Splat Space member Jeffrey Crews took an old neglected bass guitar and fix it up. At Splat Space we often try to fix things up as opposed to throwing them out, breathing new life into old things.”I had previously refurbished a child’s-size electric 6-string to be my son’s first guitar, and then had redone the wiring on his later, full-size Strat. So when I found this 4-string bass at The Scrap Exchange for $5, I immediately bought it.

The neck was straight and intact but it needed new pickups, all new wiring and tuners. I gave it a new paintjob, 3-D printed knobs, and as the final touch I added a brushed aluminum pickguard made from a handicapped parking sign I picked up at the junkyard.

To go with it I rewired a basic amp with a 12″ subwoofer. It plays quite well (I don’t, but the bass does.)”