OK, so, here's how a Roscoe neck is born, first a couple shots of one of our standard neck block (which yield ~5-6 neck blanks per block) just coming out of the gluing clamps:

A standard neck block "cleaned up", rough ends cut off, leveled out (joiner & planer):

Wedge neck blocks, on left 4/5 string block, maple/chechen/purpleheart/chechen/maple; on right 6 string block, maple/african tulipwood/purpleheart/african tulipwood/maple:

Wedge closeups, maple/chechen/purpleheart on left; maple/african tulipwood/purpleheart on right:

Wenge wedge neck blocks - top/left side 4-5 string block, wenge/chechen/maple/chechen/wenge; bottom/right side 6 string block, wenge/yellowheart/maple/yellowheart/wenge:

Wenge wedge closeups - left photo, wenge/chechen/maple; right photo, wenge/yellowheart/maple:

Gard.-

I'm loving your "photodocumentaries" of how a Roscoe bass comes to life! Not helping the GAS issue though.

OK, so, how do they go from blocks to blanks??? Like this -

Here's Sanders squaring up and leveling a block:

Here's the ubiqutious Sanders, starting to cut a neck blank out of the wenge wedge block:

And once more, Sanders cutting a blank from a block, different angle, and these are standard necks:

One each wedge blanks, and then the blocks they came from.

Here are three "standard" blocks, with pencil lines to deliniate where the blanks will be cut. As you can see, these can be cut with the headstocks at either end, allowing a greater yield from each block, while the wedge necks all must be cut with the headstocks at the same end of the block.

Gard, that is so cool. Thanks

nice neck lams. :hyper:

JT, thanks! :)

OK, new pics, this time, two views of 6 necks in our headstock jig (for gluing up matching headstocks):

this is some cool stuff, gard! very educational! looks like fun work, too.

this is some cool stuff, gard! very educational! looks like fun work, too.

I'll make sure to tell the guys in the shop it "looks like fun" according to the TBers! ;)

That means that since they're having fun and not working, we shouldn't pay them? :eek:

...wait, don't most people PAY to have fun??? :D :hiding:

I'll make sure to tell the guys in the shop it "looks like fun" according to the TBers! ;)

That means that since they're having fun and not working, we shouldn't pay them? :eek:

...wait, don't most people PAY to have fun??? :D :hiding:


Man, I knew it, you are a Master Genius :hyper:

What if you guys pay us to have fun with your basses ??? :D

..... :scowl: ... sorry! :( ... I promise, I'll shut up!

Mo'

I'll make sure to tell the guys in the shop it "looks like fun" according to the TBers! ;)

That means that since they're having fun and not working, we shouldn't pay them? :eek:

...wait, don't most people PAY to have fun??? :D :hiding:

dude, if you make those guys quit before my bass gets done, I can't be held responsible for what might happen... :ninja:

(most likely it'll be me crying in a corner)

and who in the world ever said work couldn't be fun?!

...and here's a new to some of you face, Jason, he's routing for the graphite rods in a neck blank, two views (2nd one you can see sawdust flying! :cool: ):

Man, I knew it, you are a Master Genius :hyper:

What if you guys pay us to have fun with your basses ??? :D

..... :scowl: ... sorry! :( ... I promise, I'll shut up!

Mo'

I suggest you take lessons from NJL - you heckle me AFTER you get the bass, not BEFORE you get the bass!!!

:rollno:



:D

:D tee hee....

:smug:

I suggest you take lessons from NJL - you heckle me AFTER you get the bass, not BEFORE you get the bass!!!

:rollno:



:D


.... :o ... :( ... :bawl:

Mo'

when did you switch to the non spliced necks?

when did you switch to the non spliced necks?

*Edit*

Update, just spoke with Keith and one of the guys that used to work here at that time, and it happend in either '95 or '96.

New photos - here's a batch of neck blanks with fingerboards matched up and ready to glue up:

Here are blanks with the fingerboards glued on in the clamps:

And, here is a stack of neck blanks with the fingerboards glued on, just waiting for the rest of this "batch" to finish, before they get cut to shape - those photos will be coming soon!

Methinks I might have a neck in one of those stacks...

Methinks I might have a neck in one of those stacks...

You would be correct, sir.

:ninja:

...hint hint :eyebrow: ....:hyper:

Mo'

Methinks I might have a neck in one of those stacks...


Mehopes that I do too...

Kurt & Mo, both of ya got 'em in there! :)

oooo ooo oooo Me too Me too??????

hmmm..... i might need to by a roscoe bass now..... i need a job:crying:

oooo ooo oooo Me too Me too??????

...who are you???

:confused:

Oh yeah, you're the dude with the amboyna top that turned to dust, right???

:eek:

























;)

(...yeah, you too man! :D )

:crying: :crying: :bawl: :bawl:

My poor top. Hey that means I will have the first Dust top Roscoe ever made.

I guess that could be cool too since I have never seen a bad looking Roscoe.

At least the wenge neck will be killer, just like Master Gards.
Woooo Hooooo!!:hyper:

Here is how they go from big blocks of wood all glued together to at least looking like the outline of a neck -

Here's Jason cutting the outline of the neck/fingerboard:

Two closeups of Jason cutting out the headstock shape on the pin router:

A couple shots of some necks cut "to the square" and blanks ready to be cut:

:D :D Go Jason, Go Jason, It's my birthday, It's my birthday.

:D :D :hyper: Gard, Just seeing that Amboyna,wenge, wedge neck, I can't hardly get the stupid grin off my face.

That is so cool. :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: :D

Thanks for the pics. By the way, I hear black is very slimming.

So the Shirt should look great on ..... whomever wears it.

Yea, that's it.:D

Man! I forgot how cool this thread is!:cool:

It actually makes me nervous seeing them using that huge band saw!:eek: