braKe
BRAKE is an angry screechy younger sister of RAKE, crafted by Obi Blanche,
custom made for large wingspans, tending to indimidate any standard bass[ist] in the world.
as well as her human counterpart [Kristina], she is sometimes sharp and bright, sometimes grungy and distorted, but all in all, quite charismatic.
what makes this bass experimental is the strings continued behind the bridge. those strings produce the over harmonic sounds when plugged, tapped or strung.
other than that the wiring of the pick-ups is unusual.
there's a master volume for the BTB pickup, but all of the pickups are routed through that potentiometer,
so when the volume is activated it does change the feel of the P-Bass and the J-Bass pickups too.
these two are controlled with kill-switches.
this pickup setup produces versatile sound possibilities.
* with special thanks to Florian - Gitarrenbau & Reparatur Tabakfabrik Linz for giving BRAKE a proper neck stretch
custom made for large wingspans, tending to indimidate any standard bass[ist] in the world.
as well as her human counterpart [Kristina], she is sometimes sharp and bright, sometimes grungy and distorted, but all in all, quite charismatic.
what makes this bass experimental is the strings continued behind the bridge. those strings produce the over harmonic sounds when plugged, tapped or strung.
other than that the wiring of the pick-ups is unusual.
there's a master volume for the BTB pickup, but all of the pickups are routed through that potentiometer,
so when the volume is activated it does change the feel of the P-Bass and the J-Bass pickups too.
these two are controlled with kill-switches.
this pickup setup produces versatile sound possibilities.
* with special thanks to Florian - Gitarrenbau & Reparatur Tabakfabrik Linz for giving BRAKE a proper neck stretch
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obi blanche & kristina tica
16/09/24 first public version
latest update 18/04/25
website development/design: kristina tica