Thanks for sharing guys!
I always enjoy listening when Roscoeheads share their audio and video tracks!
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Roscoe Club
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Thanks for sharing guys!
I always enjoy listening when Roscoeheads share their audio and video tracks!
Keith just posted pics of my new SKB3005 Spalted Myrtle bass. It turned out great.
Don't think it hasn't crossed my mind...ArtechnikA, I’m thinking that since your singer went to the trouble to get a realistic Willie wig then you should at least get a Roscoe Classic to look the part too!
Interestingly, Bee Spears didn't play a Fender live - my sources indicate it was an Epiphone Vinnie Hornsby Signature Les Paul.
When Trigger plays out, I usually play the first set on the Roscoe Fretted 5, and the second set with the fretless, which is normally my #1 go-to.
It's just so easy to play, and I love the tone, which is why it got the nod for the video session.
But so far this year we've played exactly one show, our "shakedown cruise" premiere which was a free show we did for a share of the tip jar. So my total income this year for this project is $35 and I won't be buying many basses on that. We do have a paying show scheduled for end of September so maybe we're ramping up to a breakout year in 2021 (like 2020 was supposed to be...)
That, by the way, is Bill's real hair...
That’s beautiful! What is the nut made from? Why did you decide to go with a wood nut?
That is a Diamond wood nut. He has many colors left over and that was what he thought matched best.
Pretty, pretty!
That is a very unusual top. The transition from one grain to a totally different grain is very cool!
You're quickly developing a Roscoe showcase Shane!
Congratulations!
That bass is gorgeous . You picked my favorite wood specs and what I would call a dream bass. Never tried the Aggies pickups so I cant speak to that. I wasnt a fan of the OBP 3 loaded one I owned. Call me old fashioned but I think you should stick with the black hardware. Either way, congrats!
The Diamondwood is Engineered wood and is probably on of the best materials out there to use for fabricating a nut (at least from a hardness and sustain prospective). And of course they look beautiful too!
Builders should start matching diamondwood nuts to woods used in their basses.
Shane's bass turned out really beautiful.
Unfortunately the plant that fabricated Diamondwood and Phenolwood (Zon) burnt down several years ago and while there are other fabricators of similar engineered woods, at last report they only make it in black. Not sure if Keith has found an acceptable alternative yet.
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My Curbow has Rockwood, another engineered material. It has the most unique sound of all my basses.
Those Curbow’s are awesome basses!
He was one of Keith Roscoe’s mentors in the early years. Don’t ever let that one go!
Hello,
I am considering getting a 90s 6 string Roscoe but I am a bit concerned by the weight of the beast (around 11.5 lbs). The bass has one of these big Wilkinson bridges, and i am not sure what they are made of. Would it help save some weight to swap the bridge for an aluminium hipshot a model for instance? Thanks for the help.
Cheers
I am considering getting a 90s 6 string Roscoe but I am a bit concerned by the weight of the beast (around 11.5 lbs). The bass has one of these big Wilkinson bridges, and i am not sure what they are made of. Would it help save some weight to swap the bridge for an aluminium hipshot a model for instance? Thanks for the help.
Cheers
Run!!!!
That’s still lighter than my 78 Precision!
