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Re: Brooks TeleBird
« Reply #30 on: April 17, 2019, 07:20:58 AM »
I like that!  Nice balance between bright and deep.  Sounds very good.
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Re: Brooks TeleBird
« Reply #31 on: April 18, 2019, 02:41:25 PM »
This is a very cool bass. It sounds the business too.

The only thing I would change would be the pickguard. I would stick a 5-screw, un-beveled singly ply white pickguard on there. Like an old 'Whiteguard' Telecaster.



This is a killer look on a Tele.

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Re: Brooks TeleBird
« Reply #32 on: April 19, 2019, 12:36:22 AM »
That looks beautiful.
But I opted for this starting point:

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Re: Brooks TeleBird
« Reply #33 on: April 20, 2019, 02:56:33 PM »
I think I'd have gone with a Tele control plate too

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Re: Brooks TeleBird
« Reply #34 on: April 20, 2019, 11:27:04 PM »
I think there wouldn't have been enough Thunderbird left, if I'd done that.

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Re: Brooks TeleBird
« Reply #35 on: April 21, 2019, 08:38:51 PM »
I think there wouldn't have been enough Thunderbird left, if I'd done that.

I agree.

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Re: Brooks TeleBird
« Reply #36 on: April 22, 2019, 03:06:42 AM »
I agree too. I think it's pickguard or control plate and not both on this body.