Finger ramp?

[NicoMcJ]

What’s this thing actually for?

[jimbobothy]

… think it keeps your finger style technique more even as it prevents you from digging in too much, maybe 🤔 

[NicoMcJ]

1 minute ago, jimbobothy said:

… think it keeps your finger style technique more even as it prevents you from digging in too much, maybe 🤔 

Probably not good for an occasional slapper like me then?

[Bunion]

Emulates the feel of playing over a pickup or fretboard and keeps the touch light.
A lot of players use the pickups as a thumb rest which can limit the positions they play, the ramp is like an extended thumb rest too. 
 

[NicoMcJ]

7 minutes ago, Bunion said:

Emulates the feel of playing over a pickup or fretboard and keeps the touch light.
A lot of players use the pickups as a thumb rest which can limit the positions they play, the ramp is like an extended thumb rest too. 
 

That makes sense - thanks!

[Reggaebass]

Pretty much what’s been said above, I fitted one to one of my jazzes just to give it a try a few years back, I play with a light touch so it wasn’t a massive difference but I do like it and it’s still fitted 

[Dood]

Here's a magazine column about ramps:

 

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/04/03/bass-ramps-the-how-and-why/

 

Which I reference simply because they included a picture of my Shuker bass at the top

[Cliff Edge]

By coincidence there is a thread about these on r/bass today. I’d never been aware of such a thing until now. 
I tend to play at the end of the fretboard and sometimes over the last few frets depending on the required tone. 
Something like this might be useful positioned at the end of the fretboard but most seem designed to fit between pickups so no use to me. 

[fretmeister]

12 minutes ago, Cliff Edge said:

By coincidence there is a thread about these on r/bass today. I’d never been aware of such a thing until now. 
I tend to play at the end of the fretboard and sometimes over the last few frets depending on the required tone. 
Something like this might be useful positioned at the end of the fretboard but most seem designed to fit between pickups so no use to me. 

 

Almost all of them are custom made so you can get them for any position.

[Rich]

A few discussions on the subject from yesteryears:

 

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/253618-pickup-ramps-whats-the-point/#comment-2661942

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/346213-bass-ramps/#comment-3802029

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/187374-ramps-anyone-use-them-on-their-bass/#comment-1810964