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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
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I hope I didn't come off as a whiner or anything in my post. I know we all have life situations that are tough in their own way. Maybe just a little venting on my part. I do think all of our kids (or kid's kids as the case may be) are a very precious gift to take care of, and I'm glad to play a role in that!
Your post didn’t come across as whining at all. You have a right to vent and I don’t blame you at all.
Again, thanks for what you educators do! You change the world one kid at a time! What a legacy!!!
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Thanks !
You don't want to use oil, the wood is already fully impregnated with epoxy so any oil will just sit on top and make a huge mess.
All you need to do is just wipe it down with a damp cloth with warm water, then run a dry cloth after. If you have a bunch of gunk somewhere you can use a toothbrush, or some rubbing alcohol or even some acetone (again, epoxy...) but you don't want that to touch anything that isn't epoxied.
Ok, thanks for the info! I had messaged Keith a few weeks ago (I know he’s a busy guy) & never heard back from him. The fingerboard looks to be in great shape.
I have an unlined black Diamondwood fingerboard. Any mild spray cleaner will be fine. Zymöl makes a nice instrument cleaner, but I've also used Griot's SpeedShine. Then, especially with a string change (which is rare, quite rare now with TI Jazz Flats...) I may put down a light coat of Zymöl BRIDGE which is made for orchestral fingerboards. It's basically a paste wax - liquifies on your figers, thin even coat, let it harden, then buff off. Leaves a nice sheen. I bought this originally for a fretless with a Macassar Ebony fingerboard but tried it on the Roscoe's Diamondwood since it was paid for... It creates the appearance of filling the tiny string wear marks. I know it's not really filling anything, but it evens the color and makes it look better. YMMV, some don't like this technique - but it works for me... I just learned that Martin's "Guitar Luxe 1-Step Cleaner" is a moist towelette made by Zymöl...
Hey Arthur. I hope that you’re staying safe.
Joe Zon recommends WD40 to clean the Phenowood that he uses which is essentially the same product as Diamondwood.
I’m doing great Joe, hope you are too!
Thanks for the info, my friend.
A pair of Cadillac Green Classic P4’s...one J neck, one P neck.
i in would love the chance to play one of the Roscoe Classics in church one time. Really thinking my next bass will be a classic J Roscoe.
Just lovely!
I’d love to have one of those! Look more like PJ4’s though!
I’d Especially like to have the one with the J neck!
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I love matching headstocks. Good choice, now you just need one in every color. How much do they weigh?
I teach 4th grade at a low-income public school, and stopped playing at church to start a student rock band last year (4/5th graders—no music experience)...then two rock bands (26- 4/5/6th graders) this year.
Out of the 26, the second year bass player is truly gifted—she’s found her instrument! At 12, she now has a comfortable 4-fret reach (stretch 5) on a 34”...I’m so jealous! Lol.
Anyway, she’s been playing the P neck (left bass in the pic above) ever since I got it. It sits incredibly well in our mix...so I ordered another with a J neck for myself (matching headstock), and officially gifted her the P neck bass today. I’m retiring after next school year, and I’m pretty confident she’ll be playing bass for her lifetime. Here’s a bass pic at our last school gig before we closed for COVID...
I.... WOW... I know you know how much and what that means; I'm sure she does as well.
Wow.
The P neck on the left is 8.5 lbs, and the J neck on the right is 8.3 lbs.
Both Alder body/Pau Ferro fb’s...Keith did an amazing job on both!
Bass has a nice range of tones...at the gig, she played “Don’t Start Now” (Dua Lipa) just like the album, with the J solo’d-vtc fully open, then “Every Single Time” (Jonas Brothers) reggae song with the P solo’d-vtc fully turned down—both sounded awesome...very versatile bass!
What an awesome story! Story’s like this totally renew my faith in people!
That’s what I call paying it forward!!!
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What a great story. Thanks for paying it forward and investing in a lifetime of music for that young bass player.
That is amazing. I’ve given away a bass before, but not a Roscoe. It’s fun when you see a kid that you think “has it.”
