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I came to the conclusion that I didn't like thumbrests & prefer a fender chrome pickup cover to rest my hand on (like a cack-handed version of James Jamerson or Marcus Miller). On basses that don't have a cover, I just float my thumb, although I've temporarily blu-taked a jazz cover to my mustang to see whether its worth fitting one properly - not sure yet, but my initial impression is that it seems to be an improvement.

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One of the things I like about stringing BEAD is that I can usually use the B as a thumbrest. When I play anything on the B I'll either float or anchor on one of the pickups - which one depends on the tone I want.

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[quote name='Wil' post='1311295' date='Jul 21 2011, 10:56 AM']Up her arse?

Perhaps I should have read further than the thread title.[/quote]

Make sure she's okay with it first though? Might stop you getting the desired end result.

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[quote name='Herbie The Rad Dorklift' post='1310379' date='Jul 20 2011, 02:57 PM']Perhaps I could VERY carefully superglue it on?

Or indeed trim some double sided trim tape to size (probably the safest, reversible way).

Another question; is it worth getting the extra pickup? Even just to noodle around with for different sounds? I'm buying new, so an extra £135 isn't [i]that[/i] much more...[/quote]

Dont use glue!

Especially it will ruin the finish around were you have glued

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