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Thumbwhere to put my thumb!


KiOgon
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I'm playing 2 basses regularly now & on both I've found myself resting my r/h thumb on the side of fretboard/body area when finger plucking.
My first concern was wearing away the finish in that specific area with constant rubbing & scratching with thumbnail.
Secondly I was conscious of developing/improving my plucking by maybe forcing myself to use a standard position to suit my 'style'.

Looking around I found a piece of woven carbon fibre sheet which is only about .0025" thick, with a adhesive backing & has a wonderful 'grippy' feel to it, due to the surface texture & the slightly soft under layer.

This is what I came up with; a piece cut to pick shape, (for want of a better idea), bent & stuck in the right place! It works a treat :)

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Nice idea. You do play a long way toward the neck too I notice. I find the floating thumb technique where you move the thumb down the strings as you change string, helps a lot in terms of locating, changing position along the length of the strings for tonal variety and damping strings.

I used to play near the neck but find myself moving towards the bridge more lately, especially for rapid fingerstyle as there is less string movement.

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[quote name='spacecowboy' post='650699' date='Nov 10 2009, 02:51 PM']I like that a lot! a very simple but effective solution! Congrats! Will the adhesive backing effect the wood finish if you ever took it off?[/quote]

Hope not - time will tell :)
Cheers

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[quote name='GreeneKing' post='650713' date='Nov 10 2009, 03:09 PM']Nice idea. You do play a long way toward the neck too I notice. I find the floating thumb technique where you move the thumb down the strings as you change string, helps a lot in terms of locating, changing position along the length of the strings for tonal variety and damping strings.

I used to play near the neck but find myself moving towards the bridge more lately, especially for rapid fingerstyle as there is less string movement.[/quote]

Cheers - I find these days "rapid fingerstyle" is something my arthritic digits are not so happy with :) so not too much of a problem. I reckon I've got large to huge hands so plenty of reach without moving thumb down the strings too often.

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