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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: Brooks Fenderbird

« on: April 17, 2024, 07:23:03 AM »

Looks & sounds awesome! Congrats!!

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Gibson Basses / Re: 1966 EBSF-1250 Double neck with Fuzz

« on: February 28, 2024, 07:56:43 AM »

No matter how well the circuit works, it still sounds like an “Electric Fart”! It would be nice if you could use the FuzzTone on both the bass & the guitar………

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Gibson Basses / Re: 1966 EBSF-1250 Double neck with Fuzz

« on: February 24, 2024, 08:00:20 AM »

Wow! $50,000 with a non functioning FuzzTone circuit! I was at Carter Vintage a few years back, a very nice store. Gruhn’s & Carter’s are only about a block apart.

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Gibson Basses / Re: Neodymium EB-0 Pickup.........

« on: February 22, 2024, 07:36:31 AM »

Thanks! That did answer a lot of questions…..

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Gibson Basses / Re: Neodymium EB-0 Pickup.........

« on: February 21, 2024, 07:52:41 AM »

The Stingray uses active NEO Pickups. Not enough info on the 916 website to tell if they are active or passive…..

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Gibson Basses / Re: Neodymium EB-0 Pickup.........

« on: February 19, 2024, 03:08:37 PM »

I noticed that they also make a similar pickup for T-Birds......

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235398549699?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230811123856%26meid%3Df7980d3891934228b117d1b42f6eb8e5%26pid%3D101770%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D235398549699%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p4375194.c101770.m146925&_trkparms=parentrq%3Ac366330018d0acd9907c6efbfffd8cc4%7Cpageci%3Adbb5cc74-cf72-11ee-b662-12c396d918d8%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage

I've switched most of my speaker cab's to NEO speakers for weight reasons, not sure what advantage NEO pickups would have.

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Gibson Basses / Neodymium EB-0 Pickup.........

« on: February 19, 2024, 07:52:26 AM »

Has anybody ever tried one of these? Maybe I have been living under a rock, but this is the first time I've seen this.......

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235406304231?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230811123856%26meid%3D41ff72e4da264ac79ddee418884ecd18%26pid%3D101770%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D235406304231%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p4375194.c101770.m146925&_trkparms=parentrq%3Ac1d6295018d0a8cec1d82155fffdc9b4%7Cpageci%3Ad13f5980-cf35-11ee-99ad-2614a8e2e530%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Re: New chapter to the Brooks story

« on: February 10, 2024, 07:45:41 AM »

Looks awesome! Good luck on your latest endeavor…….

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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone Rex Brown Thunderbird

« on: February 04, 2024, 03:00:36 PM »

I only use the side dots also. It must be somewhat comforting to know that the fret markers have always been there……

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Gibson Basses / Re: Epiphone Rex Brown Thunderbird

« on: February 04, 2024, 08:16:33 AM »

Quote from: Basvarken on February 04, 2024, 03:16:13 AM

Like this sketch that I drew a while ago.
Brooks SG (Silver & Gold)

It started with the idea to use gold coloured frets (a special sort of brass actually) for the 3rd, 5th, 7th etc positions instead of the traditional markers.
But then I figured what if I took that idea a bit further with all metal parts of the bass.

Nice! I like the plating combo! The lack of fret markers reminds me of a conversation I had with a coworker who played classical guitar. He would always say “Scales, scales, scale's”. He would go home at night & play scales for hours. He mentioned that the lack of fret markers was because a good classical guitarist felt they were so skilled, they didn’t need them. Neck memory? This could be the bass equivalent…….

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