Playing and/or modding a signed bass

[JeezyMcNuggles]

A couple years ago I won a bass signed by Meghan Trainor. Thought it was cool, tried to sell it but she has one hit nobody cares about now and it’s a Squier Affinity. I wanted to sell it to finance a “real” bass but gave up and just started playing this one. After doing a setup, I’m really starting to dig it!

I’m starting to find the tone a little monotonous; it’s a PJ and I’m using a Vox Pathfinder Bass 10 amp. I really want to play with some synths, octavers, or chorus pedals but do you guys have any suggestions in the meantime? I’m just coming back to bass after a LONG time away.

Also, the Stormtrooper white and black is a little… boring. What are your opinions on modding a signed bass? I desperately want to get some teal and orange on this thing, maybe even colored pickup covers, or plastic knobs in different colors instead of chrome.

Her signature didn’t seem to interest anyone before and the website/charity she did it through (If Only) appears to be defunct now so proving provenance might be difficult anyway… should I take a sander to this thing and repaint it?

Unless she signed a bass that she recorded with, it means nothing. Get a new neck, lightweight tuners, quarter pound pickups, mini bourns pots, and a high mass bridge. She'll be a beast.

Here's my affinity

Beast

 

[BlueTalon]

I don't know if I want a signature of a woman that has two toilets in her bathroom so she can sit next to her husband while they both do whatever.

One of my professors in college told us about a time both he and his wife got violently ill at precisely the same moment. He wished he'd had dual toilets. It's admittedly extreme excess most other time, but in that one moment you really need it...

 

[Pauly 4001]

One of my professors in college told us about a time both he and his wife got violently ill at precisely the same moment. He wished he'd had dual toilets. It's admittedly extreme excess most other time, but in that one moment you really need it...

I'm sure I'll want to stay out of this but couldn't your professor at least have said that he was wishing for a second bathroom at that moment?

 

[Ghastly]

I like it. While I'm not a big fan of her, it's kind of humerous. The bass looks great. ...matching headstock...

 

[BlueTalon]

I'm sure I'll want to stay out of this but couldn't your professor at least have said that he was wishing for a second bathroom at that moment?

I don't think it would have mattered. I know in my house, if I was about to be violently ill, I might have time to make it to my main bathroom. I doubt I'd have time to make it to my second bathroom.

 

[Christophe C]

Keep it with the evidence (try to find someone from the association). And buy a second hand good bass that you will play without afterthought.

 

[James Collins]

One of my professors in college told us about a time both he and his wife got violently ill at precisely the same moment. He wished he'd had dual toilets. It's admittedly extreme excess most other time, but in that one moment you really need it...

Um no. You need two bathrooms. Why do you need to sit next to each other?

 

[BlueTalon]

Um no. You need two bathrooms. Why do you need to sit next to each other?

You didn't read my other response, did you?

And why do you care if someone chooses to have two toilets in a bathroom?

 

[James Collins]

You didn't read my other response, did you?

And why do you care if someone chooses to have two toilets in a bathroom?

It is the trending Megan Trainor topic on the internet.

 

[DanDBassist]

There is no telling what the future may hold. After reading so many varying thoughts expressed here, I think you might want to save it and the paperwork for that untold time. It may be a big deal for SOMEONE someday.

 

[5andFretless]

For me it would be all about the bass.

Sorry, couldn't help myself

 

[DanDBassist]

My wife and I play music together. When she plays bass I play electric guitar. All About That Bass is on our playlist.

 

[BlueTalon]

It is the trending Megan Trainor topic on the internet.

Fair enough.

 

[ModuMan]

My wife and I play music together. When she plays bass I play electric guitar. All About That Bass is on our playlist.

Better than Lips Are Movin. That would be awkward.

 

[Volker Kirstein]

It is the trending Megan Trainor topic on the internet.

I think that it's because she's currently a judge on Battle of the Cover Bands?