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08-21-2006, 09:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | I love Roscoes but...
This one's a bit over the top...   |
08-22-2006, 07:09 AM
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Staff Reviewer- Bass Musician Magazine | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Asheville, NC | | I agree. It's nothing without a monkey grip 
I was thinking my new century sig would have this color scheme. bad idea???? |
08-22-2006, 07:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | Actually, I think it looks great. It's just funny to compare it to the basses he's now making. |
08-22-2006, 08:31 AM
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Staff Reviewer- Bass Musician Magazine | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Asheville, NC | | | Interestingly, that headstock looks like it could be the inspiration for the elrick NJS headstock. I'm assuming this guitar came first.
I wasn't slamming it at all, I think its great. I bet its a killer playing and sounding guitar. I really enjoy seeing the evolution of a luthiers designs over time. This is a great example of that.
Gard has a slamming pic of Keith R back in the day with one of his serious shredder guitars. Its pretty classic. It makes me smile. |
08-22-2006, 11:00 AM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | We're actually thinking about going back to the monkey grip on everything, making it standard, and an option that cannot be deleted.  
Jake, yeah, I think the yellow/black/white sand-thru finish will look wonderful on your quilted bubinga top!
That headstock definitely pre-dates the Elrick NJS, but I don't think there was any conscious influence there, just "convergent evolution". Both are just re-makes of a Fender-ish headstock.
I've played several of the 80's "metal-head" Roscoes, including one of the Dr. Death (skull & crossbones body) guitars, they are indeed all excellent playing and sounding basses.
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On a more serious note, I agree with Gard (wow, don't quote me). - Thor (...keep it up, revenge is a dish best served cold, Mr. Thor...:ninja: )
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08-28-2006, 11:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | | Keith Roscoe... the early years. Kinda brings a tear to the eye. |
08-29-2006, 07:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC/Lynchburg, VA | | IIRC, there one or two chillin in Gard's office. Hes an undercover guitar player!!  |
08-29-2006, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DMB IIRC, there one or two chillin in Gard's office. Hes an undercover guitar player!! | Well, actually....
...my major in college was at first classical guitar performance, then switched to jazz guitar performance...
...I got better though!  
...and Keith actually went to BERKLEE as a guitar major!
...worse, we have the bodies and necks for probably 75-100 guitars on a large shelf in the shop that no one ever seems to notice. One day, I'm gonna pull down one of the single cut bodies (think bolt-on LP), find a neck that matches and finish that puppy for myself!!!!
One of the guys that worked here years ago built a set-neck LG bodied guitar that is the most amazing looking, playing, sounding, and feeling guitars I've ever been in the presence of...that's a tempting thought as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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08-29-2006, 01:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC/Lynchburg, VA | | | Where the heck do you have room for 100 guitar bodies? I dont remember seeing those anywhere...
To be honest, I bet you guys could put out a SICK guitar. If you could bring the same vibe from basses over to a guitar, alot of people would dig it. Im not huge into guitars, so I dont know the different brands much, but if you could put out something like Bentevente, or PRS (only two I can think of off the top of my head), youd have a real winner I think.
As far as I know, either no ones heard of Roscoe, or if they have, only in the bass world. You should also try your hand at an acoustic guitar, that would be sweet. I know personally some people who would love a handmade, custom quality guitar for the 2000-3000 dollar range.
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08-29-2006, 02:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brentwood California | | | DMB, I played one of Keith's guitars several years back.
It belonged to Hank JR. and it played great.
It also had a light up fretboard that said in big RED(when lit) letters.
BOCEPHUS. It was a tele type body, red, but sounded great.
My first Roscoe experience. lol |
08-29-2006, 02:45 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Oh, man, they made some CA-RAY-ZEEE stuff for Hank, Jr. over the years!!! There's one out there that has the whole body covered in snakeskin.
Real snakeskin.
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08-29-2006, 02:52 PM
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08-29-2006, 02:54 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Snakeskin :
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08-29-2006, 02:58 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Black & blue tigerstripe, including fingerboard :
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08-29-2006, 03:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brentwood California | | Gard, It has been about fifteen years, but It sure looks like the same color scheme I remember. I thought it was a tele body, but my memory isn't what it used to be either.
The fretboard is the same though. Where did you get that pic?
I can almost feel my hair growing shoulder length again.
Hide the peroxide, Quick!!! |
08-29-2006, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brentwood California | | Gard the headstock was like the one on the tigerstriped blue one on the one I played.
But I DID have some pants just like the snake skin one.
OOO yeeeaaahhhhh baby 
Those were the days, But I too managed to stay away from spandex. |
08-29-2006, 03:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC/Lynchburg, VA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Gard Snakeskin : | I bet thats a weird feeling guitar. Itd be like playing a pair of boots. Gard, did Roscoe ever make any guitars kinda like the current basses youre putting out? With exotic woods and such?
EDIT: actually it looks like it has a gloss finish over it, nevermind. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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