Brubaker Guitars Announces Rodney “Skeet” Curtis Signature Bass
Parliament Funkadelic and Maceo Parker bassist Rodney “Skeet” Curtis has teamed up with Brubaker Guitars to create the a signature bass called the JXB-Extreme II Skeet Model. The bass, which was developed over two years, is based on the company’s JXB series and comes in four-, five-, and six-string versions.
It features a buckeye burl maple theme for the body’s top as well as the fingerboard and headstock. The bass is loaded with a pair of Bartolini Jazz Bass pickups as well as a 4.6 3-band active preamp. Finally, it’s fitted with Hipshot hardware in black and gold.
The Brubaker Guitars JXB-Extreme II Skeet Model is custom built in Maryland. List price for the model is $7,000 for the four-string, $7,300 for the five-string, and $7,700 for the six-string.
Brubaker Guitars JXB-Extreme II “Skeet” Bass Specs:
| Body: | Ash |
| Top: | Buckeye Burl Maple |
| Headstock: | Buckeye Burl Maple |
| Neck: | Maple |
| Fingerboard: | Buckeye Burl Maple |
| Pickups: | Bartolini Jazz Bass |
| Electronics: | Bartolini 4.6 3-band Preamp |
| Hardware: | Hipshot |
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Absolutely Beautiful, however for that price I’d go elsewhere
agree. i´d prefer other brands at this price point.
I guess a chunk of that 7K per bass helps forget the unfortunate nick-name.
I know just what you mean. Years ago I had a girlfriend who used to say, “just please not in my hair – OK?”. It was ‘Skeeting Action’ at its finest.
The finish on this bass is odd, but I’m sure it plays well.
Rodney doesn’t look very happy:(
$7000.00 for, essentially, a Jazz Bass? Are you freakin’ kidding me? How do they even stay in business? What moron would have the money AND be stupid enough to spend this? $3-4K for Laklands and Sadowsky’s are bad enough, but this is just ridiculous.
Interesting. I’ve see folks pay twice that much for a Fodera plus this is list pricing.
Bass players love to wine haha. And I play bass so I can say this. Looks like an awesome instrument.
It’s spelled ‘whine’ and I’m sure it’s a fine instrument (better be at that price). If you are a subject of The Realm you might spell it ‘whinge’.
That sounds like a really bad idea tonewise. I mean a bacteria and fungi decomposed fretboard, with omnidirectional wood fibers? Not my idea of good tonewood xD
Tone woods don’t exist. Please reference Steinberger for proof of that.
Perhaps I wouldn’t go as far as Brock Landers but saying the wood of the body underneath that top and the neck under the fretboard would be more important seems reasonable
Four strings ,you.dont need anymore
TO THE WINDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW TO THE WALL!!!!
Beautiful and great sounding instrument but for $7000 bucks, uh no. My $599.00 Sire bass does fine
That’s pretty much how his expression has been for years but as I use to tell folks even back n the day, don’t let his bland facial expressions fool ya because his playing speaks for itself.