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Roscoe Club

#12,481
steelin4u said:
Anyone here considering selling/trading their Roscoe 6 for a Roscoe 5er? I may have something coming up where I could use a 6.
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Not a trade, but you could probably sell one of your 5ers for $2k to get this, since you do have a love of “wood colored” basses :D Guy said it was “about 9.6lbs” when I’d asked earlier.

Roscoe Century Custom 6 (2016) - used | Basstress

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#12,484
SteveC said:
That clip sounds amazing. Every time I hear a Roscoe fretless I wish I had one of mine back. I can’t believe I didn’t keep one of them - even if I don’t play fretless much. My wife said if I ever get the chance to buy one back that I could never ever sell it. Same condition I have for my current fretted Roscoe. Can’t (not that I ever would) sell it.
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I believe mine had multiple owners before it got to me. I don't know why they sold it but I'm glad they did.
 
#12,486
JOME77 said:
Love the pic! Beautiful collection.

I've still yet to check out a Roscoe Classic. As much as I'm loving the "return to basic basses" journey these days I really should check one out. Maybe I can work out a rendezvous with Freddy-G to check one out.

How about it Gary?
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JOME77 said:
Love the pic! Beautiful collection.

I've still yet to check out a Roscoe Classic. As much as I'm loving the "return to basic basses" journey these days I really should check one out. Maybe I can work out a rendezvous with Freddy-G to check one out.

How about it Gary?
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Thank you! The classics are nice mine was from his first batch made from poplar which is a little heavy but it plays really nice and I really like the aguilar pickups and Aguilar OBP1. I still play the two SKB 5’s more and prefer them
 
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#12,489
SteveC said:
Not Roscoe related (except for the Roscoe P bass at Rocket) but we are in St. Paul for John Mayer tonight and ran into this guy...
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Really nice guy. Down to earth and humble.
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Now that's a picture worth framing Steve!

He might even be able to convince you to get a P-Bass!:)

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#12,493
Thanks to @armybass, I'll have this J/MM Roscoe headed my way mañana! Though not the typical Bart soapbar setup I've had before, I'll be giving some things I haven't had luck with in the past - Bart/Bart and Spanish Cedar - another whirl. And...19mm spacing, which I'm on the fence about since I've grown to like the typical 18mm Roscoe spacing after becoming accustomed to the 17.5 EBMM five-string spacing. The 19mm spacing is fine on my Lakland, so I'm sure that'll be just fine and I can always adjust it in a bit.

I'm wondering if anyone knows, are the J/MM Bart pickups custom wound for Roscoe like the soapbars or are they typical Barts?

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#12,495
armybass said:
It’s truly an awesome bass. I swore I’d never get rid of it but my fickle ass can’t keep anything.
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LOL...me, too! I parted ways with two basses today that I thought I'd keep for at least years. Good thing is it'll get here in plenty of time for me to get it set up, play around a bit, then throw it into the ol' gig gauntlet. Looking forward to it! :bassist:
 
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#12,496
SteveC said:
I did not. I didn’t want to get to “shoppy” with him. I don’t think I even said I play bass. My wife said he probably guessed that as we picked him out in “plain clothes” at a little breakfast shop.
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Steve, that is just so cool! Hard to believe that in a city that large you just happen to walk into the shop where he was eating!
What more of a sign do you need?
Call Greg and get that Pino Roscoe on it's way to your house! :bassist::bassist::bassist:
 
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#12,497
KaseOfBass said:
Thanks to @armybass, I'll have this J/MM Roscoe headed my way mañana! Though not the typical Bart soapbar setup I've had before, I'll be giving some things I haven't had luck with in the past - Bart/Bart and Spanish Cedar - another whirl. And...19mm spacing, which I'm on the fence about since I've grown to like the typical 18mm Roscoe spacing after becoming accustomed to the 17.5 EBMM five-string spacing. The 19mm spacing is fine on my Lakland, so I'm sure that'll be just fine and I can always adjust it in a bit.

I'm wondering if anyone knows, are the J/MM Bart pickups custom wound for Roscoe like the soapbars or are they typical Barts?

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I believe that they are COTS Barts. I purchased that bass from the guy that custom ordered it from Atlanta Bass Gallery. Easily one of the best playing Roscoe's that I've ever owned.
Congrats!
 
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JOME77 said:
I believe that they are COTS Barts. I purchased that bass from the guy that custom ordered it from Atlanta Bass Gallery. Easily one of the best playing Roscoe's that I've ever owned.
Congrats!
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Joe, is that the one that you brought to the GTG at Atlanta Bass Gallery a few years ago? Either way, I distinctly remember that one. It sounded great!
 
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