Roscoe Club

[Freddy-G.]

Did Gary mention the Roscoe Custom Bartolini pups installed have 3-way toggle switching capabilities? And TI Jazz Flats? And plays like butter?

It's really cool, yeah, there's two 3-way toggle switches. From what I understand, each pick-up can be played in series or parallel. There is a slightly, but discernable tone difference in each setting. I'm really enjoying messing around with them. The TI's sound great of course. Thanks Ray!

 

[Nightman]

....and Single Coil, center position which would be the outer coils in each pup.

 

[JOME77]

It's really cool, yeah, there's two 3-way toggle switches. From what I understand, each pick-up can be played in series or parallel. There is a slightly, but discernable tone difference in each setting. I'm really enjoying messing around with them. The TI's sound great of course. Thanks Ray!

Lot's of options there! I might be more inclined to flip switches than play that one!

Speaking of TI flat's, I just installed a set of those that I purchased off of Amazon (UK) on one of my Fender basses (they did arrive and were indeed the real deal at almost 1/2 the price; ~$43.00 4 string set).
They take a few hours of playing to break in but they already capture that old school vibe really nicely. Feel great to your hands too.
Of course I wouldn't dare install a set of flats on my Roscoe (totally lying; I have the Chrome flats on it now) but it's OK to install flats on a silly Fender!

 

[Freddy-G.]

Lot's of options there! I might be more inclined to flip switches than play that one!

Nah, I'm sure I'll find a favorite setting and stick with it. I'm not much of a noodler. Now, playing live, the switches might give you good options for different rooms.

 

[Nightman]

it's OK to install flats on a silly Fender!

Now see here @JOME77, you don’t get to speak about Fenders like that! You own several!
That kind of talk is for people who don’t own one, like me!! Hell, any set of strings or switches (except for an Off switch or switch to a Roscoe!) on a Fender won’t improve the sound at all! It’ll still sound thuddy! Wait, is that a word?

 

[Freddy-G.]

Not exactly a Roscoe thread here, but because bassist Klaus Voorman was a contributor to the Netflix documentary, "Above Us Only Sky," I felt compelled to mention this to my Roscoe friends. In the recordings for John Lennon's Imagine album, there were no music sheets. According to Klaus, all the musicians involved would gather around John as he played the new song that they had never heard before. They came up with their parts in the studio. It makes me believe that all the Beatles albums were done the same way. Only, it was the four boys that would present their songs to producer George Martin. I found it fascinating and a very well made documentary!

I wonder what Paul would have sounded like with a Roscoe? And which model configuration would he have chosen?

 

[JOME77]

Nah, I'm sure I'll find a favorite setting and stick with it. I'm not much of a noodler. Now, playing live, the switches might give you good options for different rooms.

Now see here @JOME77, you don’t get to speak about Fenders like that! You own several!
That kind of talk is for people who don’t own one, like me!! Hell, any set of strings or switches (except for an Off switch or switch to a Roscoe!) on a Fender won’t improve the sound at all! It’ll still sound thuddy! Wait, is that a word?

Boom!

 

[Freddy-G.]

Now see here @JOME77, you don’t get to speak about Fenders like that! You own several!
That kind of talk is for people who don’t own one, like me!! Hell, any set of strings or switches (except for an Off switch or switch to a Roscoe!) on a Fender won’t improve the sound at all! It’ll still sound thuddy! Wait, is that a word?

You guys could be a comedy team! Ray/J or J/Ray. At least it made me laugh!

 

[Freddy-G.]

Now that I have a Roscoe fretless with a Diamondwood fingerboard, should I use lemon oil to clean and nourish it, like you would a Rosewood or Pau Ferro board?

 

[Nightman]

Now that I have a Roscoe fretless with a Diamondwood fingerboard, should I use lemon oil to clean and nourish it, like you would a Rosewood or Pau Ferro board?

No! Nothing is required! It is nonporous, so it won’t absorb the oil, anyway. It would just gum up, but if you do oil the Diamondwood your fretting hand won’t need lotions!

 

[ArtechnikA]

Now that I have a Roscoe fretless with a Diamondwood fingerboard, should I use lemon oil to clean and nourish it, like you would a Rosewood or Pau Ferro board?

Like Nightman says, nothing special is required. A mild detergent may helpful if there is a lot of grunge buildup.
I just did mine along with a full string change (quite rare) and there was some buildup after having left my flats on for more than a year. I used a mild instrument cleaner to get that out of the slight wear grooves, and then used my standard Zymöl Bridge coating, which is basically a Carnuba wax. Makes it shiny. Looks nice but there's no 'conditioning' happening...

 

[Nightman]

I'd shy away from putting anything on that Diamondwood that would make it shinny, especially if you need fret lines like I need fret lines (oh, I hear a song!). In just the right lighting and angle those aluminum lines would get washed out from the glare!

 

[JOME77]

Now that I have a Roscoe fretless with a Diamondwood fingerboard, should I use lemon oil to clean and nourish it, like you would a Rosewood or Pau Ferro board?

WD-40 (according to Either Zon or Roscoe)

 

[JOME77]

Zon and Windex and WD40, OH MY!

 

[Skip Chucker]

I have always used a damp cloth on the fiingerboard of mine to clean any grunge, followed quickly by a dry cloth. It's epoxy, so you could use pretty much anything that won't deteriorate a boat hull to clean it.

 

[Freddy-G.]

Zon and Windex and WD40, OH MY!

Thanks, Joe. That's an interesting read.

 

[Nightman]

My project is coming together!

 

[SteveC]

Looks good. Better than eaten up railroad ties.

 

[Nightman]

Thanks! Right, those railroad ties were seriously distressed!

 

[ArtechnikA]

I'd shy away from putting anything on that Diamondwood that would make it shinny, especially if you need fret lines like I need fret lines (oh, I hear a song!). In just the right lighting and angle those aluminum lines would get washed out from the glare!

I don't like lines ;-)