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Title: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: ilan on May 25, 2021, 12:20:27 PM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164771050660

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Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: Pilgrim on May 25, 2021, 01:59:26 PM

That makes perfect sense. Very cleanly done, too.

There was a recent post on TB with a similar idea on a Fender - it was wood and used the pickup mounting screws to hold it in place.  Nice way to avoid marking or modifying the instrument.

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: uwe on May 25, 2021, 03:21:59 PM

Can you squeeze a pick in too?

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: Dave W on May 25, 2021, 09:15:10 PM

Now that's a clever idea, at least for fingerstyle. Might get in the way if you pick over the neck pickup. Nicer looking than the clear zero mod rest.

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: morrow on May 26, 2021, 04:40:06 AM

I move my hand position around all of the time , so I really don’t get thumb rests . I use my thumb a lot too , but for not for slapping .

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: uwe on May 26, 2021, 06:28:14 AM

It certainly does look like a 60ies design piece, they got that right.

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: gearHed289 on May 26, 2021, 07:27:07 AM

I just rest my thumb on the edge of the pickguard, but I know some people like a little more surface area. The only bass I ever put a thumb rest on is my Fenderbird. I made it out of a piece of 1/8'' thick aluminum flat stock.

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: Dave W on May 26, 2021, 10:58:20 PM

My thumb floats. I'd probably use a thumbrest if it were in the right spot, but the last time I recall doing that was when i had my Coronado bass.

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: uwe on May 27, 2021, 05:29:52 AM

My thumb rests on the pick!

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: ilan on May 27, 2021, 05:49:08 AM

I have no use for a thumb rest in that location. Fingerstyle sounds best to me about halfway between the last fret and the bridge, i.e. above or behind a P pickup location. On a Ric, the only way I found that feels comfortable and sounds good is to remove the handrest (I use the Treble Bezel), anchor on the E string over the pickup and finger-pick right behind it. On the white '73 I have a horseshoe so it's pick only.

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: Pilgrim on May 27, 2021, 10:59:32 AM

Neanderthal fingerstyle player that I am, I rest my thumb on the side of a pickup or the edge of the pickguard as seems most convenient.

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: uwe on May 28, 2021, 07:00:11 AM

Herr Powell, you really are all hands ...

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DfpWL7IFAQ4/maxresdefault.jpg)

Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: Pilgrim on May 28, 2021, 08:41:51 AM

What can I say? Aside from my thumbs, I'm all bloodhound with a sensitive nose! 

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Title: Re: Yet another no-mod thumb rest idea
Post by: Rob on July 28, 2021, 06:56:48 PM

 :toast: