Roscoe Club

[Bassworship1]

Well I got the infamous 2-3 weeks left signal from Keith on my Waterfall Bubinga Build lol. Wood just arrived from Roscoe shop to D-Cline Designs to start working on the knobs. Maybe they will finish around the same time. Keith did say this was going to be a really nice bass.

 

[JLY]

She played and sounded wonderful this morning .... and the Buckeyes butl is growing on me .

 

[JLY]

And she looks much better in person!!!

 

[bassWR]

Well this one finally made it to church today (Not my picture)

But first it spent a few days at Joe’s (JoeBassPlayer) to really get the setup right and the preamp output adjusted.
So how did it do you ask? Well it sounds fantastic in the mix and with a little eq adjustment (not volume mind you) it cuts through like a razor!
The Nordy 3B band is extremely flexible especially with the series/parallel switch. It can be very aggressive with being as in your face as my bass with similar pickups and the Sadowsky 2B.
Joe got this bass set up LOWWW and incredibly even up and down the board.
This thing has a lot of tone options I haven’t gotten to yet. Gonna be fun sorting them out.
Thanks Jim (JLY) for a trade that seems to have worked out great for both of us.

 

[JOME77]

She played and sounded wonderful this morning .... and the Buckeyes butl is growing on me .

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Well this one finally made it to church today (Not my picture)
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But first it spent a few days at Joe’s (JoeBassPlayer) to really get the setup right and the preamp output adjusted.
So how did it do you ask? Well it sounds fantastic in the mix and with a little eq adjustment (not volume mind you) it cuts through like a razor!
The Nordy 3B band is extremely flexible especially with the series/parallel switch. It can be very aggressive with being as in your face as my bass with similar pickups and the Sadowsky 2B.
Joe got this bass set up LOWWW and incredibly even up and down the board.
This thing has a lot of tone options I haven’t gotten to yet. Gonna be fun sorting them out.
Thanks Jim (JLY) for a trade that seems to have worked out great for both of us.

I’d say that was a win-win trade.
Both great looking and sounding basses!

 

[JLY]

Well this one finally made it to church today (Not my picture)
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But first it spent a few days at Joe’s (JoeBassPlayer) to really get the setup right and the preamp output adjusted.
So how did it do you ask? Well it sounds fantastic in the mix and with a little eq adjustment (not volume mind you) it cuts through like a razor!
The Nordy 3B band is extremely flexible especially with the series/parallel switch. It can be very aggressive with being as in your face as my bass with similar pickups and the Sadowsky 2B.
Joe got this bass set up LOWWW and incredibly even up and down the board.
This thing has a lot of tone options I haven’t gotten to yet. Gonna be fun sorting them out.
Thanks Jim (JLY) for a trade that seems to have worked out great for both of us.

It’s great that two Roscoe’s possibly found there “ forever” home ( As “ forever” that GAS will allow ).

Luckily Joe set up the SKB before it came here!

I am very happy that it worked out so well

 

[staccatogrowl]

It's evident that the "spa at Joe's place" is a great place for Roscoes. Maybe more people should send their basses there.

 

[Bassworship1]

The best thing a bass player can learn is how to do setups and intonation. It took me years to learn how to adequately get setup and intonation right on my basses. It makes a huge difference in a bass playability.

 

[SteveC]

I'm still working on the set up part, but intonation is something I'm pretty adamant about. Thankfully my basses seem to "hold" their set up pretty well. The Roscoe Spa "factory" setup seems to be just about right for me, and all 3 Roscoes have been there within the last year or so.

 

[Bassworship1]

I had to learn as most basses you buy aren't setup right and the intonation is terrible lol. Honestly it made me sale the bass that otherwise might have been a great bass. There are many good videos out there that will teach you how to do it.

 

[Nightman]

It's evident that the "spa at Joe's place" is a great place for Roscoes. Maybe more people should send their basses there.

All Joe need now is a plek machine and a new router pin.

 

[JOME77]

She played and sounded wonderful this morning .... and the Buckeyes butl is growing on me .

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Nice back drop Jim.
Man that strap sure looks long! You must play that bass down at your knees!

 

[JLY]

Nice back drop Jim.
Man that strap sure looks long! You must play that bass down at your knees!

just needs to be long enough to get around my stomach!!!!!

 

[JOME77]

just needs to be long enough to get around my stomach!!!!!

Lol

 

[JLY]

Lol

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my better half wishes this was so!!

 

[steelin4u]

Fun picture getting ready to lay down some parts at home:

 

[Nightman]

Fun picture getting ready to lay down some parts at home:
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Those strings look like a set of Silver Stars.

 

[scubaduba]

Fun picture getting ready to lay down some parts at home:
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What strings do you use on your fretless?

 

[JOME77]

Those strings look like a set of Silver Stars.

What are Silver Stars? Another string brand that I’ve never heard of?

 

[steelin4u]

Those strings look like a set of Silver Stars.

What strings do you use on your fretless?

I think I have D'Addario Nickels on both Roscoe fretlesses (OEM Roscoe gauges), but the 5er might have Dunlop Nickels. I have a Google Sheet I use to track string changes, but I sometimes change and forget to update.