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Guitars Jazz Bass

Painting The Bass

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.

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Guitars Jazz Bass

Jazz Bass Upgrade

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!

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Jokes

Eeeeeewww

What’s the difference between an oyster with epilepsy and a hooker with diarrhea?

One you shuck between fits, the other you….

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Elephant

What’s the difference between an elephant and a grape.

One of them is a grape.

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Bad News

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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Cans

What do you call a can opener that’s broken?

Can’t opener

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Veggies

What did John Lennon and Yoko Ono say to their son Sean Lennon when he would not eat his vegetables?

All we are saying, is give peas a chance.

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Kid Song

The adult version of “head, shoulders, knees, and toes” is “wallet, glasses, keys, and phone”

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music stuff

Rock and Roll All Nite / Easy

This is amazing

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Queue

What do you call the first person standing in a line?

“Next!”