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Fender Roscoe Beck IV (rare Bird!) - on hold
£1899
Karlsruhe, Germany


Onox

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The offered bass is primarily known as a 5-stringer. The four-string version is significantly rarer and especially difficult to find with a "Maple Neck." Therefore, the bass is also interesting for collectors.
 

But "players" take note:

The pickups were specially developed for the bass and sound very good. For each pickup, there is a parallel/single coil/series switch. In addition to the volume and tone controls, a three-way switch allows for combinations of the two pickups. If both pickups are activated, you can pull the tone control, which makes the neck pickup slightly quieter. This also allows for classic Jazz Bass sounds.

 

Check the Sounds here on YouTube

 

Sound-wise, the bass can cover Preci, Jazz Bass, and Sting Ray sounds, not 1:1 of course, but with its own charm. In the following video, you get an impression of the sound variety.

 

Superb Bass on Custom Shop Level. Don´t miss out!

 

Last Pricdrop 1600 GBP!

 

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To add to the fact that apart from being a really good bass, (I’ve owned one since new), it is a Passive bass but there are a lot of various tones to be had from the pickups and wiring, much more than a standard bass. It is also a superb recording bass. I believe the pickups may have been designed by Bill Lawrence (RIP) for this Fender bass. Made for Roscoe Beck who is a great player who recorded and toured for many years with USA guitarist Robben Ford and the Blue Line. Check out Roscoe’s inventive lines on those albums and you will probably be hearing both his four and five string playing.

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8 hours ago, mybass said:

To add to the fact that apart from being a really good bass, (I’ve owned one since new), it is a Passive bass but there are a lot of various tones to be had from the pickups and wiring, much more than a standard bass. It is also a superb recording bass. I believe the pickups may have been designed by Bill Lawrence (RIP) for this Fender bass. Made for Roscoe Beck who is a great player who recorded and toured for many years with USA guitarist Robben Ford and the Blue Line. Check out Roscoe’s inventive lines on those albums and you will probably be hearing both his four and five string playing.

Yep, Bill Lawrence pickups. Roscoe’s album Walk On is definitely worth a listen. Not a bass player’s solo album in the classic sense, in fact there is only one small ‘bass feature’, it’s a collection of the great man’s songs with various guests on vocals, guitar, etc (including Robben Ford, Greg Koch and Eric Johnson). I saw Roscoe with Robben at The Jazz Café playing a 4 and 5 string version of his sig bass. To my ears, the 4 string sounded better. I also owned one for a good while and realise I should never has moved it on, but GAS and all that. Roscoe was also Leonard Cohen’s MD for his long farewell tours.

 

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