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modification Brooks EB-SPL-Noir 

MODIFIED FOR ERIC FOX

​- One piece mahogany body
- One piece Mahogany set neck. Glued in
- Matte black nitro cellulose.
- Checkerboard binding

- Ebony fretboard
​- Jumbo frets
- 34" scale
- Handcut bone nut 

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- Babicz FCH bridge
- Spokewheel trussrod
- DiMarzio Split P, DP 122 
- Hipshot Utralite tuners
​- Hipshot Bass Extender 

- CTS pot
​- True Tone multi contact output jack 

- GHS Boomers Heavy Nickel 50-115 strings

Serialnumber: none

Want a similar bass?  Let me build you one!
This bass is one of two pilot builds that I had made for me by a Chinese manufacturer. I sold it to the bass player of Blo Ya Top. He used it for about a year and then he contacted me to ask for some modifications.

He wanted the checkerboard binding that I've used on the Brooks EB-PL Noir. But instead of a gloss black finish he wanted matte black.
And instead of the Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Single Coil he asked me to install a Split P pickup by DiMarzio. So I had to fill the original routing and make a new one.

The bass is also upgraded with Babicz Full Contact Bridge and Hipshot tuners plus a Bass Extender.

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Baby Killed The Roses live: Mark Vergoossen (guitar), Eric Fox (bass) and Paul Heuts (drums). Pic by Lucas Jansen
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  • About me
    • Book
  • Bass
    • EB-Bass >
      • Brooks EB-PL
      • Brooks EB-RBL
      • Brooks EB-MM-Q
      • Brooks EB-RBL-Q
      • Brooks EB-RBL-Q II
      • Brooks EB-TB
      • Brooks EB-TB-IV
      • Brooks EB-PL Noir
      • Gotchie EB-PL burst
      • Gotchie EB-PL cherry
      • Modification EB-SPL-Noir
    • TB-Bass >
      • Brooks TeleBird
      • Brooks Thinline TeleBird
      • Brooks Thinline TeleBird #2
      • Brooks Grabbird
      • Brooks Nachtkrapp
      • Fenderbird
    • EBN-Bass >
      • Brooks EB-N
      • Brooks EB-N Red
      • Brooks EBN-MS-5
    • EXB-Bass >
      • Brooks EXB-4-SA
      • Brooks EXB-5
      • Brooks EXB-MS-10
      • Brooks EXB-MS-10
      • Brooks EXB-MS-5
    • LB-Bass >
      • Brooks-1
      • Brooks-1.2
      • LesPaulBass2015
      • Brooks LP-LZ
    • Brooks PB-2
    • Brooks ThunderVee
    • Brooks UV
    • Brooks EMB-3
    • Acoustic Bass
  • 12- string Bass
    • TB-12-Bass >
      • Brooks DDB
      • Brooks SparkleBird
      • Brooks TB-12-Q
      • Brooks TB-12
      • Brooks TB-12-SF
      • Brooks NR-TB-12
    • EXB-12-Bass >
      • Brooks EXB-12-SA
      • Brooks EXB-12-TP
      • Brooks EXB-12-TP Black
      • Brooks EXB-12-TP-WF
      • Brooks EXB-12-TP #2
      • Brooks EXB-12-Q
      • Brooks EXB-12-3P
      • Brooks EXB-12-2PR
      • Brooks EXB-12R-MV
      • Brooks EXB-12-QB
      • Brooks EXB-12-B
      • Brooks EXB-12-JG
    • Brooks FV-12
    • Brooks QB
    • Brooks EB-N-12
    • Brooks BL-8
  • 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
  • Contact
  • Pickup