Fender Ashtray and Neck pickup covers on a jazz bass

[Jus Lukin]

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[rogerstodge]

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1387558097' post='2313389']
The thing that surprised me when I tried a bass with them on was not the restricted access to the strings, but the weight of them causing the bass to roll forward away from me onto my lap. I don't know how that affects playing one on a strap.

They do make a bass a little more ungainly, but they are a cool as anything! For a warts-and-all 'vintage' style bass, I'd have them on, I reckon.
[/quote]mine hardly weigh anything?

[gjones]

There's a reason why they're called ashtrays.

[Jus Lukin]

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[sblueplanet]

I don't play either my jazz or p bass with their covers on but if I was selling, I think they look the business in photos.

[BetaFunk]

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1387643519' post='2314151']
mine hardly weigh anything?
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Same here.

Edited December 21, 2013 by BetaFunk

[kevin_lindsay]

I've got a few sets of Fender Jazz Bass ashtrays here at home. Both covers weigh less than a single pickup. To cause a bass to "roll forward", they'd need to be made out of a couple of bricks

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[BetaFunk]

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1387712555' post='2314759']
I've got a few sets of Fender Jazz Bass ashtrays here at home. Both covers weigh less than a single pickup. To cause a bass to "roll forward", they'd need to be made out of a couple of bricks
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I was so intrigued i just weighed the ashtray and pickup cover from my 1974 Fender Jazz and together they weigh just 170 grams (less than 6 ounces). They are so light that they might well blow away in a strong wind!

Edited December 22, 2013 by BetaFunk

[Jus Lukin]

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[kevin_lindsay]

Yeah, I was intrigued too. The comment regarding them being really heavy made me think, am I missing something here"?

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited February 19, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[Thor]

Back to the OP, as others have said I think they look super cool and had persevered with the bridge cover for a while now, although I've been depping lately with a band that plays lots of punk/indie stuff so have since removed the bridge cover as I like the tonal change when playing nearer the bridge.

Point worth mentioning also, if you've got a Jazz with a Badass bridge fitted, the F stamped bridge cover wont fit.