- Feb 16, 2007
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- Owner, Underhill Bass Guitars
I have had a Fender Roscoe Beck IV on layaway, and I just picked it up today! Brand Spanking New, I'm psyched. The plastic stuff on the pickguard was really hard to remove, I had to use some solvent (after testing it!) to get the adhesive off. I cleaned up the ends of the frets a little and polished them, and smoothed down and oiled the fingerboard, and gave it a meticulous set-up.
The intonation is really, really good, the best of any of my basses. It is very solid and plays really nice and easy (I lowered the nut slots a little). The action can be put quite low, the E string was playable at 3/32 off the last fret! I had to raise it to 4/32 to make the Hipshot thing usable at D, though.
I like it a lot more than other Fenders I have tried, though you should be warned that this is not a bright-sounding bass. It is sort of dark and woody sounding on most of the settings, and I think it will sound really good in my band. My homemade Carvin has a lot more high-frequency and overtones, but not the lower mid and clear bass resonance of this bass.
So far I am really happy with it, and can't wait for rehearsal on Tuesday. It is also a really pretty bass, with a sunburst fininsh and rosewood board. It balances while sitting better than P's and J's.
The intonation is really, really good, the best of any of my basses. It is very solid and plays really nice and easy (I lowered the nut slots a little). The action can be put quite low, the E string was playable at 3/32 off the last fret! I had to raise it to 4/32 to make the Hipshot thing usable at D, though.
I like it a lot more than other Fenders I have tried, though you should be warned that this is not a bright-sounding bass. It is sort of dark and woody sounding on most of the settings, and I think it will sound really good in my band. My homemade Carvin has a lot more high-frequency and overtones, but not the lower mid and clear bass resonance of this bass.
So far I am really happy with it, and can't wait for rehearsal on Tuesday. It is also a really pretty bass, with a sunburst fininsh and rosewood board. It balances while sitting better than P's and J's.
