Just sold a bass to @casapete, our second transaction, and, just like the first, everything went really smoothly. So a) deal with absolute confidence and b) obviously this warrants the Frank Blank Seal of Confidence...
I was concerned that using fingernails (or indeed a pick) would, over time, possibly damage the cavity cover or body of the bass.
@Jabba_the_gut came up with a solution...
No one in their right mind wants Essex in the name of their event! I'll be bringing fretted and fretless short scale Jabba basses, Grace Design Alix, Effectrode compression of some sort, QSC K12.2.