Recent Acquisition (New-To-Me Fretless Content)

cassius987 · Post by **cassius987** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:37 am

FretlessOnly wrote:You liking the Roto 88s on that?

Sorry I didn't address this earlier. Yes, I do like them, but would go with Chromes/Fender 9050Ls if this were my only bass. To me they are a string only for certain applications... to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.

kiramdear · Post by **kiramdear** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:50 am

Sorry I missed this one till now. Congratulations; this looks fantastic.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:45 am

cassius987 wrote:to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.

Country?!

Then I'm getting those Chromes off my 4001FL and 4004Cii FG now!

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:05 am

rickenbrother wrote:
cassius987 wrote:to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.
Country?! Then I'm getting those Chromes off my 4001FL and 4004Cii FG now!

Yeah, for that ultimate edgy rock and roll sound, you need those new strings wound with razor wire...

FretlessOnly · Post by **FretlessOnly** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:07 pm

rickenbrother wrote:
cassius987 wrote:to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.
Country?! Then I'm getting those Chromes off my 4001FL and 4004Cii FG now!

I believe that Joshua meant the Roto TruBass88's.

cassius987 · Post by **cassius987** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:11 pm

Yep John, I was referring to the Rotos.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:57 pm

What exactly do you mean by "country" bass?

FretlessOnly · Post by **FretlessOnly** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:59 pm

Real country. Upright w/ good fundamental and punch. Not too much in the mids dept., but decent growl and treble, as upright (nee double bass) has a good deal of high end crispness.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:55 pm

You mean, one of these?

Hey, it's even fretless...

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:05 pm

This is the "bassist" for The Kahuna Cowboys.

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:40 pm

Sweet!

And hey, that's actually the first kind of bass I ever played...

FretlessOnly · Post by **FretlessOnly** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:47 pm

Let's see you get some growl out of that! Lots o' thump though. I've been thinking about making one. My wife is from Alabama, don't you know.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:42 am

FretlessOnly wrote:
rickenbrother wrote:
cassius987 wrote:to my ears, they do jazz and country the best.
Country?! Then I'm getting those Chromes off my 4001FL and 4004Cii FG now!
I believe that Joshua meant the Roto TruBass88's.

cassius987 wrote:Yep John, I was referring to the Rotos.

Whew...Good! I don't want no country bass!

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 12:43 am

Notice how the bass Kahuna's legs match his face?

cassius987 · Post by **cassius987** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:40 am

FretlessOnly wrote:Real country. Upright w/ good fundamental and punch. Not too much in the mids dept., but decent growl and treble, as upright (nee double bass) has a good deal of high end crispness.

This. If you have never heard it, you have no idea what country even is really. Kind of like the people who assume rap is what they hear on the radio. I was lucky enough to get asked to do a country gig once... quite a learning experience, my normal gig boss at the time basically handed me over to his 80-year old jazz guitarist dad for that show and said, "Have fun!" Tunes like "Sugarfoot Rag" were a blast and the crowd was great.

If I ever play country again, it's going to continue to be on a fretless. I can't see ever using a fretted for it.

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