![]() ![]() I wanted the thinner neck, and I wanted the silver-flake, but I wanted it on a Jazz Bass. “I tried to have my cake and eat it, too. When My Chemical Romance was talking about doing reunion shows, I’d contacted Michael Schulz from Fender and was like, 'Is it OK if I make a new bass for this era of My Chemical Romance?' I wanted to take my past and bring it to the future – taking my Mustang and melding it with the Jazz Basses that I loved so much. “The psychology behind it is that I forgot about it. Is there a psychology behind removing the racing stripe, then? The thing with racing stripe was always like, 'This player is a badass!'” Maybe somewhere down the line we’ll throw a racing stripe on this. “I thought about bringing it back and keeping the continuity. One aesthetic difference between your Mustang model and this Jazz is that you didn’t throw a racing stripe on this one. “I remember being younger and going into stores and seeing a flake finish and being like, 'Oh my god, that’s an expensive – I can’t afford that, let alone play it.' It was almost intimidating.” That flake finish makes me think of so many different things, but that’s why I love it so much. “Ace Frehley, of course, was big into flake finishes, and as a kid, you love the larger-than-life, comic book world of Kiss. Chris Cornell had the Gretsch Silver Jet, from Silverchair had one – the imagery the Smashing Pumpkins used, they liked sparkles. Growing up in the ‘90s, the silver-flake was big in alternative music. “I’ve been obsessed with the sparkle finish as far back as I can remember. ![]() What were some of the musts when it came to designing this latest signature? ![]()
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