Spent time with all of my Roscoe basses yesterday. It is very easy for me to pick up a Roscoe and play for hours.... Even after gigging on Fri and Sat. I love my sixes and feel more and more comfy on them all the time but it is true , a Roscoe 5 is sweet perfection. My Century 5JJ is indeed all that and a bag of chips and the RMLE SKB 5 is that in spades. I love the tones and I can play them effortlessly.
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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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Hey guys,
The basses I've seen on the 3 club threads are just fantastic!
I think the first time I encountered a Roscoe was back in the mid/early 90's. A music dealer in Dallas had a bunch of 3x5 photos (assumably from Keith) of the most impressive basses I had ever seen. He let me keep some of the photos and he finally got a few in to play and they felt and sounded fantastic.
Hey Gard...I know it's a a drive, but, do you guys maybe plan on being at the Dallas (May) or Arlington, TX guitar show?
The basses I've seen on the 3 club threads are just fantastic!
I think the first time I encountered a Roscoe was back in the mid/early 90's. A music dealer in Dallas had a bunch of 3x5 photos (assumably from Keith) of the most impressive basses I had ever seen. He let me keep some of the photos and he finally got a few in to play and they felt and sounded fantastic.
Hey Gard...I know it's a a drive, but, do you guys maybe plan on being at the Dallas (May) or Arlington, TX guitar show?
CrashClint
I Play Bass therefore I Am
Whenever I am watching TV I have my Roscoe in hand. I try to ear train by playing the commercials. My wife gets upset when I keep playing into a TV Show but she still loves me.
It's doubtful, those shows are not like a NAMM show, where you are working to attract retailers - and we don't do direct-to-the-public sales, so such an investment of time and capital won't work out well for us....maybe one or more of our retailers will be there though!
It's doubtful, those shows are not like a NAMM show, where you are working to attract retailers - and we don't do direct-to-the-public sales, so such an investment of time and capital won't work out well for us....maybe one or more of our retailers will be there though!
Totally understandable.
I'm sure I'll run into somebody with a few Roscoes at one of those two shows. The Arlington one is hyoooge!
Maybe Rocket Music needs a booth
Or maybe the fam needs a vacation in Greensboro, lol.
...looks like you may be just a bit west of where you need to be.
Soon....soon....soon...
CrashClint
I Play Bass therefore I Am
An instrument to guide you to new instruments?!
Who'd a thunk it?
Pretty crazy.
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"Flying High again with Roscoe Guitars.."
"Soar high with Roscoe...."
"Your bass playing will find new heights with Roscoe...."
Ok, I'll stop now....
"Soar high with Roscoe...."
"Your bass playing will find new heights with Roscoe...."
Ok, I'll stop now....
Very nice - they're like copies of the original:
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Man that bass has an amazing top. Loving the Roscoe 5's! LG 5 where fore art thou!
Richard that is a set of custom-made Nordstrand Fat Stacks that I got my friends out in CA to build for me.
...don't the non-black knobs mess up your tone?
lol
I suppose that I deserve that. Of course I do really like black hardware!
...don't the non-black knobs mess up your tone?
Black = deep and full
Chrome = bright and thin
Matching Wood = Just Right.
I got the new custom knobs from Roger at THG this week for my Roscoe Fretless.
He does such a good job of matching the woods on your bass!
Here's a picture of the fretless .....
And here's a family picture of the fretted and fretless ....
What a beautiful LG.
