Wow Ryan I saw your bass a few times in the shop while it was being built and can honestly say as great as it looked every time I saw it, the finished result is truly amazing. I’m sure you are beyond pleased and as usual it was worth the wait.
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Roscoe Club
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Wow Ryan I saw your bass a few times in the shop while it was being built and can honestly say as great as it looked every time I saw it, the finished result is truly amazing. I’m sure you are beyond pleased and as usual it was worth the wait.
It’s actually a bookmatched top, but it’s on a one piece swamp ash body! This one is a little different than most - I opted to match the wenge racing stripe by going maple/wenge/maple for the neck!
Keith is a master, isn’t he? The beauty of these things just cannot be overstated.
I went with the Roscoe/Bartolini pre. It’s just the way to go on these basses, in my opinion. The toggle is a 3-way mid switch, which I always opt for on a custom build. If what Gard told me is correct, I was the first one to order a Roscoe that way. I think it was 2009. I’ve seen it on a bunch of Roscoes since then (including one I bought used back in 2017), and it always makes me smile to think maybe I had something to do with it.
Truth be told, I copied the idea from an Elrick I had at the time, and ordered my LG (6113) the same way. I remember it adding some time onto the build, because they had trouble figuring out how to do it!
Man a Roscoe really is a beautiful thing.
I have moved to fretless as my #1, but have a fretted LG which is now my 'backup', I guess? Whenever it's in its case I think, man I should just sell it cause I don't really need a $2k+ backup. But then whenever I take it out of it's case I'm reminded why I bought it in the first place.
I think my strategy is to do nothing rash, for now. I don't need the money, I just don't like having more than I need. But maybe I need this bass. I've sold a few basses in the past I thought I'd miss, and never did. But I get a feeling I'd regret selling this one.
(Basically using this thread as my therapist
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I have moved to fretless as my #1, but have a fretted LG which is now my 'backup', I guess? Whenever it's in its case I think, man I should just sell it cause I don't really need a $2k+ backup. But then whenever I take it out of it's case I'm reminded why I bought it in the first place.
I think my strategy is to do nothing rash, for now. I don't need the money, I just don't like having more than I need. But maybe I need this bass. I've sold a few basses in the past I thought I'd miss, and never did. But I get a feeling I'd regret selling this one.
(Basically using this thread as my therapist
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Never move a bass unless you REALLY need the money or really don’t play it. Like ever. All my basses are $2K or more. Any “backup” I bring is a $2K backup.
Have it defretted?Man a Roscoe really is a beautiful thing.
I have moved to fretless as my #1, but have a fretted LG which is now my 'backup', I guess? Whenever it's in its case I think, man I should just sell it cause I don't really need a $2k+ backup. But then whenever I take it out of it's case I'm reminded why I bought it in the first place.
I think my strategy is to do nothing rash, for now. I don't need the money, I just don't like having more than I need. But maybe I need this bass. I've sold a few basses in the past I thought I'd miss, and never did. But I get a feeling I'd regret selling this one.
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(Basically using this thread as my therapist
Oh I use it. But a number of cheaper fretted basses could work just as well for what I use it for, therein lies the conundrum.
Now that's an interesting thought. It would sound freaking amazing I bet.
I’ve had this debate with myself many times. I could get by with less. Do I need this? Well, the way I see it all my basses are paid for and I wouldn’t really make much selling them. So why not have nice things? If you aren’t going to lose your house or car or job or wife…keep it.
Good to hear that perspective, thanks. I guess that can take a shift in mindset. You work hard and sacrifice to get ahead, it can be difficult to then switch that off and just enjoy the finer things you've worked towards.
But also you're right, I won't make much really downgrading to a FSO, for example, so why not keep the nicer bass.
I’ve come here to be “talked off the edge” more than once. It’s ok. That’s why we’re here.
I'll bet it'd be an even better fretless than it is a fretted.
I agree. That bridge pickup with the preamp boosting the lower mids a bit would be killer.
I tell you what. Roscoe makes the best fretless bass there is. So if you're sure you are going 100% fretless, than sell/trade the fretted Roscoe for a fretless one. Or, just get a fretless Roscoe, sell the Fender, and have a "matching pair" or Roscoes, fretted and fretless. You could have it defretted I suppose, but in the end you're probably better off just getting a bass that was born fretless.
Why if they love that particular bass? Also, prices of Roscoes are much higher than when that bass was made. The bass could always be sent to Roscoe for them to do it, or a great local tech could manage.
Yep, always an option. I debated sending my Century 5 to Keith to try and get it to sound more like a jazz bass. Just decided to keep it the way it is and get another bass for my jazz needs. Didn't want to mess. with the mojo I have with this one.
I believe it, if mine is anything to go by! What other fretless basses have you tried? Pedulla and F Bass seem to get much praise.
Zon is another that many people like. I haven't tried an F Bass. I mean, at that level they are all really nice, but I think the Roscoe just has a warmth and mwah to me that the others don't.
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