Photos of the new Roscoe PJ in action plus an inspirational montage in the link.
Highlights - @adamwrightbass
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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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- Apr 29, 2003
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Just took a nice trip down memory lane, found a track I recorded with the Roscoe Century Signature 6 I had built years back. Inspired by Gards Bubinga bass, this bass was Bubinga/Ash, wenge wedge neck, birdseye diamondwood board, Nord DC's with an Audere. Recorded through a Little Mark II DI into Protools.
not my finest hour on the fretless, but I offer it up for the great tone of that bass.
not my finest hour on the fretless, but I offer it up for the great tone of that bass.
- Apr 29, 2003
- 9,074
- 9,790
- Disclosures
- Contributor- Bass Musician Magazine | Marketing Manager- Trickfish Amplification
At the time I thought it was too aggressive and I swapped it out for an F bass AC5, going for a more acoustic/organic sound. But lordy, the Roscoe played itself, was so easy to play with good pitch due to its clarity, and sat in a mix really well. It was a champ.
Well, the decision has been made <sigh>
For Sale/Trade - Roscoe Century Custom 5 JM
The fairly new to me Century Custom 5 JM is up for sale/trade. I just like the neck/string spacing of my regular spec Century Custom JJ so much better. It's a shame, the JM is a fantastic bass in both sound and looks.
Open to trades on it and I'd really just rather have another Roscoe. So if you're hankering for a five-string 19mm Roscoe that's not a classic series, holler at me.
For Sale/Trade - Roscoe Century Custom 5 JM
The fairly new to me Century Custom 5 JM is up for sale/trade. I just like the neck/string spacing of my regular spec Century Custom JJ so much better. It's a shame, the JM is a fantastic bass in both sound and looks.
Open to trades on it and I'd really just rather have another Roscoe. So if you're hankering for a five-string 19mm Roscoe that's not a classic series, holler at me.
Wow! Someone's going to be very happy with this. And the price is a steal! If my Roscoe bag wasn't so full, I'd jump on this!
Yeah, the J/MM setup is fantastic sounding and I really like that the Roscoe version has the MM in the MM sweet spot (though the Lakland 55-02/14/94 sound great with their pickup placement, too). And, this was my first experience immediately liking Bart pickups. I’ve got my eye out for another standard spec’d J/MM Roscoe. There’s a few floating around, but not visually what I’m wanting. I wish the green one on Reverb was priced more realistically and, errr, wasn't green.
Dang, that is a nice bass. It doesn’t seem to phase me when i got from 17mm (Modulus) to 18mm (Lull) to 19mm (Lakland)... but I didn’t really bond with a 19mm Modulus so... sometimes the original recipe is the best 
For me, it's not so much the string spacing itself, I'm generally ok with 17.5-19mm at the bridge and switching between basses with different spacings. It's more that on this particular bass, the 19mm alters the nut width and neck dimensions from the tried-and-true Roscoe formula. In fact, on my Century 5JJ, I have the bridge adjusted all the way out to its widest settings, but I'm much more fond of the neck dimensions and nut width on that bass.
I agree...even as a left-hander playing rightie, I dislike 'strange-to-me' nut widths and corresponding string spacing at the nut much more than different bridge spacings.
+2
I'm not a lefty playing righty but the extra neck width at the nut (and body for that matter) makes the bass play different (IMO). I didn't try anything on this particular bass (other than adjust the bridge saddles to be ~18-18.3mm) but on my 19mm JB STD I installed a new HipShot Type A 18mm bridge and though it helped it still felt different (than my other Roscoe's). Maybe I should have replaced the nut too but I eventually decided that someone else would like it "as is" so I traded it.
Of course come to think of it, I did that a lot for a while!
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Right! I had a 19mm b/s XYZ bass with a 2’’ nut! Beautiful and great sounding bass, and I could play it, but it was somewhat uncomfortable playing in those low keys in the first position. It was like a hand developing device for my Roscoe necks!
A BS XYZ bass? Now now, no need to start calling names...
Who? Me? I'm no internet bully!!
The b/s was referring to bridge spacing.
But isn't this a pretty piece of Claro Walnut board? Stunning!
The b/s was referring to bridge spacing.
But isn't this a pretty piece of Claro Walnut board? Stunning!
Wow! Someone's going to be very happy with this. And the price is a steal! If my Roscoe bag wasn't so full, I'd jump on this!
Gary, what's going on with the completion of your bass?
It seems to be stuck in Ground Hog Day.
The latest news is it should be finished next week.Gary, what's going on with the completion of your bass?
It seems to be stuck in Ground Hog Day.
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