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Title: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: Basvarken on May 28, 2023, 11:21:47 AM

Drrrrumroll....
Please welcome the Brooks EXB-MS-10.
A custom made multi-scale 10-string bass.

This is easily the most ambitious build I've done to this date.
Simply because there is no reference. As far as I know there is no other in the world.
I had to invent the wheel myself in some parts ;-)

But now it's ready. Thanx to my talented sister Pauline who made the bass plates for the bridges. Thanx to Lord Of The Strings who helped assemble a string set. And thanx to Sjoerd Smeenk who took care of the electronics part.
And a big thank you to Mark Schiele for his patience! he had to wait more than a year for this bass to be completed.

- Mahogany Khaya body
- Laminated Mahogany Khaya set neck. Glued in
- Candy Apple Red finish
- Checkerboard binding
- Ebony fretboard
?- Pearloid position markers
- Jumbo nickel silver frets
- 35-32" scale
- Buffalo horn nut ?
- Custom Brooks bass bridge set. Gold plated
   Bridge base plates by www.paulinevandenbroek.nl (http://www.paulinevandenbroek.nl)
- Two double action trussrods
- One carbon reinforcement strip in the neck
?- Lace Alumitone Bass Bar pickup combination
- Pure Tone output. Gold plated
- Volume and tone knob. Gold plated
- Rotary pickup selector switch. Gold plated chickenhead
- Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners. Gold plated
- Gotoh CXB-01 carbon guitar tuners. Black
- Custom set d'Addario strings
- Weight: 4.25 kg

Check https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/brooks-exb-ms-10.html (https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/brooks-exb-ms-10.html) for pics of the entire build process.


(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-exb-ms-10-full-frontal-horizontal-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-exb-ms-10-body-side-view2-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-exb-ms-10-headstock-diagonal-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-exb-ms-10-full-back-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-exb-ms-10-output-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-exb-ms-10-headstock-back-1500_orig.jpg)


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Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: BTL on May 28, 2023, 03:42:24 PM

That is spectacular, congratulations!

Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: Dave W on May 28, 2023, 10:35:56 PM

Fantastic work, Rob!

Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: morrow on May 29, 2023, 04:23:51 AM

Beauty, Rob!

Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: Basvarken on May 29, 2023, 05:24:12 AM

Made a video today.
Not an easy task for my somewhat rusty short-scale four-string accustomed fingers ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtOuWAW91R0

Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: Dave W on May 29, 2023, 10:53:02 AM

 :toast:

Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: gearHed289 on May 30, 2023, 07:17:11 AM

FANtastic!

Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: Pilgrim on May 30, 2023, 08:58:38 AM

Lovely work!

Title: Re: Brooks multi-scale 10-string bass
Post by: ilan on June 03, 2023, 01:29:08 AM

Beautiful.

What was the reason for having the bass strings on top of the octave strings, Ric-style?