I went out to lunch with my wife and one of my sons on Father’s Day, and since we were right around the corner from the new music store in…
Red Rocker
I’m taking an involuntary break from school for a while, so in order to keep busy, I’m throwing myself into my music. For the last 30 years, I’ve been a…
Random Thoughts for September
For the past month, I’ve been expanding my contacts in social media. I’ve added a few hundred folks on Linkedin and Facebook, primarily in the comic book creator and fan…
Desktop for Today – Rickenbacker 4003
Someday, I’ll get another one of these. Still kicking myself for selling my 4001 in the 80’s. Another dream I have…
Family Praise Time
The youth band we work with had their first gig in church today. My wife was singing, my daughter Miranda joined in singing with her, and my son Max played…
Desktop for Today
My desktop for today – a Rickenbacker 4001 bass – sunglow finish. This is the exact one I had back in the 80s. Selling it is one of my biggest…
Fender P-Bass Refinishing Project
I had a minor setback with the paint being too think in a few spots, so I added some more and am putting more varnish on it now. I hope…
Fender Refinishing Project
I re-attached the neck tonight. It still needs to have the pickups and knobs put back, the bridge re-installed, and then re-strung.
Fender Refinishing Project
I got the body all painted, and then applied a few coats of varnish today. It was coming along pretty well, until I got a bit too much on it,…
Fender Refinishing Project
Finally got around to putting the first coat of paint on my old Fender Precision refinishing project. It’s not going to be as fancy as I’d once hoped it would…
Random Thoughts for July 2011
I don’t like algebra. I enrolled in online classes at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh at the beginning of the year, and classes have been going great. I had a…
A Man’s Gotta have Goals
Last year I broke a finger on my left hand – shattered the knuckle, and gave me a big set-back in my bass playing come-back. I had given up playing…
Bass Effects!
On the musical side, I’ve been playing the bass again. I gave it up many years ago after playing in a band for a while, but I picked up a…