After
that, I had Ed Foley, a well known acoustic guitar builder
apply the finish to the body. Dickie didn't want a high
gloss finish, so Ed made it a satin finish. The wild thing
about the way he did it, is that when you look at it in
natural light, it's a soft blue. Not so vibrant. But in
bright light or when you take a picture of it with a flash,
it really comes alive and looks like an electric blue. So,
after it was finished I spent some time putting it together.
I experimented with the wiring. The pickups are wired in
series, and there's a cap to cut the treble. If you pull
out the volume knob, it shuts off the bridge pickup. It's
so fat and full of bottom it's unbelieveable. As I was getting
it together I was filling Dickie in on it's progress, and
I was e-mailing him some pictures as I went along. We were
both excited as he was getting a new bass, and I was creating
something unique.
On September 28th, I got up at 4 a. m. to catch a 6:50 flight
out of Newark, headed for San Francisco where he would pick
me up at the airport. Check out my
video for a look at my
trip, Dickie playing it for the first time, and his overview
of the instrument. I'll have to admit that I love to document
things in pictures and on video. I like to be creative that
way and make something that other people can enjoy. So,
I took 3 cameras (all different formats) and a video camera
with me. Dickie was a lot of fun to hang with. He introduced
me to his friends, we got to jam a little, took some photos
of him with the bass, and we went to a concert where he
was supposed to meet Michael Anthony of Van Halen (as Michael
is a big fan of Dickie's), but it turned out that he wasn't
there so the meeting didn't take place. We got up at 5 a.m.
so he could get me to the airport by 8 and I just made my
plane with a minute to spare because of the traffic. Looking
back it was a great experience for me to hang with a musical
legend for a weekend. And me, always working, did a little
work on his dining room table to a couple of his basses
while I was there. It gave me something to do because I
was up before he was because of the time difference. 3 hours
difference. Yes, I did come home tired.
Thank you for checking out the story behind the bass. The
Dickie Peterson POWER BASS. "It's not a toy".
Says the man.
After
that, I had Ed Foley, a well known acoustic guitar builder
apply the finish to the body. Dickie didn't want a high
gloss finish, so Ed made it a satin finish. The wild thing
about the way he did it, is that when you look at it in
natural light, it's a soft blue. Not so vibrant. But in
bright light or when you take a picture of it with a flash,
it really comes alive and looks like an electric blue. So,
after it was finished I spent some time putting it together.
I experimented with the wiring. The pickups are wired in
series, and there's a cap to cut the treble. If you pull
out the volume knob, it shuts off the bridge pickup. It's
so fat and full of bottom it's unbelieveable. As I was getting
it together I was filling Dickie in on it's progress, and
I was e-mailing him some pictures as I went along. We were
both excited as he was getting a new bass, and I was creating
something unique. 
trip, Dickie playing it for the first time, and his overview
of the instrument. I'll have to admit that I love to document
things in pictures and on video. I like to be creative that
way and make something that other people can enjoy. So,
I took 3 cameras (all different formats) and a video camera
with me. Dickie was a lot of fun to hang with. He introduced
me to his friends, we got to jam a little, took some photos
of him with the bass, and we went to a concert where he
was supposed to meet Michael Anthony of Van Halen (as Michael
is a big fan of Dickie's), but it turned out that he wasn't
there so the meeting didn't take place. We got up at 5 a.m.
so he could get me to the airport by 8 and I just made my
plane with a minute to spare because of the traffic. Looking
back it was a great experience for me to hang with a musical
legend for a weekend. And me, always working, did a little
work on his dining room table to a couple of his basses
while I was there. It gave me something to do because I
was up before he was because of the time difference. 3 hours
difference. Yes, I did come home tired.