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12-02-2008, 12:34 PM
| | | | It is Official, I dig a Roscoe!
Just got this baby, Roscoe LG 3005 original owner
Steve (TheButler) dealt with me and we came to a good price. The top is way cooler than the photos. A true piece of nature's finest art! He had a pro set up before it was shipped and it plays like a dream. String spacing is a bit close for me and the neck is thicker than I generally like, but the tone, feel and overall playability are just outstanding!
The best part is the evenness of tone between the E and B strings. They sound like the same string! Wow! Simply amazing!!
One truly excellent bass.
Now, about my next Roscoe purchase......
Russ |
12-02-2008, 01:22 PM
|  | I've got to admit it's getting better | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Duluth, Georgia | | Your first Roscoe? Very nice. Congrats! 
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12-02-2008, 02:04 PM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | | That is a really nice instrument - congratulations! |
12-02-2008, 02:18 PM
|  | I fling carrots | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Make a left at the Taco Bell | | | Gorgeous bass (as all Roscoes are).
Is that a Wilkinson bridge? I've never seen a Wilkinson on a Roscoe before...
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12-02-2008, 02:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric618 Gorgeous bass (as all Roscoes are).
Is that a Wilkinson bridge? I've never seen a Wilkinson on a Roscoe before... | Yeah, Roscoe used Wilkinson before he switched to Hipshot. I have a 1987 LG2000 that has one. |
12-02-2008, 02:28 PM
| | | | Many thanks to all!
Just got off the phone with Gard. Wow, not only a great bass, but a whole family of good people. I am humbled.
Yes, the Wilkinson has it's own sound with a solid mid-range. A Hipshot will bring out more fundamentals, but I'm gonna play this baby for a while before (if) I change it.
Now, off to rock!
Russ |
12-02-2008, 02:33 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | And I dig a pygmy... or a pony... sorry, couldn't resist 
Congrats on the first Roscoe - I'm with you on the E & B string crispness. That was my biggest reaction when I played my first Roscoe. It was like where has this B string been all my life? |
12-02-2008, 06:31 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | |
Great score!
Nothing wrong with the Wilkinson bridge. If the sharper edges don't bother you I'd leave it on. |
12-02-2008, 11:04 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Boston MA | | Congra man!! That's your first Roscoe? Let me have your address!!!! |
12-03-2008, 07:32 AM
| | Registered User
General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Russ, I recommend that you give Youngs a false address... 
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12-03-2008, 08:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard Russ, I recommend that you give Youngs a false address... | Better yet...give him Data's |
12-03-2008, 09:02 AM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CactusmanDoug Better yet...give him Data's | You are an evil genius!
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12-03-2008, 04:37 PM
| | | | Ok, gigged last night with the Roscoe. I'll gig Friday night with it too. Might just gig all the dang time with it, ya know? Very present, very dynamic, very nice.
My address??
Even if I did give out my address, you can't get there from here. Needless to say, I live directly over the center of the Earth, just like everybody else! I suppose that's why I have always felt so common, so ordinary...until I got my Roscoe. (puke if ya gotta)
"Now I'm a somebody, Charlie, a contender. Not what I used to be; a bum." (From BIzzaro World's version of "On the Water Front" starring Bizzaro Marlon Brando)
Okee dokee, I obviously need coffee....... |
12-04-2008, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Gard You are an evil genius! | I am watching!!!! |
12-04-2008, 01:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hillsborough, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CactusmanDoug Better yet...give him Data's | That's awesome! |
12-04-2008, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by youngs I am watching!!!! | And I am in charge of how your new bass will go through production.... 
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12-04-2008, 03:59 PM
| | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RalphL Ok, gigged last night with the Roscoe. I'll gig Friday night with it too. Might just gig all the dang time with it, ya know? Very present, very dynamic, very nice.
My address??
Even if I did give out my address, you can't get there from here. Needless to say, I live directly over the center of the Earth, just like everybody else! I suppose that's why I have always felt so common, so ordinary...until I got my Roscoe. (puke if ya gotta)
"Now I'm a somebody, Charlie, a contender. Not what I used to be; a bum." (From BIzzaro World's version of "On the Water Front" starring Bizzaro Marlon Brando)
Okee dokee, I obviously need coffee....... | Ralph,
Based on that last paragraph, I'd say that you're fully qualified to be a Roscoehead!
Don't give you're address to anyone on this forum (especially Youngs or Databass) until you really get to know them! |
12-04-2008, 04:01 PM
| | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CactusmanDoug Better yet...give him Data's |
I practically drowned while drinking a glass of tea when I read that! |
12-04-2008, 04:31 PM
| | | | and I thought I had understated my feelings.
Very glad to be among like minds. You guys are hoot yourselves!
Dysfunction Junction! All aboard! |
12-15-2008, 10:15 AM
| | | | The weekend is over. Got my sweat all over this Roscoe. Played every style imaginable and this baby just got better and better. One caveat; a solid funk sound, specifically a nice sharp upper snap with a bit of mid drop out, is a bit elusive with this bass. I suspect it is the pickups, as I have had this issue with other Bart pups. Some Bart styles have such a rich low mid and mid mid-range that I suppose it is hard to EQ out.
I do not play much funk professionally so this is no big deal. But, ya know, in the middle of an appropriate tune, a quick slappity-whappity (and you may quote me on that...that is if Carol Kaye has not taken credit for it yet) is kinda nice and reminds people that bass players can occasionally play somewhat more than root/5.
Regardless, I am digging a Roscoe, celebrating anything I want, I can be just who I wanna be, so all I need is love (...and gosh darn it, people like me!)....something like that!
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