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Roscoe Club

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JOME77 said:
Dang Matt!
I went to this listing on my desktop and that is just a killer looking bass on the big screen!
I'm sure glad that it's not for sale locally (or I might weaken and buy or trade for it). I actually love the look of the oval finger board inlays. Very classy.
I can certainly vouch for how good that wedge wenge neck sounds. Very much worth the admission price! :bassist:

Not totally convinced that it has a Bart 3-band though. I suppose Keith might have installed a Bart 3-band with a swtich (in lieu of his normal P/P pot for mids) but it is a bit usual for him to do it (although he certainly would have at a customers request).
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The description says it has a 4 band preamp. Assuming it’s the audere?
 
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SteveC said:
If I were to spend $3K on a bass it’d probably be this one...even though it’s not a Century shape and I have a fabulous fretless. It’s so beautiful.
Roscoe LG Rustic Redwood Flamed Burl Fretless 5 string bass guitar *Gorgeous instrument* w/case | The BASSment | Reverb
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Thanks. It’s mine and it is a fantastic bass and easily one of the best looking Roscoes I’ve ever seen. The neck has got to be the perfect 5-string neck. Huge thick and rich Roscoe tone for days. I bought it from @Pacman, the original owner. I’m selling it because it is too good for me. I had a Pedulla Pentabuzz at one point and sold it and when this one came up for sale, well in a moment of weakness I couldn’t resist. I missed the fretless Pedulla and I have always wanted to try a Roscoe fretless and let me tell you, this thing slays the Pedulla IMHO. It’s just that I’m not really a fretless player and this deserves to be played. It really does. It’s just a joy to play.
 
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scubaduba said:
Thanks. It’s mine and it is a fantastic bass and easily one of the best looking Roscoes I’ve ever seen. The neck has got to be the perfect 5-string neck. Huge thick and rich Roscoe tone for days. I bought it from @Pacman, the original owner. I’m selling it because it is too good for me. I had a Pedulla Pentabuzz at one point and sold it and when this one came up for sale, well in a moment of weakness I couldn’t resist. I missed the fretless Pedulla and I have always wanted to try a Roscoe fretless and let me tell you, this thing slays the Pedulla IMHO. It’s just that I’m not really a fretless player and this deserves to be played. It really does. It’s just a joy to play.
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i know exactly how you feel. I had a Roscoe SKB FL that was the nicest bass I’ve ever had.... I just did not play it often enough so I let her go- but she went to a good home!

A short time later a FL LG5 popped up at a price U could not pass up. The LG5 is really nice however that SKB was really special
 
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JLY said:
i know exactly how you feel. I had a Roscoe SKB FL that was the nicest bass I’ve ever had.... I just did not play it often enough so I let her go- but she went to a good home!

A short time later a FL LG5 popped up at a price U could not pass up. The LG5 is really nice however that SKB was really special
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For sure. It’s the light weight and diamondwood fretboard that make it so inviting to play. It really is special and I’ve been back-and-forth about selling it. I’m so glad I’ve had the opportunity to try a diamondwood fretless board because it has this tight organic organic feel to it that really makes the mwah so fluid and just sings. Hard to express in words but it’s a shame you can’t get diamondwood anymore.
 
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Bassworship1 said:
Well I have this beautiful 5JJ Century coming my way. I've been wanting to own a Roscoe Jazz bass for years. Will hold me over until my Custom Roscoe is finished by Keith.

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Hi all!

After picking up this bass from Shane, I've been struggling a bit to make it sound the way I want it: clear, bright, snappy and articulate. With my Berg and Trickfish amps set flat-ish, the bass sounded really dark with the stock D'Addario Nickels. I swapped in light gauge, and then extra-light gauge Pro-Steels, but those hex core strings seemed too stiff for the bass. I installed DR High Beams, which felt better to me, but they really didn't brighten up the sound. I also lowered the pickups to 5/64ths (G) to 6/64ths (B) per some indirect guidance I found from Aguilar. Tiny bit more open, but not a lot.

So I started chatting with Cesar at Best Bass Gear, and I was about to pull the trigger on a Delano preamp to replace the Aguilar OBP-1 (which I've never liked).

But today, I had an Epiphany!!!

I pulled out an inexpensive TC Electronic BQ500, and after plugging in and getting similar dark-ish results, I started tweaking the amp. I turned all the tone controls fully counter-clockwise, boosted the input gain, and started slowing adding Treble, then Hi Mids, then Lo Mids, then Bass. With the Treble at 10 o'clock, Hi-Mids at 9, Low-Mids at 8 and Bass off, the snap and sizzle I was looking for began to emerge. I kept playing and I've now got 98% (or maybe more) of the sound I want with Treble below noon, Hi-M at 10-ish, L-M at 9:30-ish and Bass at 9.

So I did the same thing with my Berg Forte HP and TF Bullhead, and although the tone control positions are slightly different, the overall results are the same.

This makes me wonder how many basses and amps I've walked away from over the years because I just didn't know how to make them sound good. I guess after 54 years of playing bass, it's about time I figured out how to work my amplifiers!
 
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gregbackstrom said:
Hi all!

After picking up this bass from Shane, I've been struggling a bit to make it sound the way I want it: clear, bright, snappy and articulate. With my Berg and Trickfish amps set flat-ish, the bass sounded really dark with the stock D'Addario Nickels. I swapped in light gauge, and then extra-light gauge Pro-Steels, but those hex core strings seemed too stiff for the bass. I installed DR High Beams, which felt better to me, but they really didn't brighten up the sound. I also lowered the pickups to 5/64ths (G) to 6/64ths (B) per some indirect guidance I found from Aguilar. Tiny bit more open, but not a lot.

So I started chatting with Cesar at Best Bass Gear, and I was about to pull the trigger on a Delano preamp to replace the Aguilar OBP-1 (which I've never liked).

But today, I had an Epiphany!!!

I pulled out an inexpensive TC Electronic BQ500, and after plugging in and getting similar dark-ish results, I started tweaking the amp. I turned all the tone controls fully counter-clockwise, boosted the input gain, and started slowing adding Treble, then Hi Mids, then Lo Mids, then Bass. With the Treble at 10 o'clock, Hi-Mids at 9, Low-Mids at 8 and Bass off, the snap and sizzle I was looking for began to emerge. I kept playing and I've now got 98% (or maybe more) of the sound I want with Treble below noon, Hi-M at 10-ish, L-M at 9:30-ish and Bass at 9.

So I did the same thing with my Berg Forte HP and TF Bullhead, and although the tone control positions are slightly different, the overall results are the same.

This makes me wonder how many basses and amps I've walked away from over the years because I just didn't know how to make them sound good. I guess after 54 years of playing bass, it's about time I figured out how to work my amplifiers!
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Sounds like a match made in heaven!:)
 
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I’ll tell you what...I love all my basses, and my fretted 5 was/has been my go to for a long time. But whenever I pick up that classic P w/flats, I just think it’s all a guy needs. But then I remember that I’m in a cover band and I need a B string and rounds and all that. Good thing I love my 5 as well.
 
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JOME77 said:
Sounds like a match made in heaven!:)
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I think so! I play for the LifeTeen Mass at a large Catholic church, and our FOH engineer is a pretty critical listener. He’s pretty fond of my Sadowsky standard J24-5. I’m looking forward to having him hear my Roscoe with my new eq (sent post-DI).
 
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gregbackstrom said:
. . today, I had an Epiphany. . makes me wonder how many basses and amps I've walked away from because I just didn't know how to make them sound good. . I figured out how to work my amplifiers!
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Good work finding your tone. First step in your scenario was setting gain. Major move.

Then, you used subtractive EQ, removing all possible offending frequencies. Finally, you adjusted EQ to highlight favored frequencies, adding others to "season." Your recipe is one used by many successful tone chefs, in studio and live.

Moral of the EQ story? Set gain. Then, when you run out of more EQ for a frequency range, try less (subtractive EQ) in the other frequency ranges.
 
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gregbackstrom said:
Hi all!

After picking up this bass from Shane, I've been struggling a bit to make it sound the way I want it: clear, bright, snappy and articulate. With my Berg and Trickfish amps set flat-ish, the bass sounded really dark with the stock D'Addario Nickels. I swapped in light gauge, and then extra-light gauge Pro-Steels, but those hex core strings seemed too stiff for the bass. I installed DR High Beams, which felt better to me, but they really didn't brighten up the sound. I also lowered the pickups to 5/64ths (G) to 6/64ths (B) per some indirect guidance I found from Aguilar. Tiny bit more open, but not a lot.

So I started chatting with Cesar at Best Bass Gear, and I was about to pull the trigger on a Delano preamp to replace the Aguilar OBP-1 (which I've never liked).

But today, I had an Epiphany!!!

I pulled out an inexpensive TC Electronic BQ500, and after plugging in and getting similar dark-ish results, I started tweaking the amp. I turned all the tone controls fully counter-clockwise, boosted the input gain, and started slowing adding Treble, then Hi Mids, then Lo Mids, then Bass. With the Treble at 10 o'clock, Hi-Mids at 9, Low-Mids at 8 and Bass off, the snap and sizzle I was looking for began to emerge. I kept playing and I've now got 98% (or maybe more) of the sound I want with Treble below noon, Hi-M at 10-ish, L-M at 9:30-ish and Bass at 9.

So I did the same thing with my Berg Forte HP and TF Bullhead, and although the tone control positions are slightly different, the overall results are the same.

This makes me wonder how many basses and amps I've walked away from over the years because I just didn't know how to make them sound good. I guess after 54 years of playing bass, it's about time I figured out how to work my amplifiers!
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That’s great! That’s also an area most overlooked, except to amplify a terrible EQ.
No telling how many times through the decades I’ve done that when playing in all of the various size and constructed places.
 
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