Hi Shane,
I’ve got an LG3005 Custom Signature baking in the Roscoe oven. This is my first custom order ever, so I wanted to use my favorite tone woods. I’ve just never had this particular combination before.
My favorite body wood is swamp ash. He's going to use a single piece of swamp ash that he's selecting from a larger sheet that he has in stock. I asked Keith to expose the grain so that there would be an uneven surface. He said he has some ideas that he would experiment with on a few swamp ash samples that he has lying around. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with. I’m going with a satin finish, no color or stain.
The neck will be one of his Custom Signature types, with wenge, maple, wenge. I asked Keith what he thought of putting a wenge fretboard on it, and he liked the idea. (IMHO, Michael Tobias practically made his reputation with that wenge, wenge combination.)
I told Keith that I wanted the sound that Roscoe is famous for -- Bart/Bart electronics, unless he can talk me into something else, which he hasn’t.
That’s it. Fairly simple. Nothing too fancy. Although it will take some extra time getting the body right. That could be a challenge for any luthier with less experience than Keith Roscoe.
- Gary
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