Man, Devin’s growing quickly. This shirt has to be my favorite of his non-onesie wardrobe (thanks, Heidi!). He’s almost big enough for the Frank Zappa onesie Wendy got him (awesome), but for now this is about as rockin’ as he gets. The camo pants/hoodie round it out pretty well, too.

Desiree and Devin catch a quick nap on the sofa.

I then interrupt them with my flash.

Follow the saga here.

Our little guy gets his first gulp of real hospital air after 38 grueling hours of labor(!!). 10 fingers, check. 10 toes, check. Healthy cry, abs-checko-lutely.

There’s more pictures here, too

Devin Benjamin Fegette was born at 10:11pm on June 1st, at 8 pounds/7 ounces. Although you can’t see it here, he’s got his Grandpa Pete’s red hair, too. There’s a lot more pictures here, too.

My trustworthy and dependable Fat Strat, now sporting Seymour Duncan pickups (2x Classic Stacks in the neck/middle position, 1x Jeff Beck model humbucker in the bridge), a blocked tremolo bridge (never use the damn things anyway), regutted and reworked internal electronics, Sperzel locking tuners, and a pearloid white pickguard to match the rest of my collection.

I cannot believe how amazing this sounds now with the trem bridge blocked and locked (extra sustain now that it’s not floating), and in particular, the JB bridge pickup, which is smooth as silk whether clean or punched. For a guitar I got as an afterthought to have a songwriting buddy, this has turned into a A-lister, no doubt about it.

The Fender restoration rush of 2007 is now over. Time to crank it up and let these f@#kers sing.

My Jazz V 5-string, apres-modifications. 2 Bartolini pickups w/preamp added (controls are – top to bottom – master volume, pickup blend, concentric bass/treble EQ, midrange scoop), a Badass V bridge – something no bass should be without – and a complete reworking of the neck.

Between the Badass adding a metric ton of definition/sustain and the Bartolinis giving it a much rounder and warmer tone overall, this bass just became a LOT more versatile in tone. In particular, the new bridge lets the B-string speak with incredible clarity and definition now, whereas before I had to really choke down to the bridge with my right hand to get a tight note out of it. No muddiness in the low register whatsoever now- it’s almost painfully punchy and tight. Sincere thanks to Noah for breaking down and letting me buy this f@#ker from him in the first place.

I started out with a Kodak 110 (cartridge) Instamatic camera as my first foray into photography back when I was 6 or 7 years old, so the nostalgia isn’t lost on me either. Boo-yah!