Spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday with my friend and fellow bass player Michel Gauthier installing a new neck on my Fender Precision Bass. Sadly, the bass was caught in a flood (as was I) just after my arrival in Costa Rica. The neck warped and the instrument was barely playable.
Happily, I was able to buy a replacement neck through Ebay and have it shipped to friends in the U.S. who brought it here to the rainforest. Thanks Brent, Renee, Hope and Al. I have had the neck for some time but had not got around to the surgery. When Michel told me he had done this before and offered to help - I gladly accepted. Four hands are better than two on this kind of job.
We stripped the original neck of hardware and removed it, then installed the new neck and transferred all the hardware to it. It was a tedious, meticulous operation that took the whole afternoon. But at the end of the day my old '73 Precision was restored and is playable again. This instrument has quite a history and has traveled thousands of miles with me. It fed my family for years. I am glad to have it back. Thanks, Michel.
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