Author Topic: Thumb anchor position on Stanley Clarke Signature (Read 441 times)

hieronymous · « **Reply #15 on:** January 07, 2015, 11:44:50 AM »

Ken!!! You're right, what was I thinking!

Good to hear from you!

rustyg61 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 09, 2015, 12:02:23 PM »

I guess I'm weird, I tend to anchor with my pinky finger! On my SCSD it is on the bridge, which required me to polish it after every gig, but on my new Europa I find myself resting it on the bridge pickup. Like Wolf, I tend to pluck close to the bridge because I play pretty hard & get a much cleaner sound there.

hieronymous · « **Reply #17 on:** January 09, 2015, 03:46:37 PM »

That's interesting Rusty - I used to pluck really hard too, both fingers and with pick. Lately I've been trying to dial it back and let the amp do more of the work.

rustyg61 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 09, 2015, 05:11:26 PM »

I'm working on playing with a lighter touch too.

sonicus · « **Reply #19 on:** January 09, 2015, 05:55:32 PM »

Hammer ons with the fingering hand and a light touch with the plucking hand helps me quite a bit. Heavy pressure on the fingering hand and also systematically fingering directly behind the frets reducing fret rattle. I make my fingering hand work hard . All of the above has helped my fretless playing imensely and building muscle memory as well .

rustyg61 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2015, 06:42:11 AM »

I'm finding that the Series II exposes my sloppy playing even more than my SCSD, so I'm working on my fingering finesse even more!

pauldo · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2015, 09:47:17 AM »

Here is a picture of my thumb rest on my fretless (lined) bass.

I can rest my thumb anywhere! :-D

mario_farufyno · « **Reply #22 on:** January 13, 2015, 10:53:59 AM »

wow, why getting a rest if you can take an entire vacation!?!?

(Message edited by mario farufyno on January 13, 2015)

hieronymous · « **Reply #23 on:** January 16, 2015, 11:35:34 AM »

pauldo - love it! I used to think about thumb rests like that - 20 years ago I loved David King's design - the body was carved so that there was a thumb rest all the way from the bridge to the neck. Pedulla had something similar to yours I believe too?

pauldo · « **Reply #24 on:** January 16, 2015, 07:24:54 PM »

Harry,
Thanks!
I never saw a David King before, that is a cool design.
I grabbed some scrap brass rails from work one day and pieced it together.

That fretless was a 'Frankenstein Bass' from birth so adding widgets and rails was a no brainer, , , especially with the ability of taking an entire vacation on it!

LoL Mario!
:-D