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Title: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: Basvarken on April 14, 2024, 09:43:30 AM

I have been busy this weekend. Today two more Brooks bass guitars were born.

About a year ago I was approached by a former fellow student of my brother. His passion is woodworking and in particular collecting tools, such as very exclusive planes, chisels, rasps, etc.
Now he had bought a very nice CNC mill a while ago. And he was looking for a nice project to play around with.
Anyway, we decided to make a complete bass guitar together with that CNC-machine. I would give him all the dimensions and specifications and he would make the 3D files.

Together we went to my local wood supplier to select rough planks of mahogany and maple.
I bought the hardware and electronic components.
And two months ago - after countless samples of scrap wood- two bodies and two necks were ready to be processed into a bass guitar.
I glued the fingerboard to the neck, tapped in frets, lacquered, sanded and polished it.
Filled the pores of the body. Lacquered, sanded and polished that one.
Then mounted everything.

Today they were finally finished.
The funny thing is that it is absolutely no less work than making it yourself by hand. Only if there is a series production, then all the efforts will be able to bear fruit.


The Brooks Fenderbird (Jufferschans Edition)

- Mahogany body
- Brooks all maple P-bass neck
- Fiesta Red finish
- EY Guitar Thunderbird humbuckers
?- 34" scale
- Bone nut
?- Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop. Nickel
- Black three ply pickguard
- Gotoh Res-o-lite  GB528 tuners
- Gotoh extra large strapbuttons. Nickel
?- CTS potentiometers
- Silver reflector cap knobs
- Switchcraft output jack
- Rotosound RS66LDN strings
- Weight: 4.3 kg

(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-full2-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-body-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-headstock-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-headstock-back-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-full-back-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-controls-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-neck-plate-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-full-diagonal2-1500_orig.jpg)


Twins!

(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-twins-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-twins-diagonal-1500_orig.jpg)
(https://www.brooksbassguitars.com/uploads/1/3/3/7/13376708/brooks-fenderbird-back-to-back-1500_orig.jpg)

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: BTL on April 14, 2024, 09:55:19 AM

Those are awesome...great work!

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: Pilgrim on April 14, 2024, 11:13:47 AM

They're a Tour de'Fenderbird!

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: wellREDman on April 15, 2024, 06:46:07 AM

lovely

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: gearHed289 on April 15, 2024, 08:02:01 AM

Turned out great.  :toast:

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: morrow on April 15, 2024, 08:13:25 AM

Beauties!

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: TBird1958 on April 15, 2024, 08:24:00 AM

 Rob, they look fantastic!

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: Basvarken on April 17, 2024, 05:43:52 AM

Here's a short video demo of the Brooks Fenderbird


https://youtu.be/8Kt81FUex_s

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: Grog on April 17, 2024, 07:23:03 AM

Looks & sounds awesome! Congrats!!

Title: Re: Brooks Fenderbird
Post by: godofthunder on April 22, 2024, 04:17:39 AM

   Beautiful work as always Rob!