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Roscoe Club

#23,001
nonohmic said:
All those Roscoes and no LG?!
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It's because I'm not much of a photographer - the red one is an LG custom.

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#23,004
oren said:
Lol! It’s actually an SKB, and it’s a great sounding and playing bass!
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I read recently that one of the issues with ebony is that traditionally any wood that isn’t pure black gets thrown away, leading to a tremendous amount of waste when building furniture or classical instruments like violins, cellos, or upright basses. Changing our perceptions to see the beauty in variegated ebony could help sustain ebony as a species. I think, at least in Keith’s talented hands, that it’s gorgeous.
 
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#23,005
oren said:
I read recently that one of the issues with ebony is that traditionally any wood that isn’t pure black gets thrown away, leading to a tremendous amount of waste when building furniture or classical instruments like violins, cellos, or upright basses. Changing our perceptions to see the beauty in variegated ebony could help sustain ebony as a species. I think, at least in Keith’s talented hands, that it’s gorgeous.
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I owned an Upton standard upright bass that had an ebony fingerboard with some light streaks in it. I thought it was beautiful. Some traditionalists would have not liked it.

The Ebony fingerboard on my SKB 6 is black with no hint of other colors.
 
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#23,007
JOME77 said:
Like the top of the bass that SteveC has (or used to have!:D).
If Keith has a really nice piece of top wood that’s not enough bookmatched to do a top, he’ll add a 3rd piece in the center (that compliments the book matched pieces).

Here’s an example:

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Bingo! JOME77 know's where I'm coming from! ;):thumbsup: I have a long list of "ones that got away" that fall into this category. May not be everyone's cuppa', but I love them.
 
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#23,010
SteveC said:
If you look closely at my avatar pic you can se it’s a 4 piece top. I love it. The one piece tops and one piece bodies are nice for sure, but I’ve long held that my “budget” Century standard plus 5 is as nice as any bass Keith has made. I imagine that the gloss finish will only add to the beauty.
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Yeah. It appears that he book matched the center too.
Very nice Steve!
 
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Thanks. Lots of little details on that bass. The thin veneer of cherry between the neck and fingerboard is cool. The “double book matched” top. Little things that make it very “custom” and unique. It’s a forever bass for sure. As is my Classic P. If those were my 2 basses, I think I’d be very happy. All the fretless talk has me kind of wanting one again but realistically I didn’t really use it which is why I sold it in the first place.
 
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Has anyone on here had an output jack issue. My new Roscoe is chewing batteries. It even caused a spark arch and batteries died. A trust worthy tech here in town replaced the jack with a mono jack instead of the stereo one that came with it. It seems to work fine now but I won't know if the actual problem was fixed for a few weeks when the batteries used to be chewed up. My question is the difference between stereo and mono jacks. Does that matter with Roscoes with Bart/Bart setups?
 
#23,017
Life of Brian said:
Has anyone on here had an output jack issue. My new Roscoe is chewing batteries. It even caused a spark arch and batteries died. A trust worthy tech here in town replaced the jack with a mono jack instead of the stereo one that came with it. It seems to work fine now but I won't know if the actual problem was fixed for a few weeks when the batteries used to be chewed up. My question is the difference between stereo and mono jacks. Does that matter with Roscoes with Bart/Bart setups?
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Might want to contact Keith. Word is that he's using a new output jack. I think it's called the Pure Tone Jack.

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If your tech replaced your jack with true mono jack though, how is the battery (or preamp) being switched on/off by plugging in the instrument cable? Seems that the preamp would certainly be on all the time. The industry standard Switchcraft stereo jack uses one of the terminals to disconnect the battery when the instrument cable is unplugged.
 
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JOME77 said:
Might want to contact Keith. Word is that he's using a new output jack. I think it's called the Pure Tone Jack.

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If your tech replaced your jack with true mono jack though, how is the battery (or preamp) being switched on/off by plugging in the instrument cable? Seems that the preamp would certainly be on all the time. The industry standard Switchcraft stereo jack uses one of the terminals to disconnect the battery when the instrument cable is unplugged.
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Just confirmed my tech put in a stereo jack so I'm a dumb ass sorry.
 
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#23,020
Chuck M said:
The stereo jack is used as an on/off switch for the batteries as well as signal output. Sounds like it was originally wired incorrectly and the battery was connected all the time.
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One might reasonably think so, but it's reported there have been defective jacks, thus the referenced replacement model.
 
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