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Basvarken
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Ladies, Gentlemen and everyone in between:
I proudly present the Brooks Thundervee.

A hybrid between a Thunderbird and a Flying V.

- Neck through with Korina body wings
- Nine ply Korina/mahogany neck
- Ebony faceplate on headstock
- Red Mahogany stain. Gloss transparent acrylic finish
- Rosewood fretboard 
- 23 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 
- Spokewheel double action trussrod
- 2 x Sixties repro Thunderbird pickups nickel. 9.2 K Ohm
- Di Marzio EP111 toggle switch 4PDT for serial mode
- 2 x Volume pot Bourns 500 kOhms logarithmic 
- 1 x Tone pot Bourns 500 kOhms logarithmic 
- Kemet capacitor 47 nF paper insulation
- DR FatBeams 45-105

Electronics circuit by BQ Music

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Pics of the build process can be found here

 


This is what she sounds like:

 

Edited by Basvarken
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