brooks bass guitars

Completed a new Brooks build today. BROOKS EMB-3 The name already hints at the hybrid of an EB-3 and an Embassy. But with 3 pickups. - Mahogany Khaya body. SG shape - Three piece Mahogany Khaya neck. Glued in - Dark Cherry stain - Ebony fretboard - Trapezoid inlays - Jumbo nickel silver...

Hip Hip Hooray! A new Brooks bass was born today. The Brooks NR-TB-12 A twelve-string Non-Reverse Thunderbird. Specifications: - Body: Mahogany. Non-Reverse Thunderbird shape - Top: Bookmatched Quilted Maple. Lemon Burst stain - Neck: Mahogany three piece. Glued in. - Two spokewheel truss...

Hooray! A new Brooks bass was born. The EXB-12-TP White Falcon Built for none other than Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick. Specifications: - Korina body - Nine-ply Korina/mahogany neck. Glued in - Vintage White finish - Checkerboard binding - Ebony fretboard - Mothe of pearl position dots. Two...

Get out your spandex. Tease your hair. 😉 Here's the Brooks EXB-MS-10. A multi-scale ten-string bass. SPECIFICATIONS: - Mahogany Khaya body - Laminated Mahogany Khaya set neck. Glued in - Black with Lake Placid Blue graphic finish - Pearloid binding - Ebony fretboard - Pearloid position markers...

New Brooks offspring was born today! It's a twelve string bass and we call it: TB-12-SF Specifications: - Khaya Mahogany body wings - Nine ply Khaya Mahogany/Walnut neck. Neck through - Seafoam Green high gloss finish - Ebony fretboard - Luminlay side dot inlays - Jumbo frets - 34" scale -...

Drrrrrrum rolll! Here's the Brooks SparkleBird - Body: Korina. Chambered. Thunderbird shape - Neck: Korina three piece. Glued in. - Two spokewheel truss rods. One carbon stiffening rod - Fretboard: Rosewood. Checkerboard inlay on 12th - Luminlay side markers (blue) - Frets: Jumbo size...

Today saw the birth of a new bass: The Brooks EXB-4-SA. A semi-acoustic Explorer shaped bass with 4 strings. - Mahogany body. Two large tone chambers - Quilted Maple top, bookmatched - Three piece Mahogany set neck. Glued in - Cherry Burst finish. Dark Mahogany back and sides - Pearloid binding...

***UPDATE*** The bass was found. And delivered at Tom Petersson's address today! It appears to be undamaged. --------------- That black twelve-string bass that I built for Tom Petersson is only half the story. I built another twelve-string bass for Tom. And they were finished simultaneously...

Today I can finally present a new Brooks bass guitar to you guys. The Brooks EXB-12-TP Black. As the TP in the name already gives away, it was custom built for Tom Petersson of legendary band Cheap Trick. Tom sent me an email end of november 2024. At first I thought someone was playing a joke...

Ladies and gentlemen; I proudly present a new Brooks Bass! The EXB-12-SA. A semi-hollow twelve string bass. - Mahogany body. Chambered - Quilted Maple top, bookmatched - Nine ply laminated Mahogany set neck. Glued in - Cherry Burst finish. Naturel Mahogany back and sides - Pearloid binding -...

The birth of a new Brooks bass: Ladies and Gentlemen I give you the Brooks 1.2. It's a remake of the very first bass I built (now 14 years ago). But with a few modifications. - 30 1/2" scale - Two piece mahogany body. Chambered - Flamed maple top. Bookmatched - Colour of the top: Wine red. -...

It's alive! The Brooks DDB (DoubleDuaneBird). A double-neck Thunderbird with a traditional Thunderbird 4-string neck. And a 30 1/2" scale 12-string bass neck. I can finally share another completed build with you guys. The idea had been brewing for a while but the actual build started out early...

I have been busy this weekend. Today two more Brooks bass guitars were born. About a year ago I was approached by a former fellow student of my brother. His passion is woodworking and in particular collecting tools, such as very exclusive planes, chisels, rasps, etc. Now he had bought a very...

Today I completed the build of a new Brooks bass. The Thinline Telebird. It is very similar to the one that I built two years ago. Except that this one has a neck with a J-bass profile instead of a P-bass profile. - Two piece Swamp Ash body. Half hollow - Two piece Swamp Ash top. With f-hole -...

Drumroll... ... a new Brooks bass was born today! The Brooks UV (aka Thundervee). Built for the Godfather of Gibson bass guitars: Uwe Hornung. - Neck through with Korina body wings - Nine ply Korina/mahogany neck - Ebony faceplate on headstock - Red Mahogany stain. Gloss transparent acrylic...

Hooray! The Brooks QB is ready. This 34" scale twelve-string bass is a tribute to the Quad Bass that Jol Dantzig from Hamer built for Tom Petersson in 1978. Except I didn't put a mixer in the built-in panel, but two effects! A big thank you to Bas Becu from BQ Music for building the SansAmp...

Drrrrumroll.... Please welcome the Brooks EXB-MS-10. A custom made multi-scale 10-string bass. This is easily the most ambitious build I've done to this date. Simply because there is no reference. As far as I know there is no other in the world. I had to invent the wheel myself in some parts...

It's alive! The latest Twelve String Brooks Bass; the EXB-12R-MV. What sets this twelve string Brooks bass apart from the other ones are a couple of very cool features. Such as the reversed order of the strings per triplet. Normally the octave strings are above the bass string. But on this bass...