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12-08-2008, 10:43 AM
| | | | My first post. My first Roscoe bass.
Greetings TalkBassers and Roscoe fans. This is my first post at TalkBass, made on the occasion of me acquiring my first Roscoe bass.
Though I probably won't post much at the site in general, I wanted to thank you all at the Roscoe Basses forum. Doubtless I'm not the first to say this, but it was largely thanks to your posts here that I gained an appreciation of Roscoe basses and a sense of their character, even though I had never seen one in person.
With the insight I gained from reading this forum, I was able to find my first Roscoe bass online (and my second one, too, but I'll post about that later.) And it was an unqualified success. So again, I thank you.
Here is a description of my Roscoe: 2006 Roscoe Guitars LG-3005 fretless, no. 5309 
My inquiry to Roscoe Guitars about this bass was well answered by Gard (thank you, Gard!) Among other things, he confirmed my guess that this LG-3005 was probably the only bass with a wenge body top that Roscoe had ever made. As I said to Gard, I feel an extra-special responsibility for this bass, because of the uniqueness of its wenge top.
After a lifetime of music making, culminating in playing professionally, I dropped it cold 12 years ago. It's been 7 years since a brief relapse during that time, so my return to it now (finally free of bitterness) means I have a lot of catching up to do. Off to the woodshed...
Regards,
Snaxster
Last edited by Snaxster : 12-08-2008 at 10:50 AM.
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12-08-2008, 11:44 AM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | | Just, just, just......just WOW! Wenge over cedar, and a birdseye fretless board. WOW! What a beautiful instrument, and I can only imagine how awesome it must sound.
Welcome back to music, and congrats on owning such a terrific instrument. |
12-08-2008, 12:06 PM
| | | Hello, VroomVroom. Quote:
Originally Posted by VroomVroom  Just, just, just......just WOW! Wenge over cedar, and a birdseye fretless board. WOW! What a beautiful instrument, and I can only imagine how awesome it must sound. | That was my reaction exactly when I saw photos of this bass and its description.  Quote:
Originally Posted by VroomVroom Welcome back to music, and congrats on owning such a terrific instrument. | Many thanks. It is good to be back!
Best,
Snaxster |
12-08-2008, 12:08 PM
|  | I've got to admit it's getting better | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Duluth, Georgia | | Congrats! Would love to see a close-up pic of the top.
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12-08-2008, 12:14 PM
| | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | It's there...just click on Snaxster's link in the initial post. Some great pics of this instrument...  |
12-08-2008, 01:02 PM
| | | | Thanks, Freddy-G! As VroomVroom kindly pointed out, there are large, detailed photos available at the link in my OP.
There are also some specs and my (entirely subjective) first impressions of the instrument.
Enjoy!
Snaxster |
12-08-2008, 01:57 PM
| | I've got to admit it's getting better | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Duluth, Georgia | | | Sweet!!!
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12-08-2008, 02:02 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | That is indeed one of the cooler, more subdued looking basses we've done. Really fits my aesthetic choices, actually. I opted for the bubinga (see avatar) because of tonal properties....but the wenge looked and sounded incredible!
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12-08-2008, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Gard That is indeed one of the cooler, more subdued looking basses we've done. Really fits my aesthetic choices, actually. I opted for the bubinga (see avatar) because of tonal properties....but the wenge looked and sounded incredible! | Hi, Gard. Thanks again for your help.
I'm glad you like the look of this bass. Maybe you'll be getting some orders for wenge tops in the near future? 
I would like to hear a Spanish cedar/wenge body with a wenge wedge neck and bright fretboard wood (bird's eye maple?) on a fretted Century Signature.
Best,
Snaxster |
12-08-2008, 05:05 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | |
Classy looking Roscoe Snaxster!
I really like the look of the natural Spanish Cedar body too! Great contrast to the wenge top.
Welcome back to the world bass! 
You couldn't have chosen a better bass to enter this time around! |
12-08-2008, 06:25 PM
| | | Hello, JOME77. I've seen evidence of your prodigious, impressive, ever-changing Roscoe collection, here at the forum. Thanks for your good wishes! And good luck with your new Roscoe in progress.
Actually, for my re-entry bass, this Roscoe was edged out by about two weeks by a new Fender American Standard J Bass. 
Best,
Snaxster |
12-08-2008, 06:49 PM
| | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Snaxster Hello, JOME77. I've seen evidence of your prodigious, impressive, ever-changing Roscoe collection, here at the forum. Thanks for your good wishes! And good luck with your new Roscoe in progress.
Actually, for my re-entry bass, this Roscoe was edged out by about two weeks by a new Fender American Standard J Bass.
Best,
Snaxster | lol
One thing that you'll learn about some of the more infected Roscoeheads....we can't afford to own all of the Roscoe's out there at once so we attempt to own all of them at least once! 
Probably a good idea to start where you and most of us probably started off, with a Fender.
That way you could really appreciate the Roscoe! |
12-08-2008, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JOME77 lol
One thing that you'll learn about some of the more infected Roscoeheads....we can't afford to own all of the Roscoe's out there at once so we attempt to own all of them at least once! | Hahahaha! That's absurd. But very funny. Quote:
Originally Posted by JOME77 | Ha! But my first bass was a mint '67 Standel hollowbody I got in 1978. I had the frets removed and lines put in. So in a sense I've come full circle with the LG-3005 after 30 years.
In-between the Standel and the Roscoe were many basses: custom Spector NS-2 circa '83, '73 Rick 4001, '73 and '69 P Basses, two Rippers, Wal, 3 Pensa-Suhrs, 4 pre-Gibson Tobias (stock 4-string Basic, custom 5-string lined fretless Basic, custom 6-string Classic, custom 6-string wenge/lacewood Signature), Alembic 5-string Epic and 5-string Orion, and who knows what else. Of them all, I truly regret giving up the '73 Rick, the Wal, the '69 P Bass, and the 5-string fretless Tobias Basic. Sigh... 
I understand the madness!
Best,
Snaxster |
12-08-2008, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona | | Quote:
Originally Posted by VroomVroom | Absolutely phenomenal...looks like Bavarian chocolate with grain.
My congratulations and compliments. |
12-08-2008, 09:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego/Seattle | | | Ooh wenge, congrats on the bass and coming back to music! |
12-09-2008, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by CactusmanDoug Absolutely phenomenal...looks like Bavarian chocolate with grain.
My congratulations and compliments. | Hello, CactusmanDoug. Great image! A chocolate bass guitar!
Thank you for your kind words.
Best,
Snaxster |
12-09-2008, 12:49 AM
| | | | Hello, CliffD. Thank you very much!
Good luck with your Century Signature in progress!
Regards,
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