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Roscoe Club
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Holy crap...I didn't know LA has a north shoreline!! All this time I thought it bordered AK. Now I know how people don't understand there really is a state named West Virginia...LOL
Seriously goofy pic with Keith and Gard at recent visit to Roscoe HQ. And...my girls - Rhonda, Melissa, and Adama (African for beautiful one).
Rhonda is my first. LG3005 w/ mahogany body, bookmatched flamed maple top. Maple/purple/maple w/ Brazilian rosewood board. Bart p'ups and recently changed pre to Aggie OBP-3 which brought the old gal to life. I actually picked her up about '96 at the old location.
Melissa is (also) an LG3005 fretless I picked up for such a great price I couldn't resist. Spanish cedar body w/ burled maple top. Maple/purple/maple w/ ebony FB. Bart p'ups w/ bard 3 band. Came to me with TI jazz flats which remain. An incredible mwah machine that plays like butter.
Adama is a world-traveled Century Signature VI. Originally built for and owned by Robin Ruscio, it found its way to Finland where I executed an even trade for a used Fbass BN6 I aquired along the way. Cool thing...when she came back to the U.S., I didn't have to pay customs because it was an American made product! Anyway, I feel like I scored HUGELY on this trade. She has a spanish cedar body w/ a thincut layer of madrone between the body and the bosse top. Maple/some sort of veneer/chechen stringer/veneer/brazilian rosewood center/ repeat... and a wenge FB. Bart p'ups and Demeter pre. This gal is absolutely stunning to look at and kills in the tone dept....far beyond my capabilities at this point...but I love her
And, as with all the pics we see on here...they simply don't do justice.
Rhonda is my first. LG3005 w/ mahogany body, bookmatched flamed maple top. Maple/purple/maple w/ Brazilian rosewood board. Bart p'ups and recently changed pre to Aggie OBP-3 which brought the old gal to life. I actually picked her up about '96 at the old location.
Melissa is (also) an LG3005 fretless I picked up for such a great price I couldn't resist. Spanish cedar body w/ burled maple top. Maple/purple/maple w/ ebony FB. Bart p'ups w/ bard 3 band. Came to me with TI jazz flats which remain. An incredible mwah machine that plays like butter.
Adama is a world-traveled Century Signature VI. Originally built for and owned by Robin Ruscio, it found its way to Finland where I executed an even trade for a used Fbass BN6 I aquired along the way. Cool thing...when she came back to the U.S., I didn't have to pay customs because it was an American made product! Anyway, I feel like I scored HUGELY on this trade. She has a spanish cedar body w/ a thincut layer of madrone between the body and the bosse top. Maple/some sort of veneer/chechen stringer/veneer/brazilian rosewood center/ repeat... and a wenge FB. Bart p'ups and Demeter pre. This gal is absolutely stunning to look at and kills in the tone dept....far beyond my capabilities at this point...but I love her
And, as with all the pics we see on here...they simply don't do justice.
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I Play Bass therefore I Am
I've thought about having mine done but then Spring rolls around and the frets just seem to go back in . . . until next winter.
I had Keith do mine this Winter, I have gas heat so it tends to get a little dry in the house and when it does those naughty fret tangs show their fangs. Keith did both my basses in about 30 minutes. Now the tangs are starting to recess a little more with all the wet and humid weather we have had.
File??? That takes too long, this works better.
North shore of Lake Pontchatrain...or "Gawd's Kontree" as we like to think of it...home of the best food, fishing, hunting, and some of the best non-Roscoehead people on earth.
My man Scott grew up in Mandeville, pretty little burg right at the foot of the longest single span bridge in the world; I'm from Slidell, not much to write home about, other than being where I could go from a fishing in a salt marsh to playing a gig in the French Quarter in under one hour.
I had some problems with fret sprout on several instruments this year. The worst was a Takamine acoustic guitar but one of my Roscoe 3006's (the one usually out on a stand in my practice room) also had some slight fret sprout.
I talked with a local repairman and he suggested a humidifier in the guitar case might help with the acoustic guitar. I thought about that and decided to purchase a room humidifier instead.
I now keep my practice room, where my instruments are stored, at 55% humidity. The instruments no longer have frets extending past the fingerboards. It took about 3 weeks for the instruments to absorb sufficient moisture to take care of the problem.
A friend tells me that strings may not last as long in that humidity but that seems a small price to pay for not having to file frets.
Chuck
I talked with a local repairman and he suggested a humidifier in the guitar case might help with the acoustic guitar. I thought about that and decided to purchase a room humidifier instead.
I now keep my practice room, where my instruments are stored, at 55% humidity. The instruments no longer have frets extending past the fingerboards. It took about 3 weeks for the instruments to absorb sufficient moisture to take care of the problem.
A friend tells me that strings may not last as long in that humidity but that seems a small price to pay for not having to file frets.
Chuck
Low humidity causes the wood to shrink. It is usually quite humid where I live but we have not been getting much rain and the winter was quite dry.
Chuck
Chuck
I had practice last night for a show this Friday and I brought my Roscoe along for the ride. For a bass that I took in trade with unsure expectations on the outcome I couldn't be happier. It sat perfectly in the mix without any adjustments to the preamp, and the sustain on this bass is something I'm not used to; it just goes on for days...
I've never been a fan of active basses until this one: The Bart preamp and pups are giving me the tone that's been in my head for a long time. The craftsmanship is excellent, the balance is perfect, and the playability (i.e. the neck feel) is on par with my favorite brand of bass (Lakland). I have a habit ( a bad one, truth be told) of flipping instruments due to GAS, but I have a feeling that this is one I would have a hard time letting go...
I've never been a fan of active basses until this one: The Bart preamp and pups are giving me the tone that's been in my head for a long time. The craftsmanship is excellent, the balance is perfect, and the playability (i.e. the neck feel) is on par with my favorite brand of bass (Lakland). I have a habit ( a bad one, truth be told) of flipping instruments due to GAS, but I have a feeling that this is one I would have a hard time letting go...
I traded for my first Roscoe. It is a Century Signature fretless 6 string. It is simply the best electric bass I've ever owned and I have owned a lot of them.
I sold my Ken Smith, I sold my Pedulla Pentabuzz and presently own 5 Roscoe basses. I have three 6 strings and a pair of 5 strings.
Nothing comes close. The tone and playability are as good as it gets and the B strings are awesome.
Chuck
I sold my Ken Smith, I sold my Pedulla Pentabuzz and presently own 5 Roscoe basses. I have three 6 strings and a pair of 5 strings.
Nothing comes close. The tone and playability are as good as it gets and the B strings are awesome.
Chuck
Check?...sure you did. LOL
I'm too far down the road of life to blow smoke. Roscoe basses just kill.
If I could own just one electric bass it would be my Roscoe fretless.
Chuck
I'm too far down the road of life to blow smoke. Roscoe basses just kill.
If I could own just one electric bass it would be my Roscoe fretless.
Chuck
Okay I had not played the fretless in a while so I just got it out and played it for a while. I was wrong. It is even better than I thought it was!
No, really, it is.
Chuck
No, really, it is.
Chuck
I have wanted a Roscoe for 17 years since I heard my instructors fretless six at the Navy School of Music. I finally got my first last month and followed it up with two more in as many weeks. If there is anyone who may have owned as many if not more basses than Chuck it would be me. And I can say these are the best playing and sounding basses I have played. I am trying to sell anything I can to get me next (4th) Roscoe!
I love my fretted Roscoe's, but when I was waiting for my fretted to be built all I had to play was a Roscoe fretless 5. I used it for everything I did - mostly jazz an church - for 2 months. When the fretted came a almost didn't play it. I sold that fretless to try something else and that was one of the few moves I regret. I almost bought it back but went with my fretted 6 instead - which I love.
I will have a Roscoe fretless 5 again soon. My wife would like me to wait (as I just bought the 6 string a couple weeks ago) but I don't know if I can. They are addicting and that's because they are fabulous basses and the people involved are the best. Believe me, they have had to deal with me and that isn't easy, but they are so great to work with and so patient, it's unbelievable.
I've said it many times, but the people at Roscoe were almost as big a factor in my choice as the instrument. You can't say that about too many businesses any more.
Now to see if I can find a way to get my fretless build going…
I will have a Roscoe fretless 5 again soon. My wife would like me to wait (as I just bought the 6 string a couple weeks ago) but I don't know if I can. They are addicting and that's because they are fabulous basses and the people involved are the best. Believe me, they have had to deal with me and that isn't easy, but they are so great to work with and so patient, it's unbelievable.
I've said it many times, but the people at Roscoe were almost as big a factor in my choice as the instrument. You can't say that about too many businesses any more.
Now to see if I can find a way to get my fretless build going…
