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Gear Discussion Forums => Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs => Topic started by: Basvarken on April 16, 2021, 10:25:08 AM

Title: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Basvarken on April 16, 2021, 10:25:08 AM

Birth of a new Brooks bass!
The EXB-12-2PR (EXplorerBass - 12 string - 2 Pickups - Reverse strings triplets)
- Mahogany body
- Laminated Mahogany set neck. Glued in
- Black gloss finish
- Checkerboard binding
- Ebony fretboard
- Brassl position markers
- Nickel silver frets
- 34" scale
- Buffalo horn nut ?
- ETS twelve string brass bridge set. Gold plated
- Two spokewheel double action trussrods
- Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck
- Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the neck position
- Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the bridge position
- Switchcraft output. Gold plated
- 2 x Stacked volume/tone knob. Gold plated
- Pickup selector switch. Gold plated
- Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners. Gold plated
- Gotoh Stealth ST 31 guitar tuners. Gold plated
- d'Addario EXL 170 - 12  strings
- Weight: 4.5 kg
Electronics circuit by Bas Becu.



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Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: morrow on April 16, 2021, 10:27:26 AM

Well done , that’s a beauty !

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: BTL on April 16, 2021, 11:38:11 AM

Oh...wow. Nice work!

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: OldManC on April 16, 2021, 08:22:18 PM

Stunning. I love it!

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: amptech on April 16, 2021, 09:54:11 PM

Beautiful :)

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Dave W on April 17, 2021, 12:14:51 AM

Fantastic job! That's a work of art.

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Highlander on April 17, 2021, 03:19:16 AM

What he said...  :mrgreen:

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Basvarken on April 17, 2021, 09:29:47 AM

Thank you guys  :toast:

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Pilgrim on April 17, 2021, 09:44:44 AM

That really is beautiful!

But it has so many strings it scares me!  :sad:

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Alanko on April 17, 2021, 12:03:29 PM

That is superb! A very clean, concise design. Beautiful all round!

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Granny Gremlin on April 17, 2021, 12:38:31 PM

the attention to detail is inspiring

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Basvarken on April 21, 2021, 03:03:37 AM

Video  8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4WgPMf664

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Rob on April 21, 2021, 04:02:31 AM

Wow!  Better than I had hoped.  What an incredible piano sounding dynamic.

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: 4stringer77 on April 21, 2021, 07:51:30 AM

Congrats once again on another remarkable build. Hope you're charging enough  :)

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Granny Gremlin on April 22, 2021, 06:22:54 AM

With the poick there - the angriest of pianos!

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Highlander on April 24, 2021, 03:28:41 AM

 :mrgreen:

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: tore00 on May 15, 2021, 01:06:19 PM

Your bass looks great! Today for the very first time I took my Dean 12 to rehearsals with my band. They all said to not bring my Precision anymore!

Title: Re: Brooks EXB-12-2PR
Post by: Chris P. on May 16, 2021, 02:16:11 AM

Piece of art!