Brooks Thread

[Rob]

Personally I think that the headstock detail REALLY sets this apart.

[wellREDman]

that headstock looks beautiful on a bird!

[Basvarken]

Here's a video to give you an impression of the sounds of the Brooks Grabbird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t98NAXLGCxM

[ilan]

Fantastic. Good job

[4stringer77]

A P bass killer in the neck position and a Stingray killer in the bridge position. Great job. I can see a five string version working well on this platform too.

[OldManC]

Absolutely beautiful, and it sounds as good as it looks!

[Dave W]

Sounds great, especially in the neck position (I'm biased).

[amptech]

A P bass killer in the neck position and a Stingray killer in the bridge position. Great job. I can see a five string version working well on this platform too.

A Grabber killer in both positions

[Basvarken]

I am pleasantly surprised by the difference in sound between the neck position and the bridge position.
An often heard criticism about the Grabber is that the sliding mechanism is just a gimmick with little or no effect for the sound. This clearly isn't the case with the Grabbird. 

[ilan]

a Stingray killer in the bridge position

I like it a lot but I don't exactly hear a Stingray there. What I perceive as a MM/J(bridge) tone is there about 2.5-3" from the bridge, at >4" it's gone. Like a real Grabber, the pickup doesn't go back enough for that.

[4stringer77]

I like it a lot but I don't exactly hear a Stingray there. What I perceive as a MM/J(bridge) tone is there about 2.5-3" from the bridge, at >4" it's gone. Like a real Grabber, the pickup doesn't go back enough for that.

That's probably why it's better. Bite without the honk.
As an aside, I'm proud nobody here has taken the opportunity to make jokes with the double entendre that the name Grabbird could entail. Stay classy outposters. 

[Basvarken]

Haha wait till Uwe chimes in

[slinkp]

Great work! I like it.

[BTL]

That's so cool...congratulations!

[amptech]

I am pleasantly surprised by the difference in sound between the neck position and the bridge position.
An often heard criticism about the Grabber is that the sliding mechanism is just a gimmick with little or no effect for the sound. This clearly isn't the case with the Grabbird. 

Little or no effect would be stretching it a bit far. It's not as dramatic as in your Grabbird vid, but it is very useful. I used to think the bridge position was too aggressive on it's own, especially with stainless strings, and always kept it in neck pos. But live, if the stage sound became too muddy, it was nice to slide it down and cut through. Later I found out that Thomastik Rounds made it sound more organic (as organic as a Grabber can sound) and eventually it got flats.

But no matter what I strung it up with, I could never match the sound you get out of that sliding bird of yours - pretty impressive!