The Last Bass Outpost

I keep expecting to see photos of new Epiphone basses. Imagine my surprise with what I find instead.

Here's another one of those things that I've been thinking about for a while, and it's finally happening: a lightweight chrome-plated aluminum Strat-style knob. The sample is nickel, but the production item will be shiny chrome.

This little Weldon countersink bit is the right tool for the job. These pickup rings will be chrome-plated along with my 8-string bridge parts by Advanced Plating in TN.

The 9-to-5 has kept me beyond busy since I started my new role, but I have a few things cooking in the background. 

One little update is that I have decided to offer what I'll call a "standard" symmetrical shape on the new necks coming through the pipeline. These will be based on the 3+2 shape, but without the bottle-opener. I'm curious to see if these sell quicker as replacement necks vs. the bottle-opener. 

I think they will, but only time will tell.

I think it's interesting that you hear about these suits being filed, but you never hear when they're resolved. For example, Google offers no updates on the 335 body shape trademark dispute and Gibson still displays it as a trademark on their page.

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Trademarks-of-Gibson-Brands-Inc

Four down, six to go.



kicking down the walls - malik/lowe/warren

the walls are falling ‘cause i’m kicking them, doors keep closing in my face
there’s people talking behind my back as i hide behind my cellophane soul
the walls are falling ‘cause i’m kicking them, i’m feeling so out of place
running a race i  don’t understand, i feel like i’m out of control

you know, sometimes i feel i should learn to be a little bit more like  everybody else
and then i think, hell, maybe they can learn to be a little bit more like me
and i wonder if i have anything to offer them anyway
and do they have what i need

you know sometimes running around this same sad, lonely town
i think i should just get up and get on out of here, i don’t know
but then maybe i’d be running away from everything that makes me what i am
maybe i’ll just stick around a little bit longer



grandpa - lowe

sitting by the fire in my grandpa’s rocker
wondering what it must have been like to be him
no tv’s, no cd’s, only talking boxes
gray factory days and nights with gin

i never knew my grandpa
he died when i was young
i never knew my grandpa

traveled to this country, first generation
nothing here for him but a new beginning
living through two world wars must’ve been something
poverty couldn’t quench the fire within

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It's nicely quirky! Is it an insult if I say that it reminds me of early Romantics with a touch of Talking Heads thrown in?

No, not at all. We were definitely of that era. Thanks!