thumb rest

[cat_empire]

i just taught myself to play without resting my thumb on anything, and i find it much easier to move around quicker. If you rly want you can get a thumb rest , but i think if you gave a bit of time to getting used to a way of playing without one you would be fine

 

[Dean217]

Thanks for posting the Floating Thumb technique video. Although I'm very comfortable with the thumbrest, I'll give the floating thumb a try tonight when I practice - I'm always up for trying something new if it can help out.

 

[guitarafondio]

If you wanted a thumb rest, you should get an SR5. That B string makes an excellent thumb rest! Just kidding. I play both 4 and 5 string basses. I wear my bass kind of high so that my forearm rests on the top of the body and my hand kinda "hovers" over the strings. It helps me go from "finger" to "slap n pop" easier by just lowering my elbow. You'll find your "spot" once you get used to it.
The 30th is much too pretty an instrument to start poking holes in that finish. At work when I see that a 30th is coming down the line for set up, I'll "cherry pick" the order sheets so, I can set it up!

 

[fly]

here's the modified pg off of Gav's site.

i kinda like it.

 

[Bass-sic]

I think it would be cool if they made pickups with a more comfortable edge to be used as a thumb rest.

 

[shamus63]

I think it would be cool if they made pickups with a more comfortable edge to be used as a thumb rest.

They do with the Bongo.

 

[Bass-sic]

They do with the Bongo.

Hey James...how you doing?

I'm talking padding and the whole nine yards....but what can I say...I'm a girl.

Hope to see ya Thursday..

 

[shamus63]

Hey James...how you doing?

I'm talking padding and the whole nine yards....but what can I say...I'm a girl.

Hope to see ya Thursday..

You do know that I'm going to give you grief over that line, right?

 

[shamus63]

James...James...James....where is your mind.

I'm glad you are around to correct my writing....I'm sure Mike thanks you too.
(Does that sound bad too? )

My mind...I wasn't even thinking that way!

 

[Bass-sic]

My mind...I wasn't even thinking that way!

LOL...don't turn this back on me....just kidding ya. No but seriously, wouldn't it be cool to design the pickup around tone and comfort...just thinking outside the box.

 

[KennethB]

I used a thumb-rest on my J-bass, mounted between the pick-ups. Took it off after a week. It was more in the way than anything else. Instead I learned to play with the thumb unanchored when playing on the e-string, and when a pick-up is not available to use as a thumb-rest. It's a muscle thing, takes a little bit of time. Now I feel more free where to play even though I spend most of the time over the pick-up on my MM (bridge p.u on the J), I'm able to play effectively anywhere. I don't need "the crutch" anymore, which is what the thumb-rest really is.

 

[tkarter]

I have tried and not been all that impressed with the movable thumb technique. That is IMHO about my playing. If I don't have the thumb on the pup it is up against the pick guard. If my thumb is not anchored I go back to my guitar playing days and grab a pick.

Diversity is what is great about us bass players LOL we don't have to all play the same to get a line laid down that grooves.

tk

 

[fly]

half the stuff we play is done with just fingers.......and the other half is a pic.

for the finger tunes.........my thumb is on the pup.........that's just what i do.and it seems quite comfortable to me.

if you feel you need a thumb rest,then do it.


it is after all.........all about the feel right?

 

[tkarter]

half the stuff we play is done with just fingers.......and the other half is a pic.

for the finger tunes.........my thumb is on the pup.........that's just what i do.and it seems quite comfortable to me.

if you feel you need a thumb rest,then do it.


it is after all.........all about the feel right?

That is what I was trying to say only better.

tk

 

[boristhespider7]

I wholly disagree with the posters. I had a black brass thumb rest professionally installed on my Sterling and it was the best decision I made. The bass is awesome with it and it does not interfere with slap playing. It looks professional and classy. Only buy the brass ones, not the cheap plastic ones. They sell them in black, chrome, and gold at Guitar & Bass Parts Resource

 

[Aussie Mark]

Only buy the brass ones, not the cheap plastic ones.

I've seen a couple of very nice thumbrests made from ivory, as well as some made from "exotic timbers", and if I was into thumbrests as much as you are I'd probably consider those before brass. Then again, chrome might look pretty nice too as it would match other hardware on the instrument. Does your store sell any of those?

 

[boristhespider7]

Thumb Rest

Not my store despite my praise of those products - if you check the link, the brass models come in black, chrome, and gold. Mine is black to blend in with the black pickguard but chrome would also look nice to match the knobs and bridge. The solid brass looks and feels so nice. I can't play solely on the single H becuase of the screw holders that protrude and because the bridge position hurts my hand due to the tautness of the strings closer to the bridge. Photos to come tomorrow.

 

[SLUGGO]

There is a real simple solution....add an HH to the collection!!

 

[MingusBASS]

Floating thumb

 

[brooklynfall]

here's the modified pg off of Gav's site.

i kinda like it.

This is actually a really great idea! I like the look too, to be honest.