On my birthday I completed the build of a new bass:
The Brooks EXB-MS-5
- Mahogany Khaya body
- Quilted Maple top and headstock face
- Three piece Mahogany Khaya set neck. Glued in
- Blue burst gloss finish on top and headstock
- Pearloid binding
- Ebony fretboard
- Luminlay Blue position markers
- Jumbo nickel silver frets
- 37-34" scale
- Buffalo horn nut
- Babicz Solo Rail bridge. Black
- Double action trussrod
- Two carbon reinforcement strips in the neck
- Lace Alumitone Bass Bar pickup combination
- Pure Tone output. Black
- Volume and tone knob. Black
- Rotary pickup selector switch. Black chickenhead
- Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners. Black
- Dunlop flush mount strapnuts. Black
- Dingwall strings
- Weight: 4.25 kg
Rotary switch options:
1. Both pickups in series
2. Neck side pickup
3. Bridge side pickup
4. both pickups in parallel
5. Both pickups. Out of phase with a capacitor to maintain the low frequencies.
Circuit and wiring by BQ Music.
Pics of the build process can be viewed here
https://www.enkoo.nl/brooks-exb-ms-5.html
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And I made a quick video as well.
Being a life long 4-string player I have no idea what to do with that fifth string!
But you get an idea of how she sounds.
(I'm quite sure the guy I built it for will put it to good use!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmhouUniFf4
Beautiful, no matter how many strings it has. Explorers are always cool, and I must say that your builds inspire. Great work!
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Beauty !
Very nice!!
I want to take a dive into that paint job. It looks like the Caribbean Sea. Love it.
Beautiful!
Beautiful. Love the aesthetics all around.
Wow.
No other bass wears a fanned fret board as naturally as an Explorer.
Just amazing workmanship Rob! Your builds are getting very ambitious!
Thank you guys.
It's actually the customers who are ambitious.
They ask me to build something I have never done before.
And I live by the motto of Pippi Longstocking: "I have never done it yet, so I think I can do it" 😂
That's yet another spectacular build...congratulations!