Bass of the Week: Brooks EB-RBL
Hans Grimm shared his fantastic bass on the No Treble Facebook group, and it got lots of us excited.
“This beauty was built for me by very talented amateur luthier Rob van den Broek, under his Brooks brand,” the bassist wrote. “The model is based on a classic Gibson, and also sports Hamer-ish looks.”
The old school influenced axe sports a one-piece mahogany body with a matching one-piece mahogany set neck. Pearloid binding adorns the body, which is treated with a transparent black stain finished with a high gloss transparent acrylic. For electronics, van den Broek went with a Seymour Duncan SRB-1B bass humbucker that can be toggled between series, single coil, and parallel operation.
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Brooks EB-RBL Bass Features:
| Scale: | 34″ |
| Construction: | Set Neck (Glued In) |
| Body: | One-piece Mahogany |
| Neck: | One-piece Mahogany |
| Fretboard: | Rosewood |
| Binding: | Pearloid |
| Frets: | 21 |
| Nut: | Graphtec |
| Pickup: | Seymour Duncan SRB-1B bass humbucker |
| Electronics: | Passive, MEC on-on-on toggle (series, single coil, parallel) |
| Tuners: | Schaller lightweight tuners |
| Bridge: | Babicz |
| Color: | Transparent Black Stain |
| Finish: | High Gloss Transparent Acrylic Finish |
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
