the Aggies, I took the Nord DCs out and put Roscoe Barts in place. I have a Demeter preamp so I am wondering how the highs will be. With the Roscoe/Barts I can keep the highs at 0, with the DCs I had to cut the highs almost all the way. How are the highs on the Aggies compared to the others?
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Hmmm, I always thought that the Nords needed a bump in the highs with the OBP-3 and the Pope. I figured they were just muffled pickups.

With both the DCBs and Barts I just leave everything flat when I'm in the studio. However, I'm all over the map when I jam at home.

Overall, I'd say the DCBs are a very even sounding pickup. Nothing seems out of place. One caveat though is that I really think they need to be paired with an OBP-3.
 
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Used the 6 at "Footloose" rehearsal tonight. I'm playing for our high school show. Last minute fill in. Man did it sound great. And the C string came in handy. I lost my spot/string a couple times but I'm gonna use it for the run next week.
 
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JoelFT said:
Hmmm, I always thought that the Nords needed a bump in the highs with the OBP-3 and the Pope. I figured they were just muffled pickups.
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The Aggie and Pope lack a little in the highs, but the Demeter adds plenty. I have the OB3 in my Century Standard 4 with the stock Roscoe Barts and the bass cuts through really well but lacks the glassy highs. In my Century Sig I have the Demeter with the Roscoe Barts which I prefer over the DCs.

I would love to test drive a set of the Aggies if anyone has a set they want to lend out? :D
 
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SteveC said:
Used the 6 at "Footloose" rehearsal tonight. I'm playing for our high school show. Last minute fill in. Man did it sound great. And the C string came in handy. I lost my spot/string a couple times but I'm gonna use it for the run next week.
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I will occasionally pick up a friends 6 string, start jamming a little and totally miss reaching for the C string. My first Roscoe was a SKB3006 and went straight from a 4 string to a 6. I played it for about 4 years until I injured my left wrist and just couldn't play a 6 anymore. I totally loved that bass, I spent a month playing with the strap and strap buttons to change the angle and make it more comfortable but nothing seemed to work.
 
#1,776
Same here I went straight from 4 to 6 and did so for 10 years on a Yamaha TRB6P with 19mm spacing. Then I went back to 4's for 10 years and from 33 7/8ths to 35 inch scale and back. I think I have just learned to adjust to just about anything.
 
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I do need to find a different strap that allows me to get my bass a little higher up on my body than it is. This show has a number of tunes that jump up to high E and F range from down low. It's amazing how easy it is to grab them on the C string down in 1st position.

I know it's honeymoon time (my 2nd with this bass) but it sure seems to feel better this time around.

I'm going to play it in church Sunday as well. The 5 will probably sit for a while - which is a shame as its such an amazing bass.
 

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