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11-26-2007, 02:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Seattle, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gtrslngr  I'm having trouble finding the right allen wrench to fit in the area for the truss adjustment. I just want to add a little relief. There's not much room in front of the rod to get a wrench in there. I've never had this trouble with other guitars/basses I've adjusted. What size is it? I don't want to scratch my bass trying to get a wrench in there. | I'd like the know the answer to this as well. I'm going to have to cut down an allen wrench to get in there, and I have no idea which one to cut. |
11-26-2007, 02:58 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | | | The Roscoe truss rod key is a 9/64ths allen. I believe they (Roscoe) custom cut each one for the bass that it's shipped with. Since they are truely 100% hand made, the access point is a tiny bit different from bass to bass, so they might trim the keys that are shipped with the basses a little to make sure there's safe clearance.
If you're having a clearance problem, you can take any standard 9/64ths allen wrench and trim it down with any $20 grinder from Home Depot or Lowe's... We've done this for a couple of our local customers who lost theirs.
Peace! |
11-26-2007, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ThePerfectBass The Roscoe truss rod key is a 9/64ths allen. I believe they (Roscoe) custom cut each one for the bass that it's shipped with. Since they are truely 100% hand made, the access point is a tiny bit different from bass to bass, so they might trim the keys that are shipped with the basses a little to make sure there's safe clearance.
If you're having a clearance problem, you can take any standard 9/64ths allen wrench and trim it down with any $20 grinder from Home Depot or Lowe's... We've done this for a couple of our local customers who lost theirs.
Peace! | So, THAT'S why you e-mailed me wanting to know the size of the trussrod allen key! 
(...for the record, I've already answered that question in Gtrslngr's other thread...  ) |
11-26-2007, 09:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Springfield, IL | | | The setup on my roscoe was great from the factory, but a let another TBer (Vic) check it out and set it up. He shimmed the neck, put some DR lowriders on it, adjusted the saddles and for me it is even better than before. The action is lower on the high register, not that I am there much, but it makes slappin easier. I love my roscoe.
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11-26-2007, 11:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eugene, Oregon | | | Neck relief & fretboard curvature
I'm confused about the "sighting" technique that Gard mentioned. When I do that with my SKB, I can't see the neck bow away from or toward the strings in the middle frets. All I see is that the string is closer to the fret at the first fret than at the 24th -- but that's not "bowing". Is it? So maybe my SKB is perfectly adjusted, or, I'm not sighting correctly. (It plays very well.)
Alembic tells you to hold the lowest string down at the 1st and 24th frets and that neck bow can be determined by the clearance between the string and the 12th fret. When I do that on my Roscoe, the clearance is less than a credit card's thickness. Is this a valid method for Roscoes, which have a bolt on neck? (Alembic is neck-thru.)
If saddles are not to be used for action adjustments, are saddle-heights adjusted to make sure that each string is the same distance to the frets? In other words, are saddles adjusted only so that the strings follow the curvature of the fretboard from bass to treble sides? If so, what's the best way to match that curvature?
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11-27-2007, 12:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | | Well I could have put my calipers on the bag-o-spares you sent us, but it was easier to email you... Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard So, THAT'S why you e-mailed me wanting to know the size of the trussrod allen key!
(...for the record, I've already answered that question in Gtrslngr's other thread... ) | |
11-27-2007, 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ThePerfectBass The Roscoe truss rod key is a 9/64ths allen. |
Thanks, I don't remember ever getting an allen wrench with mine... Time to bust out my dremel. |
11-27-2007, 12:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | | Email me your name/mailing address offlist at james@theperfectbass.com and I'll see if we have a spare that we can mail you if you'd like.
Peace! |
11-27-2007, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ThePerfectBass Email me your name/mailing address offlist at james@theperfectbass.com and I'll see if we have a spare that we can mail you if you'd like.
Peace! | It's simple gestures of goodwill and kindness like that which restore my faith in human nature.
Props for James. 
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11-27-2007, 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Scoopbass It's simple gestures of goodwill and kindness like that which restore my faith in human nature.
Props for James. | +1
Things like this are what make the Roscoe experience even more special!  |
11-27-2007, 04:57 AM
| | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Georgia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by TCube I'm confused about the "sighting" technique that Gard mentioned. When I do that with my SKB, I can't see the neck bow away from or toward the strings in the middle frets. All I see is that the string is closer to the fret at the first fret than at the 24th -- but that's not "bowing". Is it? So maybe my SKB is perfectly adjusted, or, I'm not sighting correctly. (It plays very well.)
Alembic tells you to hold the lowest string down at the 1st and 24th frets and that neck bow can be determined by the clearance between the string and the 12th fret. When I do that on my Roscoe, the clearance is less than a credit card's thickness. Is this a valid method for Roscoes, which have a bolt on neck? (Alembic is neck-thru.)
If saddles are not to be used for action adjustments, are saddle-heights adjusted to make sure that each string is the same distance to the frets? In other words, are saddles adjusted only so that the strings follow the curvature of the fretboard from bass to treble sides? If so, what's the best way to match that curvature? | The described Alembic method is fine. Make sure that you do it with the bass in the playing position. Nominal relief typically is around .3-.5mm at the 8th fret.
The amount of relief that you want depends greatly on your technique (primarily how hard you play and the style you play).
As for the saddle heights, I like to follow the curvature of the neck but I do usually start around 1/16" from the bottom of the G string to the top of the 24th fret and graduate to 3/32 from the bottom of the B string to the top of the 24th fret. Again, the preferred saddle heights are also greatly determined by your playing style and technique. Hope that this helps.... |
11-27-2007, 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Scoopbass It's simple gestures of goodwill and kindness like that which restore my faith in human nature.
Props for James. | I placed an order for a Roscoe and just got an empty case, James can you send me a Roscoe Bass to go in it?  |
11-27-2007, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by CrashClint I placed an order for a Roscoe and just got an empty case, James can you send me a Roscoe Bass to go in it? | James, don't do it, it's a scam!!!  |
11-27-2007, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by ThePerfectBass Email me your name/mailing address offlist at james@theperfectbass.com and I'll see if we have a spare that we can mail you if you'd like.
Peace! | If he doesn't have it, I've got a box of 'em on my desk, and I'll do the same...
(Thanks James, all us Slidell boys are good folks, aren't we?  ) |
11-27-2007, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Gard If he doesn't have it, I've got a box of 'em on my desk, and I'll do the same...
(Thanks James, all us Slidell boys are good folks, aren't we? ) | Will you send a couple to the frozen North? A couple of neck bolts would be cool as well. One of the ones on mine is a little corroded on top. |
11-27-2007, 09:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | | Thanks guys! It's also part of the TPB Experience! That's how we roll down here in South Louisiana! Quote:
Originally Posted by JOME77 +1
Things like this are what make the Roscoe experience even more special! | |
11-27-2007, 09:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA | | Ha! Yeah...I'll get to that right after LSU wins the BCS Championship...  Quote:
Originally Posted by CrashClint I placed an order for a Roscoe and just got an empty case, James can you send me a Roscoe Bass to go in it? | |
11-27-2007, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Clark Will you send a couple to the frozen North? A couple of neck bolts would be cool as well. One of the ones on mine is a little corroded on top. | PM or e-mail me your address, I gotta go to the post office later today and will be happy to drop 'em in the mail. |
11-27-2007, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ThePerfectBass Ha! Yeah...I'll get to that right after LSU wins the BCS Championship... | Careful, you had better qualify that with a "this season", Clint has a good memory, if they win next year, he'll be lookin' to collect!!!
(...s'ok, he's a Cowpatties fan, so he will also soon feel a similar sorrow...  ) |
11-27-2007, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ThePerfectBass Ha! Yeah...I'll get to that right after LSU wins the BCS Championship... | This offer expires in 90 days...  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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