Brooks Thread

[Chris P.]

Very cool Rob! And I mean this: I don't know many builders who would challenge this and you did! What a great job.

Coming back on the scale length: I find short scales easier to play. I don't like long scales with a wide neck, but if the shorty has a wide neck, it doesn't bother me that much. Recently I bought one of those vintage style (they have a non vintage style too) Hagstrom 8-strings. It's short scale, it sounds very good, but I still have to adjust to the extra strings. I think it being short scale makes it easier to adjust. It doesn't feel like an easy short scale but like hard work, haha! So 4 inches more would be an even bigger struggle.

[Basvarken]

If a customer asks me to build a short scale, I'll make it short scale.
Not my call.

[morrow]

Looks fascinating as hell ! Nice one , Rob.

[gearHed289]

Beautiful tribute to the Quad Rob. I love the idea of a built-in SansAmp. And I like what you did with those Nordstrand coils. Superb!

[Chris P.]

If a customer asks me to build a short scale, I'll make it short scale.
Not my call.

I'm not talking about your choices our your call, but just talking about the pros and cons of short and long/

[BTL]

That turned out great, congratulations!

[4stringer77]

Good job on another impressive and challenging build. That burst is killer too. Keep em coming man!

[Basvarken]

It is featured as Bass of the Week at NoTreble.com.
Quite an honor!

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2023/07/10/bass-of-the-week-brooks-qb/

[Basvarken]

Drumroll...

... a new Brooks bass was born today!
The Brooks UV (aka Thundervee).

Built for our very own Uwe.

- Neck through with Korina body wings
- Nine ply Korina/mahogany neck
- Ebony faceplate on headstock
- Red Mahogany stain. Gloss transparent acrylic finish
- Rosewood fretboard
- 24 Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Handcut Buffalo horn nut
- Three ply black-white-black pickguard
- Wide travel Thunderbird bridge- String through body ferrules
- Hipshot Ultralite nickel plated tuners
- Hipshot Bass Extender for the E-string
- Spokewheel double action trussrod
- 2 x Sixties repro Thunderbird pickups nickel. 9.2 K Ohm
- Di Marzio EP111 toggle switch
- 2 x Volume pot CTS 500 kOhms lineair
- 1 x Tone pot CTS 500 kOhms logarithmic
- 47 nF capacitor
- Rotosound RB45. Nickel on steel roundwound 45-105

#brooksbassguitars #thundervee #flyingvbass #brooksuv

[Dave W]

That's gorgeous! 

[morrow]

You hit that right out of the park , Rob. That's a beauty.

Congratulations Uwe!

[Pilgrim]

Absolutely beautiful work.

[Alanko]

Good grief, that is gorgeous!

[godofthunder]

 Uwe is a very lucky guy! That's a beauty!

[lowend1]

Love the grain and color! You've done justice to the concept of a V bass.