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11-20-2009, 10:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | Well... I'm now a member of the club!
Just arrived today... #5639... all the way from GERMANY!!! 
This bass was acquired used, but there is NOT a mark on it... it is literally like-new... in PERFECT condition.
I got an amazing deal from a super nice guy... I'm totally blown away.
I'm speechless... it's BEAUTIFUL.
As per Gard, here are the specs:
SKB 3006 Left-handed
Exhibition Myrtle Burl top
Spanish Cedar body
Natural finish
Bartolini 3-band preamp
Bartolini/Roscoe pickups
19mm string spacing
Pau Ferro fingerboard
Diamondwood nut
Black hardware
It seems that all the travelling and cold air gave the neck a pretty serious back-bow... the G and C string are bottoming out pretty bad. I hope that's all it is and it's not warped or anything... any suggestions on what to check for?
Also... never had a bass with a Pau Ferro fingerboard before... is a lem-oil treatment once/twice a year required as I do with my rosewood boards?
I'm going INSANE!!!
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11-20-2009, 10:34 AM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | NICE! Fertile myrtle, baby....YES! (Two of my Roscoes have myrtle tops...you could say I'm a fan.  )
Congratulations to you. That is a gorgeous instrument. The top is amazing, but man....that headstock! You've got an absolute stunner there.
I little love with the truss rod wrench and you'll be all set. I'm seeing the same thing with all of my basses...over the past week, even in California, it's been a bit chilly. |
11-20-2009, 10:49 AM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Woah, congrats dude, thats a true beauty, if I ever saw one.
And Jerry, as usual is on the money, a little bit of truss rod work should have that backbow beat.
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11-20-2009, 12:41 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | |
Great looking Roscoe! I love that myrtle top!
You may want the bass to sit for a few days before you adjust anything. I'd just tune it to std. pitch and let it get acclimated to
your climate for a few days and then adjust the truss rod and bridge saddles as required.
Lemon oil a couple of times a year works great on Pau Ferro finger boards. |
11-20-2009, 12:58 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Addison, welcome to the family! 
That's a very pretty bass!
Joe, it's the OTHER cut from the block your myrtle SKB5 was made from!
FYI: Lemon Oil = not the best choice, as it can dry the wood out.
We recommend this: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting...shing_Oil.html
Of course, on maple, just a bit of whatever guitar polish you're using will do the trick.
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11-20-2009, 01:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia | | | Will that ColorTone work on purpleheart, as well?
Of course, if you're really old-school, the fingerboard has enough chicken grease on it to protect it pretty well already...
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11-20-2009, 02:06 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyV  Will that ColorTone work on purpleheart, as well?
Of course, if you're really old-school, the fingerboard has enough chicken grease on it to protect it pretty well already... | NOTHING beats chicken grease.
...well, maybe BBQ sauce... 
We treat purpleheart like maple, it's sealed, so unless the sealer is worn through it won't take the oil anyhow. If it's older and worn through, you can oil it and it will be fine.
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11-20-2009, 02:10 PM
| | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bonaire, GA (near Macon) | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard Addison, welcome to the family!
That's a very pretty bass!
Joe, it's the OTHER cut from the block your myrtle SKB5 was made from! | I wondered about that! I remember you posting some pic's of this one being built!
Brothers from the same mother!  |
11-20-2009, 02:38 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Since we're talking fingerboard oils, what about bubgina?
I've used Dunlop fretboard conditioner in the past...
Oh, and thats a lovely bass too Joe!
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11-20-2009, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike Since we're talking fingerboard oils, what about bubgina?
I've used Dunlop fretboard conditioner in the past...
Oh, and thats a lovely bass too Joe! | Bubinga I'd oil, maybe once every 6 months to a year, depending on how it's looking.
The Dunlop stuff should work fine....
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11-20-2009, 02:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Encinitas California | | | Might be a good idea for a posting of proper care of finger board woods covering the most popular woods used. Just thinking... |
11-20-2009, 02:55 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard Bubinga I'd oil, maybe once every 6 months to a year, depending on how it's looking.
The Dunlop stuff should work fine.... | Cheers Gard.
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11-20-2009, 02:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Encinitas California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard Bubinga I'd oil, maybe once every 6 months to a year, depending on how it's looking.
The Dunlop stuff should work fine.... | Would you recommend the Dunlop for all finger boards??? |
11-20-2009, 02:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hampton Roads (Norfolk), VA. | | Beautiful.... Even if they did build it backward....
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11-20-2009, 02:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Encinitas California | | | I've been using Planet Waves Hydrate fingerboard conditioner on all of my basses including my Roscoes's. Good? Bad? let me know... |
11-20-2009, 03:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hampton Roads (Norfolk), VA. | | | So since the *oil* can of worms has been opened - I noticed the link Gard posted mentions ebony as one of the applications.... Is this recommended? I've never done anything with the ebony on my uprights in the past but that's a different animal all together...
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11-20-2009, 03:03 PM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | | I'm not familiar with any of the commercially prepared fingerboard oil treatments other than the Stew Mac oil I posted earlier. I would guess (but remember the ass/u/me rule) that it all is fine, or the companies wouldn't be marketing it as a fingerboard treatment.
Oiling won't hurt ANY board, finished or not, but open pored, unfinished woods are the ones that NEED it. Maple is a close-grained wood, and typically (like 99.999% of the time) it is finished, so oiling is pointless, it won't do a thing. We treat purpleheart like maple, so it's sealed. Otherwise, when the board begins to look and feel "dry", a small bit of oil or one of these treatments is a good idea....
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11-20-2009, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Encinitas California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard I'm not familiar with any of the commercially prepared fingerboard oil treatments other than the Stew Mac oil I posted earlier. I would guess (but remember the ass/u/me rule) that it all is fine, or the companies wouldn't be marketing it as a fingerboard treatment.
Oiling won't hurt ANY board, finished or not, but open pored, unfinished woods are the ones that NEED it. Maple is a close-grained wood, and typically (like 99.999% of the time) it is finished, so oiling is pointless, it won't do a thing. We treat purpleheart like maple, so it's sealed. Otherwise, when the board begins to look and feel "dry", a small bit of oil or one of these treatments is a good idea.... | Thank you.
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11-20-2009, 03:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Happy Bottom, VA | | | Wow Joe...what fretboard is on that bass?....
Did I read the post correctly Dark...you have a bubinga fretboard?
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11-20-2009, 03:12 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by LightGroove Did I read the post correctly Dark...you have a bubinga fretboard? | Yup! I have one with a bubgina fretboard, but unlike Rickys(where you usually see them), its not coated in gloss.
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