Bass Culture Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Bloody love Roscoes. One of the dumbest things I've done in recent years was to sell a beautiful LG3000 I had to fund an ACG build. I know there's a lot of love for ACG here but I can't think of one way in which the Roscoe was inferior to the bass that replaced it. Anyway - what strings are those? It looks like the tapering starts well within the speaking length of the string. I address the string so close to the bridge sometimes that I think I;d be playing the tapered area! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acebassmusic Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 20 minutes ago, Bass Culture said: Bloody love Roscoes. One of the dumbest things I've done in recent years was to sell a beautiful LG3000 I had to fund an ACG build. I know there's a lot of love for ACG here but I can't think of one way in which the Roscoe was inferior to the bass that replaced it. Anyway - what strings are those? It looks like the tapering starts well within the speaking length of the string. I address the string so close to the bridge sometimes that I think I;d be playing the tapered area! They're Ken Smith TCRM strings which I've used on a lot of my basses over the years. Even though I do move my right hand around over both pickups I've not had the problem of paying over the taper. To get so close to the bridge would feel a bit strange to me. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 16 minutes ago, Acebassmusic said: They're Ken Smith TCRM strings which I've used on a lot of my basses over the years. Even though I do move my right hand around over both pickups I've not had the problem of paying over the taper. To get so close to the bridge would feel a bit strange to me. 🙂 Actually, you're quite correct - I'd probably be just within the non-tapered part on the occasions I do wander that close to the bridge now I've looked a bit more closely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bobthedog Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 On 11/03/2021 at 10:27, pantherairsoft said: It's been a while, but this thread need resurrecting! After an extended stint of having no basses, let alone any Roscoes (I had five at one time!?), life has begun to get itself back on track. I've been playing a Yammy TRB to keep my going while I considered my next purchase, then this came up and I couldn't resist. It's been here in my hands for a few days and I can't put it down. LG5 Custom (2007 model, immaculate) Lightweight mahogany body Exhibition-grade quilted maple top Trans cordovan gloss red finish Maple/purpleheart/maple Neck Spalted purpleheart fretboard Bart pups Aguilar OBP-3 Preamp Black hardware (ebony control knobs, graphtech nut) Strung with Black Beauties, because the black and red combo is stunning Sorry about the glare on the pics... one of those annoying days, plus it's a REALLY high-gloss finish. Very nice indeed, love the colour! Here is mine. When I got my Dingwall I put this away but since the first lockdown have been playing this exclusively (until my MTD fretless came along) and am in love with it all over again. I did post this here back in 2015 but must have deleted the photos. 2014 Century Signature. Aguilar OBP-3 pre amp and Aguilar PUs. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldfartback Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Picked up this recently and never played a 5 before but I’m a convert…and probably one of the best 5 strings around from Roscoe playability and huge range of sounds waiting for someone to claim it was there’s 🥴 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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