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I picked this up 3 weeks ago locally to me, on the way to a ska gig (used my regular bass), then used the Roscoe the next night at a function band gig- thought it’d be more fitting. It came with black sticky strings, so put on some others and gave it a decent clean up. There’s no doubt that it’s an absolutely superb bass, but still unsure if it’s for me or not. The 35” scale on it is unnoticeable really, but the 18mm spacing, weirdly is (I’m so used to 19mm). So the jury’s still out on it for me.

I bought this last Friday week, so have had it now for around a week and half. It was local to me, and stopped on the way to a Ska gig. I still used my Jazz type 5er that night, but used the Roscoe the next night for the party band gig. I’m not a fan of these sticky black strings on it - also they’ve appeared to leave sort of tram line residues all over the fingerboard, so I’ll clean them off when I change strings. Will have to have a search on what most folks use with these basses. It’s completely different to my Japanese Sadowsky Will Lee 5 - which was the idea really. I’ve no way to measure, but I’d say it’s 18mm at the bridge, as opposed to the 19 on the Sadowsky. Also the fingerboard radius is pretty flat, and the action is crazily low, making it a breeze to play. As mentioned by others, the B string is epic. Sorry that the pictures aren’t that good…

Is it the poor spelling all across the description?

Used the X version now for a for weeks now, and I’m pretty much sold on them. Had a Ska gig with ample stage room, and a Nothern Soul gig the week before in a pub that was pretty tight space wise. It’s just so easy to roll in, stand it next to my speakers, take the lid off, and store it behind the speakers. I unplug the bass lead off in the break, and pop the bass back in the Enki. I just find it absolutely brilliant. Paul

I've been looking wistfully at that California 11 V5M in Bass Direct. A super light MM style with decent string spacing. But I'd have to some serious selling to be in the position to even contemplate it.... Looks lovely though