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Roscoe Club

#861
KJung said:
No, but your ears definitely have a break-in period. It takes a while to adjust to the tone of a new instrument or amp. Also, technique has a bit of a break-in period, and it sometimes takes a week or two to slightly adjust hand position, touch, etc. to bring the most out of an instrument that has a different feel or tonality.
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Probably helps that I've actually kept and played this bass for longer than 3 weeks. :-)
 
#864
So I keep thinking of flipping my Roscoe SKB 3005 for a fretless. Has anyone here ever just purchased a fretless neck from Roscoe? Does Roscoe do that??? I'm going to go look at their site, but was curious if anyone had any experience. I'm assuming it would be 500-600 bucks for the neck (if not more).
 
#867
J2Kbass said:
I might be wrong, but I think they individually shape every neck to its own body. Therefore the necks aren't interchangeable because they are all a little different. Again I might be wrong.
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+1

Definitely the truth. It's been asked many times in the past.
Plus, rumor is that Keith positions the bridge in a slightly different location when building a fretless.
 
#873
So I went and got my Roscoe set up properly. I can do it myself, but I feel like it's something I should leave in the hands of an expert. Anyway, it made a HUGE difference. The Luthier ended up taking the neck off because he thought it had a twist in it, but it turned out that it was the different colors in the neck that were throwing off his eyes. Haha. Dodged a bullet on that one!!

Anyway, love Roscoe. Ugh...it's a sickness though because I want another one already, or to try more of them. Sigh.
 
#874
It's pretty close to impossible for a Roscoe neck to twist actually. The outer two strips are quarter sawn and cut from the same board. Then, one side is inverted longitudinally so they will counter act each other. The center strip is also quarter sawn from a different board so it will react differently than the other two.

So, you can see that these Roscoe necks have quite a bit more engineering to them than a standard flat sawn Fender style neck. It's why they just don't move. As an airline pilot I've flown all over the world with my Roscoes constantly changing climates and I've never noticed a difference or had to turn a wrench.
 
#875
jwr said:
Anyway, love Roscoe. Ugh...it's a sickness though because I want another one already, or to try more of them. Sigh.
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Too bad you couldn't make it to the gtg in Georgia yesterday. This wasn't even
half the roscoes there.
 
#877
J2Kbass said:
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Too bad you couldn't make it to the gtg in Georgia yesterday. This wasn't even
half the roscoes there.
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Very cool! I bet that was fun. Totally, completely digging mine. Simply beautifully made and voiced instrument!:bassist:

Very cool that it looks like there were lost of different pickup and I assume preamp configurations there... J's in different position, PJ's, MM, soaps, etc. Nice!
 

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