Practice

Sometimes I plug my bass into my iPad to practice. I really need to get some better sounds, of figure out how to get a better tone.

4 5 6

Some would say I have too many guitars and basses, sometimes even I would. This is only 4 of them, a turn of the camera and there are 4 more.

29 Years

So, 29 Years ago I bought this bass and thought I'd learn how to play. It seems at times I've played better than others all depending how much I wad putting into it. Some day I will be pretty good.

5 Strings

I've been trying to play my bass for a few minutes every day and having pretty good success. I'm working on melodic harmonization for bass guitar and loving chords on bass.

Bass Fishing

I picked up this book and DVD about a year ago and started learning chords on bass. It was put aside for a while but I just got it back out and it is cool! Some basic ideas on playing melody and harmony on bass.

Blue Bass

My awesome daughter created this blue bass out of rip art. We have been talking about building her a bass, maybe it will be blue.

Guitar and Bass

I have a few guitars that I've made and one or two that i bought over the years. Here are two that i keep on the wall ready to play.

Headstock

A while back I took pictures of my new fret less bass. Here's another one, of the headstock.

Volume

My daughter and I had the chance to make music tonight at church. She was singing, I was playing bass.

This is the only effect in the chain, a volume pedal. Simple, they way I like it with the 4 string fretless bass straight into the SWR amp.

Fretless

I really wanted to play this one at church today, but it's been a while and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to play in tune with the band. So I will keep practicing and play the fretted bass when playing with others.

#13

A lot of electronics stuffed into a small space.

Body Shaping

I've been thinking a lot about the fretted bass and wanted to shave a few ounces off the weight. Not too much because mass=tone+sustain, but it also equals a sore shoulder. Gotta think about ergonomics too. After I see how this works out I may take the fretless back to the shop.

I love the way the woods contrast each other. A little more sanding and we will be ready to re-do the finish.

Frets

I've been slow getting out to the shop to finish this one. All that's left is electronics and set up. Today I made time to start leveling frets.

I really like working on guitars and basses but it's hard to make it a priority.

Video Phone

So, if you call me at work and are on a video phone, this is who will greet you.

He stands there on my desk waiting for someone to call.

Cami turns 40

My friend Mike called me a while back and said, "do you think we could pull of playing some music at Cami's birthday party?" I thought, "bass and saxophone, we might need to fill it out a little." We came up with our friend Kenny, really Kenny was a ringer, he's actually good.

Mike's idea was that we would play some jazz standards so he came up with a list of tunes and we got together and practiced once and showed up for the party a couple of weeks later.



Mike and Cami did a great job of putting the party together. Lot's of yummy food and beverage and after dinner we set out to play. They had a nice patio tent with dance floor.


Me, Kenny and Mike




Club Marchand. There were some points that folks actually got out there and danced.


It was a good time. Felt good to get out and play.