Description
This bass has couple of innovative things going on: the Century-3006 model is new, as is the "Prism" effect in the top.
The Century Signature model comes standard with a wedge neck. Roscoe has recently decided to allow customers to order a Century-3006, which will come with a Standard neck (commonly found on LGs and SKBs) by default. On this bass, I requested a Wenge Center neck, a $150 upcharge.
To create the prism effect, the craftsmen at Roscoe have taken successive cuts from a board, bookmatched them, and then laid them out in expanding layers. So the inner two boards are a bookmatch, then the next two boards out are a bookmatch, etc. Finally, a thin Maple veneer has been glued between each board to highlight the effect. Too cool!! This is the first bass to feature this new technique.
Sound Clip
This bass was featured in a "shootout" clip with several other Roscoe 6-Strings in this thread on TalkBass.
Features
- Model: Century-3006 ($3750)
- Top: Myrtle Prism (+$450)
- Body: Swamp Ash
- Finish: Natural Gloss
- Preamp: Bartolini 3-Way/18V
- Pickups: Bartolini CB
- Neck: Wenge Center (+150)
- String Spacing: Standard
- Fingerboard: Wenge, Fretted (+60)
- 12th Fret Inlay: Standard
- Nut: Hand-Carved GraphTech
- Hardware: Black
- Case: Hardshell (+$200)
Retail Price
Total Retail Price = $4610
Cabtone (USED) Roscoe Top - Myrtle Prism Century 3005 Myrtle Prism Century 3006 Myrtle Prism
