NBD! Roger R Bass 5

Lovep

Lovep

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I think I may have checked the FedEx website every 15-mins today...just waiting on this baby to arrive!

I'm becoming a huge Roger R bass fan. I have two of his basses now and I am floored by the quality and craftsmanship.

Here are the specs:
Mahogany body
Buckeye Burl top
5pc neck Maple w/mahogany stringers
Wenge Fretboard w/Buckeye dot inlays
Hipshot A bridge
Gotoh tuners
Howard Ulyate Custom dual coil pickups
Nordstrand 2-band preamp w/tone control Active/Passive
Coil tap switches
Buckeye Burl knobs
24 frets
34" scale
20mm spacing at bridge

She sounds amazing but the action is too low so I need to do some adjusting before I can really dig into her.

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Indeed Ray's craft to perfection is amazing. I also own two, a Roger Jazz Bass 5 and a R SC 6, both basses have out of this world definition, unique tone, well tempered, ergonomics, the search is over. Now that I have the Roger sound in my head is easy to compare other boutique instruments, I play them then I realize that they lack that definition of the Roger Basses. The only ones that get such level of definition and can be compare are the Peter Hilton Basses and the Carl Thompson Basses. I am waiting for my 2 Roger Fretless that are almost done 4 & 5 Strings. Enjoy yours…Congratulations…
 
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The above pic is horrible...took it with my cell phone. Just wanted to show you that we are brothers!! I also have a Roger Jazz. Nice! I love Roger basses...nothing really compares to the quality!
 
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steve kudela said:
Let me hear what you think of it............SK
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Well, I must say, it is the best fretless bass that I have ever owned. My only reference is a US Lakland Decade Fretless 5 that I owned a few years ago. The craftsmanship is incredible! I heard that this was your first fretless...I can tell you placed some extra care on this one. It it an absolute beauty! Thanks for sharing your art!
 
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Lovep said:
Well, I must say, it is the best fretless bass that I have ever owned. My only reference is a US Lakland Decade Fretless 5 that I owned a few years ago. The craftsmanship is incredible! I heard that this was your first fretless...I can tell you placed some extra care on this one. It it an absolute beauty! Thanks for sharing your art!
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Well, thank you so much Sir!! Actually, there were 2 before that one. They were built early on in the process. Now that I think about it, the first bass I built was a fretless. Haven't thought about it in years! In some respects that is the first one. In terms of serial numbers, that is 001. Please keep me posted, let me know what you're finding with it. Thanks again.....SK
 
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