Basvarken Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 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 my good friend Bas Becu. Serialnumber: 2021003 Pics of the build process can be found here: https://www.enkoo.nl/brooks-tb-12-q.html Edited July 24, 2021 by Basvarken 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Very nice! All my basses are stereo. Great sounding bass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Not usually a fan of quilts/flame tops but that is lovely. Like the headstock too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 15, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Honestly, you make things I daydream about - but you make them better. Good Lord. The skill of you. Magic. I think the EB-0 bird that you made is still way up there for me x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basvarken Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, AndyTravis said: I think the EB-0 bird that you made is still way up there for me x Did I build that? 🤔 You mean the Telebird perhaps? Or the EB-TB? That must be the one you're thinking of! Edited July 24, 2021 by Basvarken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Brilliant! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 What an absolute beast! In a good way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Basvarken said: Did I build that? 🤔 You mean the Telebird perhaps? Or the EB-TB? That must be the one you're thinking of! This one. What a beauty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basvarken Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Yeah, my bad. My head was in the Thunderbird shapes. But your description was spot on EB-0 Bird. Still regret selling that one... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 On 24/07/2021 at 14:59, Basvarken said: 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 my good friend Bas Becu. Serialnumber: 2021003 Pics of the build process can be found here: https://www.enkoo.nl/brooks-tb-12-q.html As always, absolutely incredible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 @Basvarken - I see you using the Lace pickups a lot - I'm considering them for a custom build and would love to hear your opinions if them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basvarken Posted July 29, 2021 Author Share Posted July 29, 2021 21 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said: @Basvarken - I see you using the Lace pickups a lot - I'm considering them for a custom build and would love to hear your opinions if them! The first time I used the Lace Alumitones was on the first twelve string bass I built. I was looking for a humbucker that has bar magnets that are wide enough to pick up all the strings equally as good. Many bass humbuckers with bar magnets are a bit on the narrow side. But Lace offers the Bass Bars in several widths (3.5', 4", 4.5"). Which made me curious about those. I checked a few YouTube videos and decided to try them out. I was pleasantly surprised. They have a very high output level (even though they're passive). Are dead silent (no hum whatsoever, even in single coil mode). They sound very even across the tonal spectrum. And I think they look pretty cool too. I've used them on a regular four string bass too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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