Today is a nice day… A nice day to make the bass look cooler! I sprayed the clear coat on the bass.
Read on for pics and more info.
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Headstock Logo For Kramer
Since I have a Cricut machine now and I’m painting my bass, I figure it’s a good time to finish the headstock on the Kramer Vanguard. Astute readers will remember that I named the guitar Julius Prime which is an amalgamation of two names I considered; Orange Julius, and Optimus Prime.
I wanted to incorporate an orange with a mean face, that is part cyborg with an eye similar to the Terminator or Cyborg on Teen Titans. Problem was I didn’t feel like spending time designing this. Fast forward to 2025 and AI comes to the rescue.
Read on to see more…
I want to put a name on the face of the headstock. I decided to name the bass CherryPapa. It’s kind of a play on “cherry popper” and being old “papa”. I think a red sparkly thing looks kind of 70’s like my old motorcycle helmet when I was a kid, so I want some kind of 70’s style writing like you would see on the side of a van.
Read on if you want to see more…
Now that the base coats are on and have a bit of time to dry, time for the glitter coats. This is clear paint with red glitter suspended in it. It really makes the finish sparkle! The glitter is not very noticeable until the clear top coat is applied and polished flat. But it sure does look cool!
It’s another nice day, so time to get started. Read on for more…
As a wise man in the 1980s once said, time to paint the bass. I think he was talking about doughnuts not a bass, and he was making them, not painting them, but close enough.
I’m using rattle cans from Roth Metal Flake specifically… Cherry Pie base coat which is a metallic red. Over that, I’ll put some Cherry Pie glitter paint. This is clear paint with red glitter in it to give it some sparkle.
Anywho, tis a nice day outside so let’s get started. Read on to see what’s up.
My bass player friend in my band has a cool Spector Bass with EMG pickups. I think I wanna play some bass in the band so he can play harmonica. I want my bass to sound cool like his, so time for some upgrades.
My bass started out life as a Squire Classic Vibe ’70s Jazz Bass. This is a wicked bass for the money and has very few things that need upgrading.
Back in 2021-ish I did some work on it. Ilin addition to TLC, I swapped the bridge out for a high mass Hipshot Kickass bridge. I also replaced the shitty Squire tuning machines for some Chinesium Guyker ones from Amazon that are actually really nice.
Fast forward to 2025 and I decided to do some more work to it. Follow along with me as I…
- Swap the pickups for a set of EMG PJ pickups.
- Add a battery box for the pickups.
- Make a new pick guard that works with the Precision Bass pickup.
- Relocate the output jack to the side of the bass.
- Add a kill switch
- Change the tuning machines for ones that fit better.
- Paint the body and headstock a cool color
That’s a big list!
What’s the difference between an oyster with epilepsy and a hooker with diarrhea?
One you shuck between fits, the other you….
What’s the difference between an elephant and a grape.
One of them is a grape.
My wife gave me some bad news today. She told me that my son is not actually mine.
She asked me to pay more attention at the school pickup line.
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