Something Wicked This Way Comes!

Be a few weeks before it's in my hands.

But...VAHT IS IIT??

Now where is the fun in tellin' you! :p

PRS bass?

Chowderboots wrote:

PRS bass?

I ain't rich!

I figured from the pickups. Not Ibanez. Not Dean...no clue. Confuses the hell out of me.

Fair enough, but if you had quoted one of my posts, you would have had the answer!

In fact, PRS wasn't too far off, because it is a boutique brand, only reason I can afford it, its 2nd hand.

I looked after that last post. But didn't want to give it away until you did

Don't they make those badass thunderbirds?

Think so.

But I donno do they do 'em any more, I believe they were very neck divey.

That's probable. But different basses work on different people.

True enough!

So I'm assuming that you aren't getting one of those T-birds?

You seem to dig basses that have to do with one Roscoe or another!

Chowderboots wrote:

So I'm assuming that you aren't getting one of those T-birds?

You seem to dig basses that have to do with one Roscoe or another!

No, no Roscoe T-Bird, though I did recenly play a T-Bird for the first time, and fell in love with the tone, despite dive, hard to reach lows when standing, and less than optimal upper fret access(could still hit 19th, just).

This be what I'm getting, a LG-3005.


Has some extras too,
Exhibition grade flame top, half the thickness of the body, rather than a thin veneer,
Bubgina fretboard,
custom inlay,

Pretty nifty!

Woah! Bonus...that's quite an eyeful! What's the inlay supposed to be? I dig the slant on the pickups.

Yeah. Thunderbirds and Explorers are difficult to reach the high notes on. However, the Kelly lends itself really well to higher notes due to the way the cutout actually lines up with the neck well...quite a cool shape.

Oh! And about the Roscoe thing, this one was chance, not design(unlike the RB), I was looking for a sweet 5er to go with my Fender, and had a budget, but this popped up, just over budget, but at an irresistible price, considering the extras, and I know someone who's actually played it, and gave me the lowdown, hehe, had to go for it!

Chowderboots wrote:

Woah! Bonus...that's quite an eyeful! What's the inlay supposed to be? I dig the slant on the pickups.

Yeah. Thunderbirds and Explorers are difficult to reach the high notes on. However, the Kelly lends itself really well to higher notes due to the way the cutout actually lines up with the neck well...quite a cool shape.

Haven't a clue what the inlay's ment to be lol, but it looks cool!

I didn't think that Explorers were that hard, the T-Birds problem is that the neck is so set in to the body, like an acoustic.

Oh! Someone has posted me a tracing of an Epi Explorer Bass, should be building a body up for my spare neck in a few weeks.

Nice!!! I can't wait to see what happens! Please keep us updated, man!!

i just love the grain and finish.

and the fact that its a roscoe ... really nice basses. never had the opportunity to own one.

and my fave ... the barts.

sweet!

Wow, Bill! Nice score! When will you have it?

You'll have to let us know how she plays!

Should be here in another 2/3 weeks, sending final payment tomorrow, hopefully.

And for sure Eric, you'll hear far too much from me on it!


I'm just suprised you didn't mention adding a trem.




































No, I will not add a trem........... (Darkstrike does not currently have the cajones to dig a hole out of a bass like this, yet... )

It occurred to me, but I don't blame you for not wanting to dig a hole in that bass.

Of course, I would!

Now, now, I might grow a pair.

Or send it to Roscoe to do it, we'll see, if its perfect when it lands, I'll not do a thing.

Actually, one thing I was thinking was, tune it DGCFBb, and have a drop tuner go to low C, covering most of the range of a six string...

Hmm. I'd be frightened to modify it as well. I mean, it's so carefully designed, what could I do to that? Nothing comes to my mind. I'll bet it'd be incredible with a Kahler, though!

Maybe it means I just have to get one made for me with a Kahler later.....






Anyone wanna buy some spare organs?

Like maybe an old Hammond B3?

Darkstrike wrote:

Chowderboots wrote:

So I'm assuming that you aren't getting one of those T-birds?

You seem to dig basses that have to do with one Roscoe or another!

No, no Roscoe T-Bird, though I did recenly play a T-Bird for the first time, and fell in love with the tone, despite dive, hard to reach lows when standing, and less than optimal upper fret access(could still hit 19th, just).

This be what I'm getting, a LG-3005.


Has some extras too,
Exhibition grade flame top, half the thickness of the body, rather than a thin veneer,
Bubgina fretboard,
custom inlay,

Pretty nifty!

*drools*

Naw...I think I've already got a couple of those.

*checks liver, kidney, and lungs*

Yep, all still intact My aged grandfather on the other hand...

EricHaven wrote:

Like maybe an old Hammond B3?

Yeah, that, or you know, a few of the vitals.......



Looks like I have a source for them too.......................

Chowderboots wrote:

Naw...I think I've already got a couple of those.

*checks liver, kidney, and lungs*

Yep, all still intact.

BoboMcNipples wrote:

*drools*

See, thats what I said/done!

You have a source for old B3 parts, Bill? Can you get your hands on a bass pedalboard? I've always wanted to do one of those MIDI things where you can turn a bass pedalboard into a set of fake Moog Taurus pedals. One of these days!

Well, the original plan was to lop some not so important parts off of Martin.


But I suppose I could find soem B3 parts, somehow..............

Darkstrike wrote:

Well, the original plan was to lop some not so important parts off of Martin.


But I suppose I could find soem B3 parts, somehow..............

ROTFLMAO!

Mah don't need my left arm for anything at the moment

Chowderboots wrote:

Mah don't need my left arm for anything at the moment

Done deal man!

I'll ship it packed in a polystyrene box filled with ice via DHL...should get there in 6-8 weeks

Yay!

An arm! An arm! My kingdom for an arm!

Hah...pretty true, actually, if that arm is an extra long arm that will fit into a Kahler bass tremolo's cam!!

Um....already got that one covered.

Need to get myself one of those fretsonthenet trem bars...

Same here, as I said on the other thread, the whammy bar could be at least 3" longer.

Totally. The longer the arm is, the more comfortable it is to play, the better it feels and sounds.

The wait is on, finally gonna find out if I like Barts......

Quad coils, supposedly, I could add a tap, the makes 'em P style pickups.........

Ooh that sounds interesting. What sort of preamp (if any) does it come with?

Chowderboots wrote:

Ooh that sounds interesting. What sort of preamp (if any) does it come with?

Both pickups and pre, are custom Bart's made just for Roscoe.

Darkstrike wrote:

Now, now, I might grow a pair.

Or send it to Roscoe to do it, we'll see, if its perfect when it lands, I'll not do a thing.

Actually, one thing I was thinking was, tune it DGCFBb, and have a drop tuner go to low C, covering most of the range of a six string...

NOW THATS MY KIND OF TUNING!!!

it is VERY rare when I tune to EADG, always liked the low D and fretting the E on the 2nd fret instead of open, and just transpose the fret positions to play normally. DGCF, or CGCF for drop C stuff all the way for me

Very Motley Crue of you, Mike

amimbari wrote:

Darkstrike wrote:

Now, now, I might grow a pair.

Or send it to Roscoe to do it, we'll see, if its perfect when it lands, I'll not do a thing.

Actually, one thing I was thinking was, tune it DGCFBb, and have a drop tuner go to low C, covering most of the range of a six string...

NOW THATS MY KIND OF TUNING!!!

it is VERY rare when I tune to EADG, always liked the low D and fretting the E on the 2nd fret instead of open, and just transpose the fret positions to play normally. DGCF, or CGCF for drop C stuff all the way for me

Actually, I'm almost always in E flat, I love that extra little snarl it has, I'd play in D near constantly, but I'd need extra high tension strings, which aren't east to get here.

The basses that I tune to E or D, they tend to float in between there somewhere. I dig the different tension on the strings. My Roadstar loves D, but my Charvel doesn't dig it too much.

Heaven.