Eggman
Well-known member
I have had numberous EBMM basses in the single H configuration and eventually have sold them all because I never fully bonded with them. I have a Big Poppa Bongo and I dig its tone but there is something about it that bugs me.
Playing it last weekend in Aspen, it hit me. My problem is physical positioning and not the bass. I have played two pickup basses all my life and always anchored my right thumb on the bridge pickup. My body must have some muscle memory for that position. When playing a single H my arm is "out of position" plus there is a difference in string tension playing back by the bridge.
The other morning I had an idea - the old thumb rest idea. I pictured one of those adhesive small rubber bumpers that might be used on a cabinet door, stuck to the pickguard where the back corner of a bridge pickup might be. Didn't have any of those bumpers in the house but I found one of the small suction cup hooks one might use on a window to hang something. Took the metal hook off which left a small silicone/plastic suction cup with a nub in the center.
I put it in place on the pickguard and ta-da - it works great. My arm is in its position and the string tension feels right. Tone is perfect.
I am a happy camper with the single H now!!!
Playing it last weekend in Aspen, it hit me. My problem is physical positioning and not the bass. I have played two pickup basses all my life and always anchored my right thumb on the bridge pickup. My body must have some muscle memory for that position. When playing a single H my arm is "out of position" plus there is a difference in string tension playing back by the bridge.
The other morning I had an idea - the old thumb rest idea. I pictured one of those adhesive small rubber bumpers that might be used on a cabinet door, stuck to the pickguard where the back corner of a bridge pickup might be. Didn't have any of those bumpers in the house but I found one of the small suction cup hooks one might use on a window to hang something. Took the metal hook off which left a small silicone/plastic suction cup with a nub in the center.
I put it in place on the pickguard and ta-da - it works great. My arm is in its position and the string tension feels right. Tone is perfect.
I am a happy camper with the single H now!!!
