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05-10-2011, 10:31 PM
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Head Tinkerer, The Flufflab | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California | | | Shop visits?
So, after the CNC thread I got interested by the description of the Roscoe shop ....
... and NC is (sorta) on the way from CA to NJ ...
... and there's a strong possibility that I may have some good luck job-wise coming up and maybe pick up something nice for Mrs F (who is a better bassist than me) to thank her for the support ...
... and I was wondering if Roscoe did shop visits and semi-custom "pick your wood" builds ... ?
(And if the answer's "not normally", what if I brought a couple of kegs of homebrew?)
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05-11-2011, 05:02 AM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | | Gard can definitely be bribed to do most anything by good brew!
Anything but Bud light! Of course the Bud Light can be used to work the Rocket man down a bit on price!
Good luck and have fun! Of course it could take days to go through all of the wood in stock! |
05-11-2011, 08:39 AM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Uncle F, c'mon down!!! Or over...or whatever...
...yeah, we're happy to have you stop in, and picking out woods for a custom build is not my job, it's what I like to do for fun! 
The rest of that stuff won't hurt any, either, but it's not necessary... 
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05-11-2011, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Gard  Uncle F, c'mon down!!! Or over...or whatever...
...yeah, we're happy to have you stop in, and picking out woods for a custom build is not my job, it's what I like to do for fun! | Sweet! Well, if the good stuff on the horizon doesn't turn out to be a mirage, I'll be dropping you a PM to sort out the details. Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard The rest of that stuff won't hurt any, either, but it's not necessary... | Just did some research, and it's a little tricky to ship homebrew by the keg. Might be able to arrange a Russian River Brewing gift basket, though...
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05-11-2011, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by UncleFluffy Sweet! Well, if the good stuff on the horizon doesn't turn out to be a mirage, I'll be dropping you a PM to sort out the details. | Excellent, I'll keep the fingers crossed, look forward to the visit! Quote: |
Just did some research, and it's a little tricky to ship homebrew by the keg. Might be able to arrange a Russian River Brewing gift basket, though...
| Neither is necessary, but either will be greatly appreciated!
Seriously, just show up, we'll hit either the local brewpub (Natty Greene's, very good food, excellent beer), or the joint Pete mentioned, that has pretty decent pizza and a solid beer list. 
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05-15-2011, 09:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | | In 2003, my family and I took a vacation to Boone, NC. I needed some work done on an SKB-3006 I had at the time. I shipped the bass to the Roscoe shop and went to visit the shop to pick up my bass. I got a very nice "tour" of the shop and even took a couple of pictures of me with the bass and Keith. I took lots of pictures; I'd have to look for them. I just remember all this beautiful wood in different steps of being made into future great basses. There was everything from a tree trunk to Roscoes ready to be shipped and EVERYTHING in between. Oh yeah, and everything other than the newly finished Roscoes had saw dust on it.
This was prior to Gard working for Roscoe Guitars, but I'm sure he'd make you feel real comfortable. |
05-15-2011, 09:16 PM
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Head Tinkerer, The Flufflab | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: California | | | I'm hoping ...
2nd interview (well, about the 4th if you include the phone screens) seemed to go well. If it comes off, I'll be there.
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05-19-2011, 12:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wake Forest, NC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JOME77 Gard can definitely be bribed to do most anything by good brew!
Anything but Bud light! Of course the Bud Light can be used to work the Rocket man down a bit on price! | Joe, when you stated "Good Brew" that already disqualified Bud Light so you didn't need to mention it as it will confuse Greg.  |
05-19-2011, 01:18 PM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | I'm soooooo confused... and thirsty!
One side benfit of the new building? It came with a full size fridge! 12 bottles of Bud Light went in first thing for after these long hard days of demolition work. Mmm, mmm, good. |
05-19-2011, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RocketMusic I'm soooooo confused... and thirsty!
One side benfit of the new building? It came with a full size fridge! 12 bottles of Bud Light went in first thing for after these long hard days of demolition work. Mmm, mmm, good. | Yeah, it is an inexpensive thirst quencher. Every time it rains you just need to leave the empty bottles outside to fill-up, reinstall the the bottle cap and you are ready for another day of hard work. 
At least put some Natural Light in there.
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05-19-2011, 02:15 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by CrashClint Yeah, it is an inexpensive thirst quencher. Every time it rains you just need to leave the empty bottles outside to fill-up, reinstall the the bottle cap and you are ready for another day of hard work. | Naw, that'll confuse him, it'll taste too much like actual beer then.
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