Birth of a new Roscoe !

Congrats Shiveringbass! Sounds like a killer fretless bass! I'm right there with you. I placed an order this week for another fretted SKB 3005.
We can console each other!

 

thats like.. molten lava...

that is freaking sweet.

 

Way to go Shivering - that is a great piece of wood it's going to be an amazing partner to your other Roscoe. At least you have a Roscoe to play while you are waiting

 

I'm diggin that Bubinga.

 

Congratulations! that top looks awesome!

 

Great looking top!
That will be killer looking!

 

Thats the same board my tops from!!! Its huge, I think its like 6 feet long or something like that, but there are some sick pieces in there, and those guys really know how to get the nicest cuts.
Congrats on a sweet bass. The specs sound familiar, mines pretty much exactly the same, bubinga/ash, birdseye diamondwood. 'Cept mine has a wenge wedge neck and nordies with an audere.


Keep us posted on how its comin!!

 

I'm waiting to see the "Xmas tree bass"- the one made from the piece on the bottom right of that board, bookmatched to center with the zig zag sapwood in the middle....... dang!

 

just curious, why does that preamp choice surprise you?

I think its great, and the dual mids are awesome for fretless. When I played Gards with the audere in it, I knew it was a wise choice, I liked it better than when I heard his with the demeter.

Either way, I'm sure they both will sound great!!

 

Ah- I see.

I think they had been in communicatin with Audere already when I requested that. It is going to be great, I really dug the sound of it. I reccomend checking it out before you settle on the demeter!

 

Wolf + 1 on the Audere. Despite my woeful attempt at putting up some sound comparisons my take on the Audere is this - it has a clean, uncoloured sound with which to work with, like an artists canvas, allowing you to create your own sound with the eq or z mode.

It really works for me when I use it live as I have a bit more control over the low mids and bottom end compared to the Bart.

It isn't voiced like the Bart (which I really Like), I haven't tried the Demeter (which also sounds great) so I guess it's difficult without trying all the options which do make it a bit more complicated (although Gard has a great understanding for each option) - anyway Roscoe's sound great with any of the preamps in IMO.

 

Shivering,
Sweet top! What body wood did you choose? The BEM fingerboard will look great with the bubinga, just look at Gard's bass. Damn, all these new Roscoes....I've got to get my money together and get mine ordered.

Shawn

 

hey shivering- I've been really curious about the glock pre as well. Have you heard it yet? The only bass I know that has one is the groove shoppe 5.

Judging by how much I love their amps and preamps, I think I would really dig their onboard.