Brooks EB-RBL-Q

BTL · August 14, 2018, 07:22:22 PM

That's really spectacular...nice work!

Basvarken · August 16, 2018, 02:06:13 AM

Thank you guys.

clankenstein · August 16, 2018, 02:11:50 AM

Pretty sweet looking Rob .I like the no controls look too.

wellREDman · October 13, 2018, 05:24:13 PM

gorgeous

godofthunder · November 08, 2018, 10:47:04 AM

Fantastic! Beautiful work Rob.

Basvarken · November 09, 2018, 05:17:16 AM

Thank you guys.

Got a new one on the works. Almost ready. Working on the finish as we speak

dadagoboi · November 09, 2018, 06:08:33 AM

Way cool!

Stjofön Big · November 09, 2018, 12:52:03 PM

Beautiful! There seem to be room enough for a T-bird pup?

Dave W · November 09, 2018, 09:19:54 PM

I'm guessing soapbar pickup (EMG 35 size).

Basvarken · November 10, 2018, 01:19:02 AM

I'm building this bass guitar on commission. The client wants exactly the same as the previous Brooks EB-RBL-Q.
So it will get a Seymour Duncan SRB-1B bass humbucker, with the ears cut off and a custom made pickup ring.

Except this bass will get a volume pot and a tone pot.

Highlander · November 10, 2018, 10:44:14 AM

(cop out)

Okay, alright... maybe the volume...

Dave W · November 10, 2018, 10:54:41 AM

I guessed soapbar because your pic shows one screw on each side, like most soapbars, while your previous one with the Seymour Duncan Ric pickup has a three-screw mount.

I'v heard the Duncan pickup in a Ric but I'm curious to know how it compares to other pickups you have used in your builds.

Basvarken · November 10, 2018, 12:44:25 PM

Quote from: Dave W on November 10, 2018, 10:54:41 AM
I guessed soapbar because your pic shows one screw on each side, like most soapbars, while your previous one with the Seymour Duncan Ric pickup has a three-screw mount.

The two screws in the pic are only for support while spraying the finish. This way I prevent the vulnerable surface of the fresh layers of lacquer from touching the table.

Quote from: Dave W on November 10, 2018, 10:54:41 AM
I'v heard the Duncan pickup in a Ric but I'm curious to know how it compares to other pickups you have used in your builds.

The only other humbucker that I've used in this model is the EY Chinabucker. And I have to admit that I prefer the sound of that one.
But my customer wants this one. The Seymour Duncan sounds great too. Less focussed on the mid low frequencies than the EY, but still a nice pickup.
Plus it is versatile because of the option to split the coils. I am going to equip this bass with a slide switch too: series, parallel, single.

Dave W · November 12, 2018, 07:54:21 AM

I haven't heard a comparison between the EY and the Duncan but it's not surprising that a Ric type pickup wouldn't be as focused on low mids. I think they sound great, no matter what some Ric fans think. Regardless, the customer wants it, that makes your decision easy.

Basvarken · November 26, 2018, 02:46:31 PM

Today I completed the build of a new Brooks bass.
It is very similar to the previous EB-RBL-Q bass. Except it does have a volume pot and tone pot.
And this one does not have a zero fret. But a buffalo horn top nut.

The guy who I built it for picked it up one hour after I turned in the last screw.
I think he got a few speeding tickets on the way to my place. And a few more on the way back home