Roscoe Club

[bgartist]

I have the same issues with 19mm spacing on 5 & 6 string basses. On a traditional Roscoe with the 19mm Hipshot bridge you can adjust the spacing to 18mm spacing but you still have to deal with the ~1/8 wider neck. I doubt that the Hipshot headless bridge has the adjustment for string spacing but if it does that might help some.
To me, it’s not the 18mm spacing that bothers me, it’s the extra width of the neck. All my 4 strings are 19mm and I love them.
The 35” scale doesn’t really bother me. I believe that I prefer the sound of the G and D string on a 34” scale but that could be more related to the specific bass (than the scale). So many factors to consider.

I’m in the opposite position. I could deal with the standard 18.3 bridge spacing but the nut width is more important for me. I really need that extra 1/8” to feel comfortable for my fat fingers. I’ve had to sell quite a few really nice basses because I could not deal with the tighter nut widths over time. So for a bass to be a keeper for me, it’s 19 mm plus a 1-7/8” nut.

 

[bgartist]

To the above post, all of my basses are 5 strings.

 

[lilcoffeebeen]

I’m gunna try some lighter strings and a slightly lower action to see if I can get it set up a little more forgiving while I adjust to it.

 

[Laklandfan]

Does Roscoe offer ebony or rosewood or wedge fretboards for the classics?

 

[Skip Chucker]

Does Roscoe offer ebony or rosewood or wedge fretboards for the classics?

Yes. Keith will definitely give you that kind of customization- and will probably be excited to do it.

 

[edbutler3]

Does Roscoe offer ebony or rosewood or wedge fretboards for the classics?

Yes, I have a Classic Custom with ebony fretboard and a ziricote top.

 

[staccatogrowl]

A big thumbs up for 2 Roscoes (Kyle and Alder body/Waterfall Bubinga top Modern Classic)

*Image and descriptive text used with permission of Roscoe Guitars

 

[armybass]

Yes indeed that top looks familiar. Stunning work for sure.

 

[armybass]

Took a little better picture of my piece of that bubinga slab today.

 

[staccatogrowl]

Scott, the headstock figure above reminds me of the central "Starry Night" sky by VanGogh. Your bass and that painting: 2 beautiful artworks : )

 

[JOME77]

Took a little better picture of my pc f that bubinga slab today.
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That's a petty one for sure Scott!

.... what's a "pc f"?

Now that I'm playing mostly 4's these days those 6 string necks looks so W-I-D-E!

 

[armybass]

That's a petty for sure Scott!

.... what's a "pc f"?

LOL Joe that’s either fat thumbs or autocorrect for “piece of”.

 

[JOME77]

LOL Joe that’s either fat thumbs or autocorrect for “piece of”.

I figured it must be. I do it (or it does it to me) all the time. Just look at the quote you made of my post (missing the word "one").

 

[Nightman]

What happened to the EDIT button?

 

[ArtechnikA]

What happened to the EDIT button?

It goes away after "a while" ...

 

[SteveC]

It was quite the point of contention when it happened. Trust me, it’s best to just accept it and move on.

 

[Nightman]

I'm watching to see how much time elapse before the function is no longer available.

Over 30 minutes and still there. I guess I'm cool with that.

 

[SteveC]

I don’t think (I certainly hope) it will go away. I make typos all the time. It’s nice to have a few minutes to see your post, notice the typo and then fix. Like I said, going into discussion of this will lead to bad things.

 

[emjazz]

I'm still looking for some Roscoe P4 size (5 or 6 string) Bartolini pickups if anyone decides to sell.

Man...I was just looking up pricing on Roscoe basses. I should have held on to one years ago. The prices have gone way up! (as have prices everywhere of course...). There's no way I could afford one how I would want one these days unfortunately. Great to see Keith still in business, though!

 

[ragetoca]

Roscoe cousins. Modern and Vintage