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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.
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That is spectacular, congratulations!
Fantastic work, Rob!
Beauty, Rob!
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
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FANtastic!
Lovely work!
Beautiful.
What was the reason for having the bass strings on top of the octave strings, Ric-style?