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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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Howdy crew,
Just wondering if anyone has had any discussions with the shop in regards to using roasted figured maple as a fretboard wood? It seems to be the norm with most builders these days but I don’t think I’ve ever spied a Roscoe with roasted/toasted/torrefied/bbq’d woods.
Just wondering if anyone has had any discussions with the shop in regards to using roasted figured maple as a fretboard wood? It seems to be the norm with most builders these days but I don’t think I’ve ever spied a Roscoe with roasted/toasted/torrefied/bbq’d woods.
I don’t think they have the equipment to do that in-house, so if it was an option the wood stock would have to be purchased that way. I don’t recall seeing any roasted wood stock or finished pieces with roasted wood on any recent trips, but he has piles and stacks of wood everywhere. An email or a call would prob sort it out though.
Oh yeah, I wouldn’t think it would be done by themselves at the shop. Bought in like you mentioned.
I have asked my dealer to ask Keith if that’s an option now. Just the other day though so I’m not expecting an answer too soon. Fingers crossed as I’d love a roasted birdseye board on my build.
I have asked my dealer to ask Keith if that’s an option now. Just the other day though so I’m not expecting an answer too soon. Fingers crossed as I’d love a roasted birdseye board on my build.
Great question. I love the look of those necks too.
Let us know what you hear.
In the shop tour, with the Jimmy Haslip interview, there was a bass with a roasted mahogany body.
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Yessir, certainly will do.
I watched that when it came out (great vid btw), but don’t remember a mention of a roasted wood instrument. That just means I’ll have to give it another watch tomorrow on a hopefully lazy Sunday
Howdy , so someone noticed on my Lg 6 that the strings weren’t quite even. If you can see the C string is closer to the edge of board than the low B. I had never noticed in the years I’ve owned it. So my question is does it matter
. I don’t notice anything different when playing it or something a miss.
. I don’t notice anything different when playing it or something a miss.
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Howdy , so someone noticed on my Lg 6 that the strings weren’t quite even. If you can see the C string is closer to the edge of board than the low B. I had never noticed in the years I’ve owned it. So my question is does it matter
String spacing is adjustable at the bridge. That may be why the C string is closer to the edge. I looked at my SKB 6 and the B and C strings are about the same distance from the edge. In any case, it doesn’t matter.
Cool , yea unless it’s pulling off the board it doesn’t matter right ? The Barts see the strings fine regardless and intonation seems fine
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Yes. As Chuck stated, it usually can be centered via the adjustable saddle slotted rod (and tightening Allen screws). I’ve only had one Roscoe where I had to relocate the bridge (and that should be your last resort). My problem on that bass was that I kept pulling the G string over the fingerboard edge (even with the saddle rod set as far over as it would go).Howdy , so someone noticed on my Lg 6 that the strings weren’t quite even. If you can see the C string is closer to the edge of board than the low B. I had never noticed in the years I’ve owned it. So my question is does it matter
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Canadian wildfire sunset over the Roscoe rig: Chicago Highlands Skyline Golf Shootout.
A blip of activity on the Roscoe IG has me a little hopefully that he’s now working on basses with color in them like my current build that’s now 10 months old. He has indicated that basses are worked on in batches of similar finishes, which makes sense from a production perspective.
I was wondering the same. They didn’t show a photo of the back
It appears to designed to look like one (and it’s his normal bolt on).
It does look nice though!
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