The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs => Topic started by: Basvarken on May 04, 2022, 06:32:14 AM
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A new bass is born!
I proudly present the Brooks Thinline Telebird.
- Two piece Swamp Ash body. Half hollow
- Two piece Swamp Ash top. With f-hole
- 7ender P-bass neck with Pau Ferro fingerboard
- Sea Foam Green top.
- Artec Mudbuckers
- 34" scale
- Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop. Chrome
- Pearloid pickguard
- Tortoise binding
- Hipshot Ultralite tuners. Chrome
- CTS Volume pot
- CTS Tone pot
- 5 way super switch
- Chrome flat top barrel knobs
- Telecaster jack cup. Chrome
- Rotosound 66 Swing bass strings 45-105
Wiring by BQ Music:
• Neck humbucker in series
• Outer coils as humbucker in series
• Both humbuckers in series
• Inner coils as humbucker in series
• Bridge humbucker in series
Serialnumber: 2022001
PRICE € 1750
#brooksbass #thinline #TeleBird
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Amazing, that looks great!
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Another cool one, meticulously executed. Seems like a very reasonable price.
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So beautiful that I start looking at my Bach Entwhistle T-bird, wondering how it would look with a Tele head, instead of the P-bass head...
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Beautiful work , Rob .
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Thank you guys.
It was a joy to build.
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LOVE that color and pickguard!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLwzZR_rxYQ
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Dayum!
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Nice sound, too.
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Another winner! :toast:
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Great work Rob!
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Impressive!!
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Wait a sec, it doesn't sound muddy. Aren't those pickups wound to around 30k? How'd you get them to be so clear? Love the bass too btw.
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Wait a sec, it doesn't sound muddy. Aren't those pickups wound to around 30k? How'd you get them to be so clear? Love the bass too btw.
Yes, supposedly they're 30k.
Artec makes some fine pickups.
Maybe the choice of wood and the bolt-on maple neck help a little too.
Ever since I used the Artec Mudbucker as a bridge pickup in the first bass I ever built, I know they work great.
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What a beauty!
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You continue to grow as a builder, lots of cool elements in this one! Beautiful!
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Thank you Scott. :toast:
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Nice work, is that PRS wiring on the pickups?
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Thank you.
I have no idea what PRS wiring is. But the wiring was done by my good friend BQ Music.
I asked him for these switching combinations and he came up with the wiring diagram and soldered it for me.
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I liked this. I used to own Gibson and Epi T-Birds. This body style and its colour appeals to me. I'm a lifelong fan of that headstock style. I was surprised to see it was a 5 way switching scheme. The sound samples presented them well. I expected major treble-ish twang from the bridge but didn't get that (good) and as someone said, no mud. Finally, thank you for not demonstrating this bass by doing slap & pop throughout.