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Roscoe Club

#8,402
Nightman said:
He likes, but he can not have!!

So, is that a good thing, a not so good thing, or a very good thing?
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Oh it's a good thing. Nice upgrade. That was prior to the upgrade of the Custom (added volute, recessed knobs).
The Signature had the Volute, Pearl Roscoe "R" on the headstock and the Wedge neck (either Wenge or Cherry I believe).
 
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That looks a lot like my Century Signature 5 neck. Would that make that LG a signature? Here's my Century sig: 20180222_151842.jpg 20180222_151850.jpg
 
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I've a had a couple evenings now to really check out the new Roscoe fretless and I've got to say that I'm really digging the sound of this bass. It's amazing how different the various Roscoe fretless basses that I've owned have sounded. Probably a bit subtle differences to the casual observer but when you record them and do really detail comparisons you can really hear how different wood combinations change the voicing of the instrument. You can adjust the tone some with the choice of preamp (and EQ settings), pickups (and location) and strings but the basic tonal voice seems so much determined by the woods.
At any rate, the white epoxy lines are really an improvement IMO. So much more a part of the finger board. I would think that the epoxy is much more similar in make up to the diamondwood material and you don't have to worry about the string witness point laying on the aluminum surface when playing.

I know the pic's that I previous posted are pretty bad so here's a few better pic's (still taken with my Iphone but at least with better lighting).

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JOME77 said:
At any rate, the white epoxy are really an improvement IMO. So much more a part of the finger board. I would think that the epoxy is much more similar in make up to the diamondwood material and you don't have to worry about the string witness point laying on the aluminum surface when playing.
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Really cool to hear. I imagine this is the same logic behind those that feel unlined sounds better as well. I don't have a strong opinion on lines/unlined for sound, I just prefer unlined for the look and because the lines sometimes do more harm than good in guiding where I place my fingers.
 
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JOME77 said:
I've a had a couple evenings now to really check out the new Roscoe fretless and I've got to say that I'm really digging the sound of this bass. It's amazing how different the various Roscoe fretless basses that I've owned have sounded. Probably a bit subtle differences to the casual observer but when you record them and do really detail comparisons you can really hear how different wood combinations change the voicing of the instrument. You can adjust the tone some with the choice of preamp (and EQ settings), pickups (and location) and strings but the basic tonal voice seems so much determined by the woods.
At any rate, the white epoxy lines are really an improvement IMO. So much more a part of the finger board. I would think that the epoxy is much more similar in make up to the diamondwood material and you don't have to worry about the string witness point laying on the aluminum surface when playing.

I know the pic's that I previous posted are pretty bad so here's a few better pic's (still taken with my Iphone but at least with better lighting).

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I really like everything about this bass! Thanks for posting, Joe.

Mark
 
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Absolutely meaningless knowledge but ........

Did you know that a Roscoe 5 string with 19mm string spacing has a wider head stock at the top than a Roscoe with 18.3mm string spacing?
I know what you're thinking "well the neck at the nut is wider for the 19mm string spacing" which is true. The nut width on the 19mm spacing bass is 1 17/16" and the 18.3mm spacing bass is1 13/16". I guess that I just never thought about it changing the size of the head stock until I saw them side by side.
It creates an illusion of a much more petite head stock on the normal 18.3mm head stock.

I wonder if the size of the head stock affects the sound/tone of a bass?

So, there you go. Now you know.:)

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JOME77 said:
Absolutely meaningless knowledge but ........

Did you know that a Roscoe 5 string with 19mm string spacing has a wider head stock at the top than a Roscoe with 18.3mm string spacing?
I know what you're thinking "well the neck at the nut is wider for the 19mm string spacing" which is true but the nut width on the 19mm spacing bass is 1 17/16" and the 18.3mm spacing bass is1 13/16". I guess that I just never thought about it changing the size of the head stock until I saw them side by side.
It creates an illusion of a much more petite head stock on the normal 18.3mm head stock.

I wonder if the size of the head stock affects the sound/tone of a bass?

So, there you go. Now you know.:)

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You have a Standard with 19mm spacing??
 

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