A Thumbrest that works

[hankhill]

Admins, apologies if this post should be in a different group.

I've been playing over 45 years, and wish I'd found these earlier.  I like to rest my thumb on the pickup, and while a Jazz is OK, a p-bass can get painful on a long gig.  I've experimented recently with stick-on rubber pads (square cabinet feet actally) which work, but come loose after a few weeks.  I found this chap recently - https://thumbrocker.com - he's a US based Design Engineer that got a 3D printer and came up with this simple design.  It works well and he doesnt ask a lot of money either, plus shipping from the US was less than a week. The thumb rest for the p-bass also fits the recessed G&L p-bass pickup, see photos (the white thumb rest is intended for another bass).  Highly recommended.

[fleabag]

That looks fine for the job, as long as you only play in one position.  I tend to play in 2 positions, depending on the tone required

 

If you play in a fixed position , then your problem is solved.  Cant be bad 

[hankhill]

Some of my basses also have a bridge pickup that I sometimes rest on for a thinner sound, plus I can move my playing position a few inches toward the bridge with my thumb still in the same place, depending on the song, but I do get your point.  I have tried the “floating thumb” technique but couldn’t make it work for me. 

[fleabag]

Yes, different anchoring positions is something that 2 pickup basses allow,  assuming the edge of the pickups are comfortable. Jazzes are not

 

[Maude]

The Yamaha RBX374 pickups had a concaved thumb rest and moulded into them that was a bit like this add on. 

This looks like a great, easy solution. 

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Maude