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[video=youtube;PCHMqajchDM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCHMqajchDM&feature=related[/video]

I know that it is a thumb, but what did he do to it?
 
They stop you from "digging in" which allows for more dynamic playing
 
It's for if you don't like having all that space under you fingers when you play. It's like playing over your pups all the time. It prevents your fingers from digging into the string to much. It helps with speed and dexterity. Some people get them right behind the fretboard so that they can do the double thump things easier.
 
but it limits you from digging in, so limiting :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: hmm ok seems reasonable
 
paperbag1213 said:
but it limits you from digging in, so limiting :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: hmm ok seems reasonable
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Depends for fretless playing digging in less gives a more dynamic tone and better notation i found...but a $$ pretty much has a built in ramp with its pickups anyway.

Some like em, some don't, you can argue either way but at the end of the day if its your bass you can do what you want to it, and play it how you want.
 
I just wish more companies offered a ramp as a feature. Oh well.
 
my pickups are already a ramp :lol: :lol: and actually thinking of that, I raise the pickups, so that my fingers hit them, I found that it helps
 
Yeah it's good. The TJ pups are the best for this I've found. I wish they made TJ pups for 6 strings though.
 
paperbag1213 said:
TJ...huh?
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Twin Jazz... like the bridge PUP on a vampyre.

a few months ago, i would love having a ramp since i like resting my thumb on PUPs to get a more consistent picking tone.

right now, im sort of used to playing with a floating thumb, that i dont think i need it anymore.

btw, that guy is really good. i wish i could play like that. his playing posture looks very painful though (with the wrist bent at that angle).
 
ahh, ok then, I rest my thumb on my Pups or my E string, it moves around throughout the songs that I play, without me really being conscious of it.
 
IncX said:
right now, im sort of used to playing with a floating thumb, that i dont think i need it anymore.
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floating thumb is where it's at. I'm still getting the hang of it, but everything is easier playing that way.
 
It hurts my hand when I play with a floating thumb, it is how i played originally
 
paperbag1213 said:
It hurts my hand when I play with a floating thumb, it is how i played originally
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really? ... how can that be?

the obstacle i had with floating thumb was not being to play with as much power as when you have your thumb hooked on a PUP ... but after you get used to it, you can play with the same intensity... the only prob im having now is trying not to get a muted thump sound when i play 16 notes on the A D G strings.

ill try to come up with a video with it some time.
 
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