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Roscoe Club
- Thread starter JOME77
- Start date
- Apr 1, 2000
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- Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings, Aguilar Amplification
Wake up, wake up, sleepy Roscoe club. .
It's time to see the Jimmy Haslip bass!
It's time to see the Jimmy Haslip bass!
How about Kyle Roscoe* getting ready to work his magic on this amazing slab of Waterfall Bubinga?
Magic you say?
*Images and wood species description from the Real Roscoe Guitars Page on FB
Magic you say?
*Images and wood species description from the Real Roscoe Guitars Page on FB
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I almost died when I saw that. One of the best tops ever.
I've GASed for this limited japanese Ibanez with similar
You don't see bubinga of that quality often
Got the classic P back today. Amazing. Feels even better than new.
Steve, since you're use to it not being there, how about sending it my way for a few days so I can compare it to my Fender P Elite?
I'd really need to play one.
I would have done that if I had known ahead of time and let you give it a play. I'm not sure how it feels compared to the new ones coming out of the shop. This one has a very early serial number so things may have changed with neck radius or whatever since this one was made. It may be the first or one of the first Classic P's they made. I like that the jack is on the side instead of the top for example.Steve, since you're use to it not being there, how about sending it my way for a few days so I can compare it to my Fender P Elite?
I'd really need to play one.
Dang- Keith isn’t messing around with these waterfall bubinga tops, FB must be telling him I keep looking at them 
Dang- Keith isn’t messing around with these waterfall bubinga tops, FB must be telling him I keep looking at them
I like my current Roscoes ... I like my current Roscoes ... I like my current Roscoes... I love my current Roscoes!
I saw a couple of bridges that I thought @Joe BassPlayer would appreciate (or maybe not). The first is a Ray Ross “saddle less” bridge, which I’ve seen Brubaker use on some their basses, but I haven’t heard too much about them
Second one requires removing the ball ends of strings
, (although you can change the hardware to use standard strings), this is from a Swiss luthier, Duvoisin, which looks kinda’ Roscoe-esque in the pickup placement.
Second one requires removing the ball ends of strings
, (although you can change the hardware to use standard strings), this is from a Swiss luthier, Duvoisin, which looks kinda’ Roscoe-esque in the pickup placement.I saw a couple of bridges that I thought @Joe BassPlayer would appreciate (or maybe not). The first is a Ray Ross “saddle less” bridge, which I’ve seen Brubaker use on some their basses, but I haven’t heard too much about them
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Second one requires removing the ball ends of strings
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Interesting Matt.
Obviously you remember my obsession with ball ends facing up.
That first bridge is very interesting due to it having no saddles. I guess string height and intonation are adjusted by the position of the stud/washer the you thread the string through.
In the second one, cutting the ball ends off sounds very painful and cruel!
Looking at it on my ipad now, that second one does have ball ends and they’re screwed down to the bridge plate, looking at their website, they come standard with accepting the strings without the ball ends.Interesting Matt.
Obviously you remember my obsession with ball ends facing up.
That first bridge is very interesting due to it having no saddles. I guess string height and intonation are adjusted by the position of the stud/washer the you thread the string through.
In the second one, cutting the ball ends off sounds very painful and cruel!
As for the first one, looks like everything is done with screws and locking washers, of which I am not the biggest fan. I’m no engineer, but my favorite bridge is the Hipshot a style (which Roscoe uses a customized version of) as it’s easy to change strings and adjust height and intonation (and spacing too, although my OCD doesn’t always go for that).
The Hipshot type A bridge is my favorite too. The Type B is ok but not having the ability to tweak the string spacing and the slightly different string anchoring design keep it off my fav list.
Glad to see that castration is not required for the second bridge!
So I ordered another set of Da’ddario Chrome flats to install on my Custom Century PJ 5. The intent was to compare the sound of the Signature SKB-3005 and the sound of the Custom Century 5 (both with Chrome flats) and decide which bass to leave them on.
The problem is that they both sound great with the Chrome flats! Now I don’t know what to do!
