Twelve String Thunderbird

[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!

[Dave W]

Another stunning bass! Congrats, Rob.

[Granny Gremlin]

There's nothing about this I don't like.  I'm not even a figured top guy, but its working for me here.

[Basvarken]

[BTL]

I think it's really awesome that you had Jeff Ament demo your bass...

[Basvarken]

Haha, he even played a little Jeremy

[gearHed289]

Rob strikes again! 

[godofthunder]

Just amazing Rob!

[clankenstein]

Wow that looks awesome Rob!

[morrow]

There’s two output jacks , is one for each pickup , Rob ?

[Basvarken]

Yes, that’s right. Each pickup has its own pickup.

[morrow]

I’ve had a 4001 one for ages , but I’ve never run it in stereo . I’d simply need a stereo cable and a splitter , I’ve got various amps and cabs .
Can you run a full mono signal with a standard jack on the Brooks 12 , or it it designed to just use double cables ?  Could you hook up a stereo wireless system ? I’m not sure I’ve even heard of one … but I just plug into my rig .
That’s something a little different .

[Basvarken]

It’s made for the use of two separate amps.
The neck pickup is a bass humbucker. (For the bass amp)
The bridge pickup is a guitar pickup. (For the guitar amp with overdrive an other effects).

Of course I could have opted for a stereo jack output like a Rickenbacker.
But it was done like this per special request of the customer.

[BTL]

Will you get to hear that setup live? That's something I'd love to experience.