Basvarken Posted March 1 Posted March 1 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 14 1 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 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 4 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 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 4 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 Back to the neck: Made the side markers Then started shaping the neck profile Drilled the tuners holes 4 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 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 4 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 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 5 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 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. 6 Quote
itu Posted March 1 Posted March 1 You make it look like this project would have been easy. Sure it is easy for you. Fabulous work! 1 1 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 19 minutes ago, itu said: You make it look like this project would have been easy. Sure it is easy for you. Fabulous work! Trust me, it is never easy. 2 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 4 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Is it any good for metal? Just wondering… Kings X shouldn't be a problem 1 Quote
d-basser Posted March 2 Posted March 2 Gorgeous, pointy basses and gold hardware don't normally float my boat but that's lovely 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted March 2 Posted March 2 Again, an excellent and amazing job @Basvarken, congratulations, it's always a delight to see your work in progress. 😍👏👌🏻 2 1 Quote
MichaelDean Posted March 2 Posted March 2 I saw this on your Instagram and was looking forward the build thread - it didn't disappoint! Lovely looking thing! 1 1 Quote
Basvarken Posted March 5 Author Posted March 5 Got many requets for a video demo of this bass. So I caved in and made on this morning 😉 5 1 Quote
binky_bass Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Build me an 18 string version please! Looks utterly amazing... very much envious of your ability! Fantastic stuff. 1 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago I love your work. Can I, could I, make a suggestion on the You Tube presentations? Maybe (maybe) run the bass through a crossover of some sort (Rolls make the SX21) and output the lows through a cleanish bass amp (or something with a bit of whump) and the highs through something with a bit of dirt. I owned a 12-string for a while, my personal feeling is that the bulk of owners/players are looking for a dUg Pinnick/Tom Petersson tone. Quote
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