{"id":420,"date":"2019-04-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=420"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:48","slug":"bass-of-the-week-brooks-telebird","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-brooks-telebird","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Brooks Telebird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Brooks-Telebird-Bass-Front.jpg?resize=1048%2C340&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brooks Telebird Bass\" width=\"1048\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60771 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>Rob van den Broek put together two classic bass designs to create the Brooks Telebird. The builder, who is a Gibson aficionado, combined the body of a Thunderbird with the neck and pickup Fender Telecaster bass. The pickup is a special 51 P split coil built by Jess Loureiro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe split coil P bass sound (series wiring) is really powerful and well balanced. A bit dark, like you\u2019d expect from a humbucker,\u201d van den Broek writes. \u201cI love the fact that the pickup offers the option for parallel wiring too, in order to have the option of a single coil sound. In parallel, it sounds very clear. Makes me want to roll off the Tone pot a little bit. I\u2019m not sure if it really sounds like the 51 single coil P pickup. But still nice to have the extra option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Telebird is built with a two-piece swamp ash body and an Allparts maple 51 P bolt-on neck. 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