- Fretless
- Y
1/22/17 - changed my mind about selling this bass, going to keep it.
2008 Roscoe Century Signature Lined Fretless, 5 String
34" scale, 19 mm string spacing
Highly figured Redwood top with matching headstock
Alder body, with layers of two other woods between body and Redwood top
Lined Diamondwood fingerboard
3-piece neck, quarter sawn Maple outer sections and quarter sawn Purpleheart center
Bartolini pickups
Bartolini 3-band preamp
Roscoe padded 2-bass gig bag
9.0 lbs on the bathroom scale
This beautiful custom 5 string Roscoe fretless bass has a number of unique, highly desirable features. First, the scale is 34" and the string spacing is 19 mm at the bridge and the nut is 1 7/8". The knobs are layed out in a 5-knob configuration (rather than the stacked bass/treble) - volume, pickup blend, bass, mid, treble. Finally, the pickups are configured in the 60's Fender Jazz locations instead of the usual Roscoe locations.
The playability of this bass is incredible...there is no other Roscoe out there like this one!
The tone is classic Roscoe (punchy, clear, "p-bass on steriods"), perhaps slightly warmer than your average Roscoe, plus the typical fretless sound.
I purchased this bass in 2008 as my first fretless instrument, planning to use it to play jazz. I subsequently purchased a Rob Allen and never looked back. Since then this bass has seen very little play time. I think I have played it a total of 50 times and gigged it 3 times. So it is well past time to get this bass to someone who will use it.
It is in excellent condition (9/10). There is one small ding in the clear resin on the side of the horn where it appears that it fell over.
Bass is currently strung EADGC with Thomastik-Infeld nickel flat wound roundcores. I will also include a minty set of Rotosounds(?) BEADG that came directly from Roscoe.
Price includes shipping to continental U.S. addresses with insurance.
The ONLY trades that I am interested in are high-end 5 string fretted basses that are 34" scale, and a fretless FBass AC-5. I would love to find a MTD 534, or a Roscoe 34" fretted (yeah I know...).
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2008 Roscoe Century Signature Lined Fretless, 5 String
34" scale, 19 mm string spacing
Highly figured Redwood top with matching headstock
Alder body, with layers of two other woods between body and Redwood top
Lined Diamondwood fingerboard
3-piece neck, quarter sawn Maple outer sections and quarter sawn Purpleheart center
Bartolini pickups
Bartolini 3-band preamp
Roscoe padded 2-bass gig bag
9.0 lbs on the bathroom scale
This beautiful custom 5 string Roscoe fretless bass has a number of unique, highly desirable features. First, the scale is 34" and the string spacing is 19 mm at the bridge and the nut is 1 7/8". The knobs are layed out in a 5-knob configuration (rather than the stacked bass/treble) - volume, pickup blend, bass, mid, treble. Finally, the pickups are configured in the 60's Fender Jazz locations instead of the usual Roscoe locations.
The playability of this bass is incredible...there is no other Roscoe out there like this one!
The tone is classic Roscoe (punchy, clear, "p-bass on steriods"), perhaps slightly warmer than your average Roscoe, plus the typical fretless sound.
I purchased this bass in 2008 as my first fretless instrument, planning to use it to play jazz. I subsequently purchased a Rob Allen and never looked back. Since then this bass has seen very little play time. I think I have played it a total of 50 times and gigged it 3 times. So it is well past time to get this bass to someone who will use it.
It is in excellent condition (9/10). There is one small ding in the clear resin on the side of the horn where it appears that it fell over.
Bass is currently strung EADGC with Thomastik-Infeld nickel flat wound roundcores. I will also include a minty set of Rotosounds(?) BEADG that came directly from Roscoe.
Price includes shipping to continental U.S. addresses with insurance.
The ONLY trades that I am interested in are high-end 5 string fretted basses that are 34" scale, and a fretless FBass AC-5. I would love to find a MTD 534, or a Roscoe 34" fretted (yeah I know...).
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