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Tonight the good doctor performed surgery on her first—and unsuspecting—patient: my old bass, nicknamed “Gus” since I was in the 3rd grade. Helen and I were in the process of removing Gus’s g string so that we could install a Realist pickup. But then the soundpost fell! Luckily I found my old soundpost repair kit, which I bought in 1998 while at Tanglewood.

As you can see from the pictures (and soon, video) posted below, Helen got to work pretty quickly. Bass luthiers, watchout!

   

After a long day of shopping, what better way to unwind then with an ono malassada? That’s precisely what Helen thought, and so we headed right over to Champion’s on Beretania St. (My personal favorite is Leonard’s, but I am also not one to turn down an offer of malassadas, so Champion’s it was.) Here’s a picture of Helen enjoying a long-awaited malassada!