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The Brooks EB-TB-IV build is done!
- Thread starter Basvarken
- Start date
Ok, that bass is making me feel things. I would personally go for volume/tone/3-way switch, but that's neither here nor there.Completed the build of the Brooks EB-TB-IV today.
- Neck through with mahogany body wings
- Nine ply mahogany/walnut neck
- Ebony faceplate on headstock
- Tobacco burst gloss transparent acrylic finish
- Rosewood fretboard
- Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Handcut bone nut
- Three ply white-black-white pickguard
- Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop
- Spokewheel trussrod
- Thunderbird style pickups nickel.
- Hipshot Ultralite tuners
- Output Pure Tone
- d'Addario EXL170BT Balanced Tension strings
- Strapnuts: Dunlop Straplok Nickel Dual Design
- Weight: 3.5 kg
I'll post pics of the build process in posts below
- Dec 3, 2010
- 1,743
- 10,606
- Disclosures
- Hobby Luthier / Gibson Bass Book
Yeah that worried me too in this case. The bass is very light (only 3.5 kg)Very nice!
But the possibility of neck dive scares me.
But thanks to the Hipshot Ultralite tuners and the placing of the strap nut on the upper horn it stays clear of neck dive.
When I saw "EB" in the title, I did not think I was going to enjoy this.
That is a truly stunning build! Can we hear it?
That is a truly stunning build! Can we hear it?
- Dec 3, 2010
- 1,743
- 10,606
- Disclosures
- Hobby Luthier / Gibson Bass Book
another stunning build from the best luthier on TB (IMO). well done.
...and she is mine...!
I promise to post some clips when she is up and running. A nice complement to my British Racing Green five string Purist bass, made by the Swedish luthier/company Unicorn Bass. I wanted a four string that looks classic and vintage, but with a twist. This Brooks bass has a twist or two...
I promise to post some clips when she is up and running. A nice complement to my British Racing Green five string Purist bass, made by the Swedish luthier/company Unicorn Bass. I wanted a four string that looks classic and vintage, but with a twist. This Brooks bass has a twist or two...
Very nice! Cool, clean, handsome, classy. Great choices throughout. 'Love it. Well done!
Completed the build of the Brooks EB-TB-IV today.
- Neck through with mahogany body wings
- Nine ply mahogany/walnut neck
- Ebony faceplate on headstock
- Tobacco burst gloss transparent acrylic finish
- Rosewood fretboard
- Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Handcut bone nut
- Three ply white-black-white pickguard
- Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop
- Spokewheel trussrod
- Thunderbird style pickups nickel.
- Hipshot Ultralite tuners
- Output Pure Tone
- d'Addario EXL170BT Balanced Tension strings
- Strapnuts: Dunlop Straplok Nickel Dual Design
- Weight: 3.5 kg
I'll post pics of the build process in posts below
Really nice. Take a bow!!
Completed the build of the Brooks EB-TB-IV today.
- Neck through with mahogany body wings
- Nine ply mahogany/walnut neck
- Ebony faceplate on headstock
- Tobacco burst gloss transparent acrylic finish
- Rosewood fretboard
- Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Handcut bone nut
- Three ply white-black-white pickguard
- Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop
- Spokewheel trussrod
- Thunderbird style pickups nickel.
- Hipshot Ultralite tuners
- Output Pure Tone
- d'Addario EXL170BT Balanced Tension strings
- Strapnuts: Dunlop Straplok Nickel Dual Design
- Weight: 3.5 kg
I'll post pics of the build process in posts below
Stunning!!!!!
Congrats! Looking forward to hearing it....and she is mine...!
I promise to post some clips when she is up and running. A nice complement to my British Racing Green five string Purist bass, made by the Swedish luthier/company Unicorn Bass. I wanted a four string that looks classic and vintage, but with a twist. This Brooks bass has a twist or two...
