Spalted Maple top, I believe. Same as the top on my SKB 3006. The body on my bass is Mahogany.
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Spalted Maple top, I believe. Same as the top on my SKB 3006. The body on my bass is Mahogany.
Mine? That bass has an ash body and a spalted maple top. Almost all of my Roscoe’s have ash bodies. Only my fretless SKB is Mahogany and my incoming LG is Spanish Cedar.
Spalted Maple top, I believe. Same as the top on my SKB 3006. The body on my bass is Mahogany.
Chuck that patterns are very similar on our basses to my eyes.
Thanks for the idea, Chuck. It actually crossed my mind at one point but I’ve had her for ~25 years so she is not going anywhere. I’ll find a way, it’s worth it.
And that’s a different type of Roscoe hanging on the left, one you are probably familiar with. I’ve since sold it however.
Oh my! My SKB 3006 sounds heavenly in church. Just Wow.
looking forward to your SC impressions after several ash builds
A while back I was kicking myself for selling the blue SKB 3006 with the slant PU's and the mahogany body. I sold it because it weighed more than 11 pounds...but it was a wonderful sounding bass. Well, my new to me SKB 3006 has the same body woods and it sounds just as I remember the blue one sounding. I am so happy with this bass. Here is the blue one:
and the newer one you probably have already seen:
and the newer one you probably have already seen:
The SN of my SKB 3006 is 6813. The bass came to me without the paperwork that is included with new basses. I asked Keith for details about the build and he said he cannot access the information so I thought I would ask if any of you own a Roscoe with a SN close to mine and if so please tell me when it was built. Keith said my bass is a recent one and I can say that I looked in the control cavity and it has the newer single Bartolini module instead of the two modules used previously.
I appreciate any help you can give me.
Thanks!
Chuck
I appreciate any help you can give me.
Thanks!
Chuck
A while back I was kicking myself for selling the blue SKB 3006 with the slant PU's and the mahogany body. I sold it because it weighed more than 11 pounds...but it was a wonderful sounding bass. Well, my new to me SKB 3006 has the same body woods and it sounds just as I remember the blue one sounding. I am so happy with this bass. Here is the blue one:
and the newer one you probably have already seen:
We’ll there you go. Reverse slant, straight or normal slant pickups, they all sound like a Roscoe!
Another symptom of the pandemic …..
Can’t probably means he doesn’t have time. Or maybe they just quit maintaining it with the low man power.
For what it’s worth, consecutive serial numbers can be built months or even years apart at Roscoe (they are assigned when the body is cut and may not sell for months or years).
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Wow. That is certainly the bass but it has frets now. Thanks very much.
So a Classic 5 string jazz will have a 35” scale and 19mm spacing, correct? It will not feel like my Century Standard 5 neck, except they are both 35” scale. Asking because that Classic 5 with the J/MM pickups is intriguing.
Looks like the Roscoe shop did the refret, so it should be done right
I believe when the classic 5 bass necks have been described, they are what the kids call “thicc”
So if you’re not digging that Sadowsky neck, you may want to try one of these first. I have not played one myself, just going off what others have said. Something else to consider is the MM pickup, while it does look to be in the Lakland spot (and NOT the stringray spot), that Aguilar pickup is NOT splittable, so you won’t get the Lakland 60/70’s bridge pickup options (which is the reason for that spot and a splittable pickup). Not trying to talk you out of buying that bass (you’ll probably talk yourself in and out of buying it dozens of times
), but if you’re looking for a Century necked Lakland, this probably ain’t it.And since I’m posting Roscoe fb screen shots….
Looks like the Roscoe shop did the refret, so it should be done right
Thanks so much for finding this. I was feeling bad that it was a refret because I didn't know who did it, however, I was also reminding myself that the bass plays great so somebody did a great job. LOL I can rest easy now knowing that my bass enjoys all Roscoe workmanship.
Here is what I know about the bass so far:
It was completed in late February 2020 and was originally ordered by a bassist who lives in Boerne, TX which by an odd coincidence ls about 30 miles from San Antonio where I live. I don't know where it went after that but the guy I bought it from is in Houston and Illinois and he told me that he bought it from a guy in Puerto Rico.
There are three reasons that I can think of that someone might sell this bass. 1-it weighs 10 pounds, 10.5 ounces. 2-It was fretless. 3-Some guys don't do well playing a 6 string.
Now the bass is in my hands and is here to stay. It is a fantastic bass to look at and even better to play. I prefer lighter basses but the tone of this bass is extraordinary. I was not thinking about the weight while playing it in church yesterday morning....I was thinking about how blessed I am to have this magnificent sounding/playing bass and how it sounded in the mix. The gentlemen at Roscoe really knocked it out of the park with this bass but I feel that way about my other two Roscoe basses.
Hey, preaching to the choir is okay, isn't it?
I love both my Roscoes and my Sadowsky 5’s… both very playable for me
I had a classic PJ5 for a heartbeat- the neck was unplayable for me. Thick was a good description of it. Shame as I wanted to love that bass….
Totally agree Jim. IMO Keith would sell a lot of Classic 5 Roscoes if he offered it in a 17 or 18mm string spacing and with a neck profile similar to his Custom and STD models. I'd also prefer a dinky style Jazz body. The bass that you referring to felt huge.
Looks like the Roscoe shop did the refret, so it should be done right
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I believe when the classic 5 bass necks have been described, they are what the kids call “thicc”
Something else to consider is the MM pickup, while it does look to be in the Lakland spot (and NOT the stringray spot), that Aguilar pickup is NOT splittable, so you won’t get the Lakland 60/70’s bridge pickup options (which is the reason for that spot and a splittable pickup). Not trying to talk you out of buying that bass (you’ll probably talk yourself in and out of buying it dozens of times
And since I’m posting Roscoe fb screen shots….
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You guys make great detectives!
When seeing your response to the Roscoe birthday post, your disappointment of fretted conversion was apparent. .
True. In contrast, I have long thought the opposite in that wood density and overall weight have positive tonal effect. While some recent playing experiences disprove this, weight is not my deciding factor for a bass. Tone is king for me, regardless of weight. And, certain woods with high density will never be light, unless they are used in the thinnest veneer, in which case they have little to no tonal contribution (like adding a single grain of salt to a big pot of spaghetti sauce).
Agree. Savor, praise, play in joy, repeat : )
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Concur with all points/suggestions, adding good balance on strap, or without, as an additional element.
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