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Roscoe Club
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....stay tuned, there is one in a box on my desk and it will be in one in a few weeks...
....stay tuned, there is one in a box on my desk and it will be in one in a few weeks...
I have one in my Century 5M with a Nordstrand Bigman pickup. Sounds absolutely killer:
Besides the one of Jerry's Blue Angel, are there any more recordings of a fretless Roscoe with singles in the JB position?
There are a few on Rocket's page. I don't have links but I know the one that SteveC and I owned is somewhere in there.
Hi Guys, just spotted this thread and thought i'd share the specs of my SKB Custom 6 i ordered a few weeks back:
Lefty SKB 6
Burl Myrtle top
Birdseye board
Bart CB's
Bart preamp
Black hardware
Gard - any idea when the build will get started?
I'm a Roscoe virgin so i'm looking forward to getting my hands on it!
Lefty SKB 6
Burl Myrtle top
Birdseye board
Bart CB's
Bart preamp
Black hardware
Gard - any idea when the build will get started?
I'm a Roscoe virgin so i'm looking forward to getting my hands on it!
Hi Guys, just spotted this thread and thought i'd share the specs of my SKB Custom 6 i ordered a few weeks back:
Lefty SKB 6
Burl Myrtle top
Birdseye board
Bart CB's
Bart preamp
Black hardware
Gard - any idea when the build will get started?
I'm a Roscoe virgin so i'm looking forward to getting my hands on it!
I know the order....it will be a bit of time, we're still searching for the perfect top for you!
I know the order....it will be a bit of time, we're still searching for the perfect top for you!
Thanks, Gard. I'm sure it'll look fantastic!
So I am selling my house this year or early next year. With the profits (there will be a lot), my wife told me I could get a new bass! So I'm leaning towards Roscoe because I miss the hell out of mine and have wanted a new one ever since I made that fatal mistake of selling it. 
I've owned two or three Roscoe's. SKB 3005 and Century Signature 4 (Regret this one BIG time). So my question is where should I look? I want a good deal, and I want a well balanced bass. I found the SKB model to be slightly off balance with some neck dive, but a good strap fixed that. Are they all like that? From what I understand the LG models do that as well. So I'm swaying away from them, but maybe I'm misinformed?
I want a passive/active with barts. I LOVE bart pickups. I would do other obviously as I want something a bit different than what I have, but I'm pretty much loving that tone. Any suggestions are welcome!
I've owned two or three Roscoe's. SKB 3005 and Century Signature 4 (Regret this one BIG time). So my question is where should I look? I want a good deal, and I want a well balanced bass. I found the SKB model to be slightly off balance with some neck dive, but a good strap fixed that. Are they all like that? From what I understand the LG models do that as well. So I'm swaying away from them, but maybe I'm misinformed?
I want a passive/active with barts. I LOVE bart pickups. I would do other obviously as I want something a bit different than what I have, but I'm pretty much loving that tone. Any suggestions are welcome!
I cannot speak to LG's.
The upper horn on an SKB ends around the 14th fret, so you add 6 (or so...) tuning machines, a clip-on tuner, a Hipshot DTuner, etc on the headstock and... Yeah - there's going to be some imbalance. Still, they seem to fit me better than the Century, which was comfortable and playable, no question. For lots of people, the reverse is true, so it's a matter of what fits you...
Here's nutdog rockin' his Roscoe at the Star Bar in Atlanta last night. My band opened the show, so we had two Roscoes in the house last night!
Definitely go Century. They aren't that big an balance perfectly. I think they
lol the best but I'm biased as I have a pair of them.
lol the best but I'm biased as I have a pair of them.
Hey fellow Roscoeheads: I've been going back and forth about whether I should keep my Century Standard 4 PJ, or not.
I decided to put it back up for sale in the classifieds for a crazy low price to see if it would sell this Labor Day weekend.
I decided to put it back up for sale in the classifieds for a crazy low price to see if it would sell this Labor Day weekend.
Cool, man. Your band is tight and the bass was slamming. Sorry, no pics.Here's nutdog rockin' his Roscoe at the Star Bar in Atlanta last night. My band opened the show, so we had two Roscoes in the house last night!
I'm back in the club.
SKB3005
Exhibition myrtle burl/spalted/quilted top
One piece cedar body
Bubinga fingerboard
Audere preamp and Roscoe Bart pups
Sounds so sweet. It's got a real nice almost Ken Smith like 'burp' and 'ping' going on. Plus big bottom end. I'm very pleased with this one.
SKB3005
Exhibition myrtle burl/spalted/quilted top
One piece cedar body
Bubinga fingerboard
Audere preamp and Roscoe Bart pups
Sounds so sweet. It's got a real nice almost Ken Smith like 'burp' and 'ping' going on. Plus big bottom end. I'm very pleased with this one.
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