Musicman69 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Hi all.. My first post so hope Ive got it in the right section.. BTW, loving the site, a mine of information! Ive a 4 string Stingray and recently began to get into fingerstyle.. find Im resting my ring finger on E when playing ADG, which is fine (?) and resting thumb on the single pickup when playing E string. Id like to add a thumb-rest as I find the pickup awkward to rest on. Are there any issues with this? Im not concerned about devalueing guitar as its just a couple of screwholes in scratchplate. Not selling it anyway! Look forward to hearing some opinions on this. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Buy a replica scratchplate and glue the thumnrest on ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tischbein Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 since you´ve only just begun to fingerstyle, give it a few weeks.. you´ll be fine back there on the pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 The Stingray pickup isn't necessarily in the right place for the tone you might want playing fingerstyle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='689552' date='Dec 20 2009, 10:08 AM']The Stingray pickup isn't necessarily in the right place for the tone you might want playing fingerstyle.[/quote] as this and above...give it time for fingerstyle it is an advantage to 'move around' so a rest could be in the way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman69 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Thanks for the advice people, I'll leave my bass as it is and keep working on technique. Gigged last nite fingerstlye all the way (no pun!) and never even thought about where my thumb was resting once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 A thumb rest can be limiting because in practice you may not always want to play in the same position. Sometimes you'll want near the bridge, other times up over the end of the fingerboard, someitmes in between. So better, IMHO, to get used to working without a thumb rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLondon Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='691139' date='Dec 22 2009, 12:09 AM']A thumb rest can be limiting because in practice you may not always want to play in the same position. Sometimes you'll want near the bridge, other times up over the end of the fingerboard, someitmes in between. So better, IMHO, to get used to working without a thumb rest.[/quote] Or you can always add a ramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 If you do want to add a thumb rest, and I don't see why not if that's what you would prefer. I'm guessing that you just drill a couple of guide holes and attach the thumb rest where you feel comfortable playing. The holes will go into the wood body below the scratchplate, so maybe glue would work if you didn't want to modify the body at all. A new scratchplate would cover anything if you did think of selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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