WTD Bass Guitar- Final

The Finished WTD Bass- Trust me, I could've fixed this guitar in Photoshop faster and easier!

Well, here it is ( and me too) with the "What The Duck" Ibanez SR 490 Bass Guitar that I won from Aaron Johnson, Creator of the "WTD" Comic Strip.

The Bass is completely playable- ( Sorry 'bout that Aaron...) and sounds great!

I had a couple of people ask me why I would bid ( Won this on eBay) on a guitar with a broken neck in the first place; there were a couple of reasons:

1) I read "WTD" every day- it makes me laugh

2) It makes me laugh at others...

3) Aaron's going to go far ( He's been accepted into syndication) and I want to be sure to cash in on his name later!

Be sure to go take a look at http://www.whattheduck.net/ and enjoy the photography humor- you won't be dissapointed.

Thanks for the sweet bass Aaron!

What The Duck Bass Guitar Update

* Time for a patient update*
The Guitar is in recovery now- As you can see, the front of the headstock sustained the most splintering- but overall- I'm pleased with how it's turning out!
My next step is to let the stain cure 12 hours; then I'll buff it down, spray a clear coat over it, buff, and repeat till it looks like new- or at least as close as I can get!
( I used to do Guitar repairs for a music store called the "Pied Piper long ago- and this really brought back a lot of memories! Fun stuff...)

WTD Bass Guitar

OK Everybody; The "What The Duck" Bass from "WTD" Creator Aaron Johnson is finally here!

Check him out at http://www.whattheduck.net/ and buy something- he needs the money for a new bass!

Front artwork on the Ibanez Bass

As some of you know, Aaron is also in a band called "Sweet Jelly" , and during a gig, his Bass took a dive and broke the headstock off. I am attempting to :
A) repair the guitar to playablility.
B) If it isn't reapirable to play; at least have a place for guitar hooks to hold it on the wall of my office!
Here is a photo of the damage:

OUCH!
THE PATIENT IN SURGERY

the break was fairly clean, so I am clamping the "wound " together with hopes it will be strong enough to restring. There is a veneer of Mahogany wood on top of the headstock that may be too damaged to repair , I have the "flecks" that came off of it- so we'll have to wait and see how bad the joint is after it's unclamped.

I'll give an update on the "patient" in a few days with better photos of the artwork, signings, and the overall instrument.

Keep your fingers crossed!! :-)

***Update***

I took the clamps off this morning, and while the joint is dry- it needs to cure. The overall break is just a seam in the wood now, so I'm hopeful. There was some splintering on the headstock that will take some work cosmetically to make it look right.

"What The Duck" Ibanez Bass Guitar Winner

http://www.whattheduck.net/

If you're a photographer and haven't seen the "What The Duck" online comic strip; Where have you been!
That being said- The artist and creator , Aaron Johnson is also a musician with the band called Sweet Jelly - He recently put his old bass on ebay and said that if a WTD fan won the bass, he'd sign and put a WTD sketch on it as an "incentive" to bid for it.
I won the bid for the Bass- and after being emailed by Aaron with the preliminary idea for what he wants to put on the bass- All I can say is I CAN"T WAIT TO GET IT!
Awsome! Thanks Aaron!