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10-24-2007, 11:05 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | | FS/FT: Roscoe LG3005 Fretless - price drop!!
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I'm reposting this thread after a couple unsuccessful eBay auctions. I really don't want to do this, as I just got this bass and had it upgraded in the summer, but cash is tight and needed in other areas.
I've lowered my asking price to $1725 shipped! for a Talkbass Supporting Member.
I'd also be up for trades where I get cash: your bass +at least $500. Something like a Skyline JO5 would be great.
It's an older LG, serial 3231. Features:- Maple body/flame maple top (surprisingly light!)
- Standard maple/purpleheart neck
- Black/green diamondwood fingerboard, unlined w/side dots
- Stock Bartolini/Roscoe pickups
- 3-band Bartolini preamp (18V)
- Hipshot/Roscoe A-style bridge
- Original Roscoe semi-hard case
I also have a piece of Diamondwood (matches fingerboard) that I got from Gard which I was going to make into a ramp for this bass. I feel bad having bugged him so much for it only to sell the bass and not go through with that project, so perhaps the next owner will.
Pictures! (click for much larger versions)         
The preamp and bridge were both upgraded by the folks at Roscoe from the old 2-band 9V system and Wilkenson bridge. Everyone seems to agree that these are really practical improvements, and there's a reason that these are currently standard specs on Roscoe basses. At this time Keith also setup the bass with my favourite strings, a set of light DR Lo-Rider Nickels. I'll include those or a brand new set of OEM D'Addario strings, the set that comes on Roscoe basses. The action is very low, the neck flat and very comfortable. This bass needs to be played and I don't have much time. My other Roscoe and double bass get all the playing time right now.
Thanks for looking 
Last edited by Jeff Moote : 12-12-2007 at 11:25 PM.
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10-29-2007, 02:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Elk Grove, CA | | | Such a beautiful bass...
If I had the $$, but of course I don't.
Bump. If I can't have it, someone else needs to get it!
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10-29-2007, 04:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Denver, CO | | What a gorgeous bass. I remember now why I don't sign on to the forums very often anymore: I don't have the money to spend! Good luck on the sale. |
10-30-2007, 03:45 AM
| | Camel - Camel | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus | | | I want this so much, it'd go amazing with my new greenburst Lecompte 6 fretted.
Good luck with the sale, I'd buy it if I had the cash and the location.
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10-31-2007, 03:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tripb19  Good luck with the sale, I'd buy it if I had the cash and the location. | Australia is no problem! |
11-01-2007, 12:50 PM
| | | | Needs a good home...courtesy bump. |
11-05-2007, 09:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Seattle WA area | | | man, my ol' fretless seems so neglected!
This is a GREAT bass guys! Seriously!
I sold this to Jeff cause I had a brain fart & bought a half-lined Zon instead of
just having Mike Lull (by my office) put some half lines on it. Duh!
Jeff did a nice job of upgrading it. If I didn't already have the half-lined, i'd buy
the durn thing back.
BTW, you CANNOT get that colored neck fretboard anymore! |
11-11-2007, 07:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | $1695 + shipping? |
11-11-2007, 08:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochester, NY | | | That really is the sickest looking bass I've ever seen, and I mean that in a good way. I've never been a big green fan, but that bass is so unique, I love it. The asking price doesn't even begin to explain the quality of this piece. I can't believe it's still here???
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12-02-2007, 11:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | diamondwood? never heard of it....
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12-02-2007, 11:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by flipper_gv diamondwood? never heard of it.... | It is a wood/synthetic composite formed by treating strips of birch with a resin. Harder than wood, but without the "unnatural" sound of completely non-wood materials, making it pretty much the ideal fretless fingerboard. |
12-03-2007, 07:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | That is the exact Roscoe I had back in the day, except with frets. It had a wonderful finger tone and one of the best b strings I have ever heard. The slap tone was so so, but overall, it was a great bass.
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12-03-2007, 11:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ottawa, ontario, canada | | The perfect bass for a gardener , like me.
I would trade this , plus the necessary Sir Robert Bordens..  |
12-05-2007, 09:09 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | Jeff, you should take fraublugher's 6er!! So I can play it 
if you're in Toronto or the Falls, give me a call. I'd love to try this bass! |
12-05-2007, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Wilson Jeff, you should take fraublugher's 6er!! So I can play it
if you're in Toronto or the Falls, give me a call. I'd love to try this bass! | I'm in Waterloo until the break, though I'll be in NF from mid Dec until the end of next April. |
12-08-2007, 09:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ottawa, ontario, canada | | | i might be in TO next weekend [the 14th? , and that's a big maybe , the trips been cancelled twice]
the trip is definately pending though.
cheers ,
John |
12-08-2007, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fraublugher i might be in TO next weekend [the 14th? , and that's a big maybe , the trips been cancelled twice]
the trip is definately pending though.
cheers ,
John | If you're in the area and want to check it out, let me know. |
12-15-2007, 02:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | on eBay for fixed price
Contact me through TB, and you can have it for $1725 shipped in North America. |
12-16-2007, 06:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | | On hold for a sale pending through eBay. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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