Roscoe Club

[SteveC]

That's more notes than I get to play all year.

 

[JOME77]

That's more notes than I get to play all year.

Lol
It would have been nice to have been paid by the note(s) on that one.

 

[paddydaddyo]

I've noticed that this LG-3005 is a bit unbalanced on the strap, leading to a slight case of neck dive. Neither the Cocobolo nor Quilt Maple ones I had in the past had any dive ... but both were much heavier. I'm thinking about moving the strap button position further up from the centerline to see if that helps. Has anyone here repositioned their strap button?

BTW: I will test it with gaff tape before I get the drill out ...

 

[JOME77]

I've noticed that this LG-3005 is a bit unbalanced on the strap, leading to a slight case of neck dive. Neither the Cocobolo nor Quilt Maple ones I had in the past had any dive ... but both were much heavier. I'm thinking about moving the strap button position further up from the centerline to see if that helps. Has anyone here repositioned their strap button?

BTW: I will test it with gaff tape before I get the drill out ...

I’d try a Comfort Strapp (or another strap with a tacky surface that keeps the strap from sliding on your shoulder) before I’d drill a hole in the bass. Definitely devalues the instrument.

 

[paddydaddyo]

I'd try a Comfort Strapp (or another strap with a tacky surface that keeps the strap from sliding on your shoulder) before I'd drill a hole in the bass. Definitely devalues the instrument.

I agree with painted bodies. Natural swamp ash is a pretty easy fix however.

 

[emjazz]

More knobs! You might've seen this if you follow Roscoeheads over on FershBerk. I'm not satisfied with the Maple ones with the Roscoe stripe. The idea of doing the stripe was the whole reason I got into turning. Feels like I'm improving my technique with each attempt, and developing a better process. Today, I finished these Burl Myrtle on Macassar Ebony with a Cherry binding. I recently restrung this CenturyFL with GHS Pressurewounds and I'm really digging the sound. Only other pressure/ground/half rounds I've tried were D'addario groundwounds and I was not a fan. These GHS have some bite! -but with minimal finger string-zing.

Wow! That fretless looks gorgeous!!!

 

[morrisonhendrix]

I seem to recall someone here having a Roscoe Thunderbird V. If you did, or someone has played one, what did you think of it?

 

[morrisonhendrix]

I seem to recall someone here having a Roscoe Thunderbird V. If you did, or someone has played one, what did you think of it?

I found the post I recall seeing back in November. Apparently that particular one was very heavy in weight.

 

[JOME77]

Here's one the Rocketmusic built when Greg was a Roscoe dealer. I also remember a green flamed maple Thunderbird being built

 

[JOME77]

Here's the green Roscoe T-Bird that @RocketMusic had built ...

Rocket Music - RoscoeTB3005XQMEmeraldGreenSOLD

Roscoe-TB-3005-XQM-Emerald-Green-SOLD-Roscoe-Archive

www.rocketmusic.net

 

[morrisonhendrix]

Here's the green Roscoe T-Bird that @RocketMusic had built ...

Rocket Music - RoscoeTB3005XQMEmeraldGreenSOLD

Roscoe-TB-3005-XQM-Emerald-Green-SOLD-Roscoe-Archive

www.rocketmusic.net

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That's pretty cool.

 

[JOME77]

For anyone that wants to see all of the great Roscoe Basses that Greg @RocketMusic had built, you can go here:

Roscoe (Archive) - all - Rocket Music

www.rocketmusic.net

Greg was definitely THE Roscoe Dealer back in THE day!

 

[SteveC]

I got my first one from him. I made him play it over the phone for me (I’m sure he was a little annoyed with the guy from North Dakota that couldn’t make a decision) so I could hear it as I was nervous about spending that much for a bass I had never tried. A beautiful used SKB 5 with an amazing red finish. People loved it. I didn’t get along with the shape/hang. Thankfully I was able to try a Century and the rest is history.

 

[mwbonsall]

For anyone that wants to see all of the great Roscoe Basses that Greg @RocketMusic had built, you can go here:

Roscoe (Archive) - all - Rocket Music

www.rocketmusic.net

Greg was definitely THE Roscoe Dealer back in THE day!

Yes, Greg is great to deal with. I purchased both my Roscoes from Greg.

Mark

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Here's one the Rocketmusic built when Greg was a Roscoe dealer. I also remember a green flamed maple Thunderbird being built

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Looks familiar

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[SteveC]

Set up for tomorrow night. Tuned and checked them all. Century has flats. Not sure I like it better than rounds. The G&L “jazz” sounded fine. I played the Classic P with flats and my sound guy smiled ear to ear - as did I.

 

[MattLplaysBass]

Roscoe Century 5 Custom: Flame Maple Top, Birdseye Maple Fingerboard

Roscoe Century 5 Custom – Flame Maple in Purple Gloss NO SALES TAX | FREE SHIPPING | ONLY AT FRETSPOT.COM This Roscoe Century 5 Custom was born from a moment of inspiration—while wood-shopping for …

www.fretspot.com

 

[JOME77]

Here's a cool video from the recent Dallas Guitar Festival of Jimmy Haslip playing with Joe Mass, Jeff Lorber and Stever Pruitt.

 

[SteveC]

Thanks for sharing. Nice to see Jimmy out playing. Sounds amazing as always.

 

[ericjnr21]

Bought this Roscoe two years ago, Superbly crafted and sounded great but the original bart preamp was failing. Did the most popular swap and threw in an OBP3 since it was the most readily available in my location + DCB pickups to best match the pre. I found the Roscoe barts somehow too dark (even though I love barts in my other basses). Enjoyed everything about the pre except the overly powerful bass boost eq of the Obp3 and excess in-baked mids of the DCBS. More research led me to the Nordstrand 3b-4a. Loved this pre more than any of the previous ones, all the frequencies in the right areas plus it gave me a passive option WITH tone without the need for holes in my beautiful top BUT it didn't quite have the perfect synergy/bond (to my ears ) with both the Roscoe barts or Aguilar DCBS. There was one final thing I decided to consider before letting go a superb instrument. A full Nordstrand setup. After a couple of back and forth with the fine folks at Nordstrand I pulled the trigger on Zenblades. It was a bit of a risk since I havent seen anyone actively rave about such a setup here before. After installing it this bass came ALIVE. Bass, Mids, Treble in the RIGHT proportions. Nothing missing from slap, fingerstyle to anything inbetween. I highly recommend this setup to anyone who for some reason doesnt bond with the bart and aguilar offerings! Plus its humcancelling and looks badass! (Mine is wired series for max output btw).