For Sale Roscoe Century Custom--w/ lots of custom!

Discussion in 'For Sale: Bass Guitars' started by Mike Arnopol, Dec 18, 2014.

  1. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    Price:
    $2800
    Strings:
    5
    Location:
    Illinois
    2012 Roscoe Century Custom
    Near mint. Custom Reed James birdseye pickups. I preferred a more MM position for the bridge pickup. Randy Dritz did all of the customization. He made a dummy pickup in birdseye. The pickup can easily be interchanged with the dummy to the original position.
    John East preamp. Volume w/passive pull. Stacked bass/treble with treble boost pull. Stacked sweepable mids. Pickup blend control. Midrange parameters can be changed internally.
    Coil selector switch for each pickup---parallel, series, or single coil.
    Really pretty buckeye burl top. Swamp ash back.Unfigured maple board (wanted it this way so as not to distract from the buckeye) 9 lbs. 6 ounces
    All original Bartolini pickups (custom Roscoe model) and electronics included.
    I've moved to 33" scale and my stupid fingers are getting confused! This is likely the best Roscoe that I've played.
    Roscoe bag included roscoe10.jpg roscoe11.jpg
     
  2. bass12

    bass12 Have You Met Grace Jones?

    Jun 8, 2008
    Montreal, Canada
    Wow - what a killer looking Century! Good luck with the sale!
     
  3. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    Thanks

    I went with the Century because while being the biggest Roscoe body size, it hangs the best on a strap and has the best balance.
     
  4. dtsamples

    dtsamples Supporting Member

    Apr 15, 2010
    Wilmington, DE
    Definitely made the right call with the plain maple fingerboard. Looks great with that top! Nice thinking!
     
  5. CORBS

    CORBS

    Dec 28, 2010
    Stunning! Not a bad price either!
     
  6. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    It would cost close to $6k including the customization.
     
  7. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    Just curious---when I do a search in this forum for "Roscoe" this ad doesn't come up. Anyone know why?
     
  8. brstma

    brstma my dog is an awesome dog Supporting Member

    Nov 20, 2008
    Florida
    I think there's a problem with the search feature, I get 0 results for everything I search
     
  9. Jparpino

    Jparpino JP

    May 12, 2010
    Brooklyn, NY
    What's the scale length?
     
  10. radbass

    radbass supporting member Supporting Member Commercial User

    May 15, 2007
    south of chicago
    Owner RAD Repairs and RAD Engineering ,guitar, bass, and amp repair and limited custom instrument and amp building.
    35"
     
  11. eo.

    eo.

    Nov 26, 2008
    Endorsing Artist: Aguilar, Roscoe, Tech21
    What a beauty!
     
  12. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    Bump
     
  13. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    Sunday bump
     
  14. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    I've had a number of pm's about possible trades. Sorry---not interested in trades.
     
  15. Mike Arnopol

    Mike Arnopol Inactive Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jan 4, 2005
    Chicago
    Owner of MAS Soundworks
    bump
     
  16. TopbassistK

    TopbassistK

    Sep 11, 2011
    Stunning!!!!!