Rug Rick

[jaybic]

Nate - I have one of those pickup plates from Pickguardian. I like to swap back and forth between that and the cover. I currently have the cover on just b/c I like the looks better. The pickup plate does have a nice clean look to it and doesn't leave any gaping holes around the pickup. I enjoy having both options available should I ever decide to take the cover off again.

[nattiep]

The cover bothers me because it splits my fingers open if I hit the strings too hard. Do you have to have both pieces of the plastic cover on at the same time? I would've taken one off and placed my thumb on the pickup that's sticking out.

[jaybic]

That would work as well. I bought the clear plate b/c it didn't feel right to have the pickup exposed. However, I do realize this is not based in logic b/c the pick up is exposed anyway underneath the cover. Just a weird feeling I have about it I guess.

[nattiep]

Yeah. It bothers me because I have to put my thumb in the pickup cover to put it on the pickup.

[lowendbob]

Nate and Joey, you can still rest your thumb on the pickup guard. It's at least a 1/4 inch thick rounded plexiglass and sticks up almost as high as the original. That's why I like it, because it doesn't stick up as high.

[nattiep]

I usually have my have on the string above the one I'm using. When I use the E my hand "floats". It's kind of annoying.

[rickenbrother]

I usually anchor my thumb to the B string on 5 string basses and on the E string when I play 4 string basses unless I am playing those strings, then I put my thumb on the pickup. That's a habit I've developed since I started playing 5 string basses.

[nattiep]

Same here Joey. My second bass was a 5er so I taught myself to fingerstyle on it like you so.