The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs => Topic started by: Basvarken on July 23, 2021, 02:30:41 PM
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Got a new bass build ready.
TB-12-Q
Twelve string Thunderbird Bass with Quilted Maple top.
- Mahogany body
- Bookmatched Quilted Maple top
- Nine ply Mahogany/Walnut set neck. Glued in
- Transparent black stain
- High gloss transparent acrylic finish
- White binding
- Ebony fretboard
- Mother of pearl position dots
- Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Buffalo horn nut ?
- ETS twelve string brass bridge set
- Two spokewheel double action trussrods
- Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck
- Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the neck position
- Lace Alumitone DeathBar in the bridge position
- Allparts stacked pots (volume/tone volume/tone)
- Mullard capacitors
- MEC on-on switch for coil split (humbucker-single coil)
- Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners
- Gotoh Stealth ST 31 guitar tuners
- 2 xPure Tone Multi Contact jack output
- d'Addario EXL 170 - 12 strings
- Weight: 4.25 kg
Electronics circuit by Bas Becu.
Serialnumber: 2021003
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Pics of the build process can be found here:
https://www.enkoo.nl/brooks-tb-12-q.html
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I have been waiting for this...spectacular!
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Another stunning bass! Congrats, Rob.
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There's nothing about this I don't like. I'm not even a figured top guy, but its working for me here.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex28ljNbEyg
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I think it's really awesome that you had Jeff Ament demo your bass...:mrgreen:
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Haha, he even played a little Jeremy :mrgreen:
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Rob strikes again! :toast:
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Just amazing Rob!
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Wow that looks awesome Rob!
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There’s two output jacks , is one for each pickup , Rob ?
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Yes, that’s right. Each pickup has its own pickup.
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I’ve had a 4001 one for ages , but I’ve never run it in stereo . I’d simply need a stereo cable and a splitter , I’ve got various amps and cabs .
Can you run a full mono signal with a standard jack on the Brooks 12 , or it it designed to just use double cables ? Could you hook up a stereo wireless system ? I’m not sure I’ve even heard of one … but I just plug into my rig .
That’s something a little different .
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It’s made for the use of two separate amps.
The neck pickup is a bass humbucker. (For the bass amp)
The bridge pickup is a guitar pickup. (For the guitar amp with overdrive an other effects).
Of course I could have opted for a stereo jack output like a Rickenbacker.
But it was done like this per special request of the customer.
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Will you get to hear that setup live? That's something I'd love to experience.
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Stereo bass !
I’m a pretty traditional old school thumper , but it would be fascinating to plug that into a couple of amps and start spinning the knobs .
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Will you get to hear that setup live? That's something I'd love to experience.
I don't think I will ever hear it live, since my customer lives in the USA. ;-)
In the video that I posted the left channel is the bridge pickup channel and the right channel is the neck pickup.
At 1.48 you hear what happens when I switch on the Tech 21 VT bass. (drive = left, clean = right).