I prefer the George Benson, Bernard Ighner, et al, take on change.
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Roscoe Club
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I know. Still a great line for a "prog rock" band in the late 70's.Neil was a great lyricist but he stole that one .......
Very interesting you said that about neck thickness. I noticed my favorite of mine is a Box Elder top SKB made in 2013 and the neck feels less thicker than my other 4 all made from 2020 on. I thought maybe that was just my perception but I have sworn it's objectively thinner.That's Tony Morton in the middle, former neck maker extraordinaire for Roscoe. Man, I loved his necks. Those super comfortable thin ones from 7-10 years ago. He landed at BVS in Greensboro many moons ago (see link below). Gard on the left, Keith on the right. Victor somebody?!?The tall guy in the back did their electronics assembly for a while, I think his name is Ryan? I don't think I ever met the guy standing between Gard and Tony...
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They were an awesome crew churning out amazing instruments! There was a slow churn of personnel over the years, but very consistent output throughout.
Good times!
Man, when Tony first left the necks got soooooper thick almost overnight. The first few I received like that, I think I may have sent them back to have them shaved down. They eventually started making them a little more thin again, but I'm not sure they ever got back to the "Tony" specs.
I'd love to play one from the Kyle era, but I have not yet had the pleasure.
Kyle does a really nice job with his necks.
But I still believe that the scarf joint neck on my mid 90s fretless LG is the best playing neck I've had.
All this talk about neck thickness got me curious. My Century 5 has a neck that seems thicker front to back than other Roscoe 5's I have owned. It is not uncomfortable to play and feels great but just a little thicker. So I checked the build date and it was built in 2012.
I have not had one Roscoe that had a neck that I didn't like.
I have the letter that came with the bass. It has all the info on the bass including when it was completed.
Great day!... That's one of those setups where "if it sucks, it ain't the gear, dude."
HA!… well said
And the sound (and as importantly FEEL) OMG! You have NO idea …
(I CANNOT believe I landed that cab for 8Hunny on CL)
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Had the pleasure of spending some time at the shop this morning spec’ing out a new build. Keith is such a gracious host and a joy to talk to. What a wealth of knowledge and experience. I brought the 2016 NAMM Century 5 PJ with me and we got a few pictures.
It’s like … ‘out of the rubble …’
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The place is amazing! There are so many pieces of beautiful wood in there. He showed me stuff I’ve never heard of before.
A build letter with no date is kinda rare. Send an email to Roscoe guitars (it should be on the website) and ask for a build date for the serial number.
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The Century JM5 that I ordered had a super thick neck, nothing like the other customs I had. I ended up having to have my local luthier reshape the neck to match my others, as it hurt my wrist and hand to play it. The last one I had built (Century Custom fretless), was also a bit thicker, but not as bad as the JM. I can’t remember now, but I’m guessing those last two had to have been post-Tony builds.
