Brooks Thread

[Grog]

Looks awesome! Really unique!

[Basvarken]

Thank you guys. Here are the flaws I'm talking about








I have baptized the bass The Blue Spotted Pig now ;-)

[uwe]

I think it looks cool and multiple scale instruments fascinate me.

[Basvarken]

I find it surprisingly easy to adept to.
I did not expect that at all.

[Basvarken]

Drrrrumroll....
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
- 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 for pics of the entire build process.










#brooksbassguitars #multiscalebass #tenstringbass #fannedfrets

[BTL]

That is spectacular, congratulations!

[Dave W]

Fantastic work, Rob!

[morrow]

Beauty, Rob!

[Basvarken]

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

[Dave W]

 

[gearHed289]

FANtastic!

[Pilgrim]

Lovely work!

[ilan]

Beautiful.

What was the reason for having the bass strings on top of the octave strings, Ric-style?

[Basvarken]

The Brooks QB is finally ready!
The build was actually already done two months ago. But I had to wait for the effects to be built into the bass.

But now she's here.














- Mahogany body. Les Paul Junior Double Cut shape
- Flamed Maple top. Sun burst high gloss
- Body back, sides and neck: Mahogany gloss
- Pearloid Binding
- Glued neck, mahogany/maple five piece laminate.
- Two spoke wheel type double action truss rods. Plus one carbon stiffening rod.
- Ebony Fretboard. White side dot inlays
- Sintoms Jumbo frets. Nickel-silver
- 34" Scale
- Buffalo horn nut/ string guide
- Custom made 12 string bridge and tailpiece. Black
- 4 x Gotoh GB 350 bass tuners. Lightweight. Black
- 8 x Gotoh ST-31 Octave string tuners. Lightweight. Black
- D'Addario EXL 170-12 strings
- Gotoh large black strapnuts
- Pickup 1: Lace Alumitone. Black
- Pickup 2: 2x Nordstrand NM4
- 2 x Switchcraft output.
- 2 x Volume. On/off switch with led light for each effect
?- Weight: 4,5 kg

Electronics custom made by BQ Music:
?- Built-in effect 1: SansAmp type overdrive.
- Built-in effect 2: Aguilar TLC Compressor.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBfd2ztqb0

[Dave W]

Congratulations! Nice work as usual.