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Brooks - Nachtkrapp - Night Raven

NACHTKRAPP AIRBORNE - CHRIS LAUT SIGNATURE

​- Neck through with mahogany body wings
- Nine ply mahogany/walnut neck
- Ebony faceplate on headstock

- Burgundy finish
- Rosewood fretboard 
​- Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Handcut bone nut 
- Three ply white-black-white pickguard With Camo print
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- Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop
- Spokewheel trussrod
- Gibson reissue Thunderbird pickup.
- Hipshot Ultralite tuners 
- CTS pots 
- Sprague capacitor
- Rotosound RB 50 strings
- German Paratrooper badge on upper horn
​- Weight 3.8 kg


Serialnumber: 2023005

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The Brooks Nachtkrapp was built especially for Chris Laut.
Chris is the lead singer and bass player of the most excellent band Ohrenfeindt from St. Pauli, Hamburg. Chris always wields a Thunderbird on stage (Bride or Babe).
He is also an airborne paratrooper for the German army.
So we came up with a unique combination of Burgundy (from the baret), Camo and the emblem of the Paratroopers.
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About the name

The Nachtkrapp (translates as Night Raven) is a mythological bird from Westen European culture (in particular Germany and Austria). Since Brooks is a European brand it seemed appropriate to find a European counterpart for the American Thunderbird.
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  • About me
  • Bass
    • Brooks Nachtkrapp
    • Brooks PB-2
    • Brooks Thinline TeleBird >
      • Brooks Thinline TeleBird #2
    • Brooks ThunderVee >
      • Brooks UV
    • Brooks Grabbird
    • Brooks EB-N >
      • Brooks EB-N Red
    • Brooks EBN-MS-5
    • Brooks TeleBird
    • Brooks EB-MM-Q
    • Brooks EB-RBL-Q >
      • Brooks EB-RBL-Q II
    • Brooks EB-RBL
    • Brooks EB-TB >
      • Brooks EB-TB-IV
    • Brooks EB-PL Noir
    • Brooks EB-PL
    • Brooks-1
    • Brooks-1.2
    • Brooks EXB-MS-10
    • Brooks EXB-4-SA
    • Brooks EXB-MS-5
    • Modification EB-SPL-Noir
    • Gotchie EB-PL burst
    • Gotchie EB-PL cherry
    • Acoustic Bass
    • LesPaulBass2015
  • 12- string Bass
    • Brooks SparkleBird
    • Brooks EXB-12-SA
    • Brooks EXB-12-TP
    • Brooks EXB-12-TP Black
    • Brooks DDB
    • Brooks FV-12
    • Brooks QB
    • Brooks TB-12-Q
    • Brooks TB-12
    • Brooks EXB-12-Q
    • Brooks EXB-12-B
    • Brooks EXB-12-3P
    • Brooks EXB-12-2PR >
      • Brooks EXB-12R-MV
    • Brooks EB-N-12
    • Brooks EXB-12-QB
  • Guitar
    • Brooks LS
    • Brooks LP-SC
    • Brooks LP-TC Almalgamation
    • Brooks FireCaster
  • Concepts
  • Repairs and mods
    • Epiphone Newport
    • Headstock repair
    • Waterstone Pickup replacement
    • Gibson Les Paul Signature
    • Gibson Les Paul Prototype
  • Book
  • Contact
  • Special