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08-18-2011, 06:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | 1998 ROSCOE SKB-5/Lane Poor/Birdseye Top/Birdseye FB
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One Day Only Price $1695 shipped conus
Custom order bass in the late 90's. SKB-5 #4013
Cordovan Red
Birdseye Maple Top
Birdseye Fretboard
Lane Poor Jazz guts in Soapbar shell(special order from me to Keith to Lane)
Bartolini 3 band.
ABM bridge
Spanish Cedar back
Ivory nut
Gold hardware
18mm spacing
Maple/Purpleheart neck
$1695 shipped conus
When I ordered this bass from Keith I requested a color darker than his Roscoe Red that he was offering at the time. He came up with this and told me he had some shoes when he was a younger man that he called "Cordovan". So that's where this color came from. He worked it out with Lane Poor to put Jazz guts in a Soapbar shell. That's how that came about. The tuners are Gotoh and if I remember right the bridge is an ABM. Everything is stock as special ordered back then. No mods.
It was supposed to be 19mm spacing but when it arrived it was the more narrow spacing. Instead of sending it back to Roscoe, my friend begged me to sell it to him. I sold it to him and just recently got it back. I can't go back to the narrow spacing after having my Laklands/Nordy. This is somebody's dream bass.
Looks, plays and sounds incredible with the Lane Poor/Bartolini combo. There can't be too many of these out there.
I can send better pics if needed.
Last edited by Halegroove : 08-23-2011 at 06:40 AM.
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08-18-2011, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | more pics |
08-18-2011, 07:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | additional pics |
08-19-2011, 08:36 AM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | |
Nice bass! FYI, the bridge is actually an ABM, not a Hipshot.
Cool piece for someone! 
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08-19-2011, 09:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | Thanks Gard! I should've remembered that. |
08-19-2011, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Midwest | | | Sweet bass! |
08-19-2011, 02:05 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | | This is great. Love the jazz guts in the soapbar setup. |
08-19-2011, 09:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | Yep, this bass is unique in looks and sound. |
08-19-2011, 09:57 PM
|  | Starring In: Return of Kung-Fu World Champion | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oxford, Ohio (Near Cincy) | | | You're in my neck of the woods. Shame it's not a 4 string . . . would the nut allow E to C tuning? |
08-19-2011, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | I've never tried it on this bass but I bet it would. |
08-19-2011, 10:17 PM
| | Starring In: Return of Kung-Fu World Champion | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oxford, Ohio (Near Cincy) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Halegroove  I've never tried it on this bass but I bet it would. | Now you are just toying with my emotions . . .
As a 4 string guy, I never get to be excited about Roscoes. We may have to plan a meeting. |
08-20-2011, 02:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Johnson City, TN | | | This is one of those colors you have to see in person. Gorgeous bass!
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08-20-2011, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | You are so right. Pics can't do it justice at all.
Someone's gonna score with this one. |
08-20-2011, 08:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | Price Drop bump. $1695
Last edited by Halegroove : 08-23-2011 at 06:40 AM.
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08-21-2011, 06:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | 24 hour sale. I'll sell it for $1695 til Monday night. After that it will be pulled off the market.
Last edited by Halegroove : 08-23-2011 at 06:40 AM.
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08-22-2011, 05:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | Dang! The market is tougher than I thought. This is like a 1/2 off sale. |
08-23-2011, 06:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: N. KY/Cincinnati, OH | | | One more try $1695 Wow | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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