Brooks Thread

[4stringer77]

How about a hockey stick option for explorer shape head stock? G string tuner might be a reach but at least it would look cool. 

[Basvarken]

I like to keep the strings running as straight as possible from the top nut to the tuners.
With a hockeystick that is not going to work.

[BTL]

The Explorer/V mashup looks the best to my eye, but I'm wondering if your target audience might prefer better upper fret access.

[Basvarken]

Yeah, I may want to make the cutaway deeper, or at least make a profile so you can reach the higher registers.

[Highlander]

 

[Basvarken]

Made a new drawing.
Changed the vertical fret from the 12th to the 8th.
And made it a 10-string instead of 5-string

With the vertical fret now at the 8th fret the bridge makes a sharper angle. And so I decided to change the Explorer body shape too.

The scale is still 34-37". But I may want to change that to 32-35" in order to make this bass a bit less unwieldy...



Only question is, can my friends at ETS Hardware tool me a bridge for this beast? 

[Basvarken]

And tweaked this one too

[morrow]

Reminds me of the Dano Wild Thing .

[BTL]

32"-35" fanned-fret 15-string Explorer would be absolutely ridiculous in all the best ways.

[Basvarken]

Haha, yeah. Completely over the top. 
But the guy whom I built the twelve string Explorer bass for, is dead serious. He wants me to build it...

[BTL]

Yeah, I assumed this was a commissioned build, and I'm just standing by to bask in the glorious ridiculousness...

[wellREDman]

that is just gorgeous

[BTL]

I love them both!

[Basvarken]

Got a new bass build ready.

TB-12-Q
Twelve string Thunderbird Bass with Quilted Maple top.

- Mahogany body
- Bookmatched Quilted Maple top
- Nine ply Mahogany/Walnut set neck. Glued in
- Transparent black stain
- High gloss transparent acrylic finish
- White binding
- Ebony fretboard
- Mother of pearl position dots
- Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Buffalo horn nut ?
- ETS twelve string brass bridge set
- Two spokewheel double action trussrods
- Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck
- Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the neck position
- Lace Alumitone DeathBar in the bridge position
- Allparts stacked pots (volume/tone volume/tone)
- Mullard capacitors
- MEC on-on switch for coil split (humbucker-single coil)
- Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners
- Gotoh Stealth ST 31 guitar tuners
- 2 xPure Tone Multi Contact jack output
- d'Addario EXL 170 - 12  strings
- Weight: 4.25 kg

Electronics circuit by Bas Becu.

Serialnumber: 2021003














Pics of the build process can be found here:
https://www.enkoo.nl/brooks-tb-12-q.html

[BTL]

I have been waiting for this...spectacular!