Tuesday morning, 2:42 a.m. -- Don't have long to write, just some guitar thoughts ...

I successfully sniped a Bridgecraft bass guitar tonight on eBay. Bridgecraft? Who the hell is that? Well, Bridgecraft doesn't have a line of guitars; however they sell Glen Burton and other foreign-made guitars on their website.

The Bridgecraft is the same color red as my old Fender Musicmaster bass. The Bridgecraft however differs, in that it is full-size rather than 3/4 size like the Musicmaster. The Bridgecraft is a Precision Bass clone.

I got it dirt cheap; it is missing one of the saddles on the bridge. The finish actually is reddish ... it is a transparent finish, unlike the solid red poly finish on my Fender. I guess I could refinish it, eh?

The poor bass looks like it has been sitting neglected for a dozen years; its going to need a good cleaning and new strings right away. But all the hardware is there (other than the saddle).

I haven't played bass in one hell of a long time, and truthfully, once I get this guitar in good order, I may not give a crap to take it up again. However, i would like to get reacquainted with the bass so I might expand my knowledge bass ... er, "base" I mean.

I have been playing the hell out of my Ibanez Gio GAX 30 and broke the high E string a couple of days ago. The strings I put on it were some old Ernie Balls that actually had rust on them when I put them on (!). While restringing it, I realized the nut had been  hacked on pretty good by someone who must have used a dremel tool for a nut file ... the A string groove is more like a chasm. I've got the action fairly low, and I'm getting some buzz on the low E string up by the nut because the string is a little too low. I have ordered a replacement nut, so we'll see how that goes.

I have had the second guitar find on eBay snatched out of my hands AFTER the auction ended. In the second case, it was one of those Berhinger strat copies with the USB jack ... the iAXE I think its called. Anyway, the damn thing was like $24 with $20 shipping, and I got it -- or so I thought.

Later that day, the seller canceled the transaction, saying the item wasn't available anymore. What he meant to say was that "the guitar isn't available at a give-away price." Bastard.

This week I've got to get my ESP bass, its a D6 6 string model with a fretboard as wide as an aircraft carrier. My fingers would need a road map to play that thing ... so I'm going to put it up for sale. I'll finance the purchase of another guitar ... perhaps a nice tele or something else. Time will tell.

Goodnight, and rock on !