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Roscoe Club

#3,801
emjazz said:
Roscoe bart pickups?
I had a fretted SKB6 years ago with a one piece myrtle body (purpleheart board)...Roscoe Barts (I think a demeter pre..that may have been the bass that started the Roscoe/Demeter thing...great combo)...it was an amazing sounding bass. I have no doubt that a myrtle wood body will sound killer for fretless!
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Per Gard in the for sale thread -
"SKB Custom 5 (formerly SKB 3005)
Solid Myrtle body
Light Amber finish
Bartolini 3-band preamp
Bartolini/Roscoe (custom wound) pickups
Maple/Wenge/Maple neck
19mm/.750" string spacing
Unlined Fretless Bird's Eye Maple Diamondwood fingerboard (yes, that's Diamondwood, just MAPLE, not dyed birch)
Diamondwood nut
Black hardware
Case
I remember this one well, KILLER bass, whoever picks it up will be getting a winner."

It is on their website images under the SKB 6224 listing.

Dan K.
 
#3,802
Had an odd string experience. I put new daddario exl220-5 xl strings when I got the roscoe. All systems go. Played a month. Then I put on a set of exl170-5 xl that I pulled of an ibanez btb, 35 inch scale, before I sold it. The B string was rattling like crazy. It worked fine on the ibby but was too short for the roscoe. Then I tried a b string from a new set of 170's. Same problem. I put the old 220 b back on. The other 170 strings were fine.

Seems strange. Both 35 inch scale basses. Both long scale strings from same maker.
 
#3,809
nutdog said:
Had an odd string experience. I put new daddario exl220-5 xl strings when I got the roscoe. All systems go. Played a month. Then I put on a set of exl170-5 xl that I pulled of an ibanez btb, 35 inch scale, before I sold it. The B string was rattling like crazy. It worked fine on the ibby but was too short for the roscoe. Then I tried a b string from a new set of 170's. Same problem. I put the old 220 b back on. The other 170 strings were fine.

Seems strange. Both 35 inch scale basses. Both long scale strings from same maker.
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If I were a Roscoe bass I wouldn't play for you either. Good Lord man, who puts used strings from an Ibanez on a Roscoe?! Beg for forgiveness then put a set of DR Sunbeams 120-40 on it and all should be good again. :D
 
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#3,814
Oh, heck here's the pic...

new fretless.jpg
 
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CrashClint said:
If I were a Roscoe bass I wouldn't play for you either. Good Lord man, who puts used strings from an Ibanez on a Roscoe?!
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Uhhh....me? They were on it for a day or two before I bought the roscoe and parted it out. Although I did manage to procure the cheapest roscoe on talkbass I'm not quite ready to start burning $20 bills. I kept the nordy pre and was thinking of trying it in the roscoe one day. Is that ok or does it have ibby cooties, too?
 
#3,819
nutdog said:
...or does it have ibby cooties, too?
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I'm really happy with my Roscoe and not likely to jump from the fanboy ship anytime soon...
But I will mention that I heard the Gerald Veasley and Adam Nitti signature edition basses played by Gerald and Adam at the BBC a couple of weekends ago and they sounded just fine live and in person thank you. We can love Roscoes without hating on other makes.

And yes, I knew CC was just kidding...
 

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