The Last Bass Outpost

Hooray, another Brooks bass is born!

The Brooks FV-12

- Korina body wings
- Bookmatched Quilted Maple top
- Nine ply Korina/Mahogany Neck through
- Cherry Burst high gloss finish
- Pearloid binding
- Ebony fretboard
- Mother of Pearl position. Aluminium Circle dot for 12th
- Jumbo frets
- 30 1/2" scale
- Buffalo horn nut
- ETS Custom made twelve string brass bridge and tailpiece. Black
- Two spokewheel double action trussrods
- Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck
- Pickups: Lace Alumitone DB7, Black
- Controls : volume, volume, tone
- 0.047 mfd capacitor
- Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners, Black
- Gotoh ST-31 octave string tuners, Black
- Output: Pure Tone Multi Contact jack
- d'Addario custom strings
- Weight: 4.3 kg











Pics of the build process can be viewed here:
https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/brooks-fv-12.html

Awesome performance of Humble Pie at the Midnight Special

Haha, you’re right. Should have written elderly men!😂

Nice score! Congrats

Yeah agreed. When I was 13, I thought Holy Diver was cool.
And I too prefer Last In Line.
Sacred Heart was already disappointing.

And when I saw them live on the Sacred Heart tour it was over for me. The infantile dragon that was supposed to be the impressive stage prop really put an end to the DIO era for me.
His lyrics made/make my toes curl in my shoes.

I do respect him as a vocalist. And I do not agree that he was a limited singer at all.
The criticism that Blackmore had about his falsetto can also be seen as a forte. He could sing with a lovely sweet and soft voice and seamlessly transform into the thundering roar that he also had under his belt. The quality of his voice was always excellent. Even towards the end of his career/life.
No, he couldn't shriek like Gillan or Bonnet. But is that really a standard to measure a good singer by?
Bonnet for example had/has zero dynamics. Everything he does is full out belting. A comparison with Gary Moore's guitar playing springs to mind if you can follow me there.

Himmel, it's a tribute, you sourpuss. By a 22 year old girl - with a bunch of old geezers, two of which have heard the original, smiling appreciatively.

Haha, really? Next thing we know you have bought all their CDs because you've read Ritchie likes them. 

No, they sound (and look) like a parody.
And she takes the least attractive aspects of RJD an then exaggerates them terribly.
Really doesn’t do him justice.
The old men with their dyed black hair (or wigs) and terrible wardrobe don’t sound very inspired. Batio’s guitar solo is hilariously lacking any pointe or tastefulness.
Really downright horrible.

People are dancing, so you must be doing something right!