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I got these. They're one louder...

Easy fix 😉 Here's what a friend of mine did:

Got many requets for a video demo of this bass. So I caved in and made on this morning 😉

Kings X shouldn't be a problem

Trust me, it is never easy.

Made a label and glued it in Cut the top nut (string guide) from a piece of buffalo horn. I used the brass template the ETS provided with the bridge Mounted the tuners. Had to modify the carbon base plates of the (light weight) Gotoh CXB-01 tuners that I used for the octave strings. Because the "ears" were overlapping each other.

After lots of checking and measuring I finally glued the neck in Then drilled the holes for the controls And stained the back a dark mahogany (with a dash of red) The quilted maple top was going to get a cherry burst First did the yellow stain. And then (while still wet) did the red outline. And feathered it out to make nice smooth gradient. Then built up lots of layers of clear After lots of sanding and polishing I mounted the pickups and hardware

Routed the body outline (along the template of course) Then routed the binding channel Glued the pearloid binding in The routed the neck pocket. And shaped the heel

Back to the neck: Made the side markers Then started shaping the neck profile Drilled the tuners holes

Sawed the headstock angle. And planed it nice and smooth Made the truss rod cover Glued the fretboard onto the (roughly shaped) neck While that dried took to the mahogany body blank. First off I routed the controls cavity Then switched to the other side to route the chambering Did some free hand routing for the wiring channel Before glueing the quilted maple top onto the chambered body I had to saw the tri-angular shaped F-holes

Started with the fretboard this time: Then shifted my attention to the neck. Routed the slots for the carbon reinforcement strips plus two spoke wheel truss rods

Ladies and gentlemen; I proudly present a new Brooks Bass! The EXB-12-SA. A semi-hollow twelve string bass. - Mahogany body. Chambered - Quilted Maple top, bookmatched - Nine ply laminated Mahogany set neck. Glued in - Cherry Burst finish. Naturel Mahogany back and sides - Pearloid binding - Ebony fretboard - Abalone position dots. Aluminium ring in 12th position - Jumbo frets - 34" scale - Buffalo horn nut - Custom made twelve string brass bridge set, gold plated - Two spokewheel double action truss rods - Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck - Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the neck position - Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the bridge position - Pure Tone output. Gold plated - Toggle switch (single coil/humbucker). Gold plated - Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners, Gold plated - Gotoh Stealth CXB-01 guitar tuners. Gold plated - d'Addario EXL 170 - 12 strings - Weight: 4.1 kg Serial number: 2025001 I'll post pics of the build process in separate posts below

The bass on the left was built by me 10 years ago. I used Gibson lo-z guitar pickups plus the original wiring loom. The bass on the right is my favorite bass; the 1969 Gibson Les Paul Bass. Here's a few more pics:

I completed this build last month

Yeah! 2024 ended exceptionally well with no less than two Brooks bass guitars in the Top10 of No Treble. And 2025 continues that with yet another Brooks bass featured as Bass of the Week! https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/01/20/bass-of-the-week-the-upgraded-brooks-1-2-short-scale-inspired-by-a-classic/