Axesrus Toggle Search Account Checkout Email Cart Bridges & Tremolos Bass Fender® Offset Series Hardtails Locking Tremolo For Telecaster® Tremolos Tune-o-matics & Tailpieces Wrap Around Covers & Knobs For Bass For Gibson® & Epiphone® Humbucker Covers For Fender® Offset For Stratocaster® For Telecaster® Strap Pins Tips Electronics Battery Holders Capacitors & Resistors Jack Sockets Pickups Pots Switches Wire & Shielding Hardware Bridges and Tremolos Control Plates Jack Plates Neck Plates Strap Pins String Ferrules String Trees Screws Machine Heads 3x3 6 in line Bass Parts and Screws Nuts, Fret Inlays and Wire Fret Inlays Fret Wire Nuts Pickups Acoustic Bass For Fender® Offset Series Humbuckers Loaded Pickguards Bass For Ibanez® For Charvel® For Strat® For Yamaha® Telecaster® Mini Humbuckers P90's Single Coils For Telecaster® Pickup Parts 7 & 8 String Humbuckers Single Coils Bass 5 & 6 String For Burns® Jazz® Bass Other Fender® Precision® Bass Soap Bar Gold Foils Humbucker Parts All Parts 7 & 8 String Active & Soap Bar For Nighthawk® P90 Rail Type Single Coil Sized Traditional Wide Range Magnets & Spacers Mini Humbucker Parts All Parts Floating For Hofner® "P90s" For Filtertron® For Firebird® Traditional Pickup Kits Wire Coil Wire Hookup Wire P90 Parts All Parts Casino® Dog Ear Humbuckers Soap Bar Staple Single Coils 7 & 8 String For Jaguar® For Jazzmaster® For Mustang® For Telecaster® Noise Cancelling Traditional/For Strat® For Burns® Single Coil Sized Humbuckers Pickguards Bass For Charvel® For Fender® Offset Control Plates Knobs & Tips Pickguards For Gibson® & Epiphone® Covers Knobs and Tips Pickguards Pickup Surrounds For Ibanez® For Stratocaster® Backplates Covers Knobs & Tips Pickguards For Telecaster® Control Plates Covers Knobs and Tips Pickguards For Yamaha® Wiring Looms & Kits For Bass For Fender® Offset Series For Gibson® & Epiphone® For Ibanez® Loaded Pickguards Pre-Amp & EQ Systems For PRS® For Stratocaster® For Telecaster® For Yamaha® Screws and Bolts Search site Submit search Navigation Custom Work Contact Us About Us Returns Site Help / FAQ Nav Menu 3 Nav Menu 4 Nav Menu 5 Nav Menu 6 Nav Menu 7 Nav Menu 8 Home > Hardware > Bass Thumb Rest Alternative Views: List Price: £4.00 Inc VAT Prices From: £2.80 Inc VAT Sale Price: £2.80 Inc VAT Savings: £1.20 Quantity on Stock:101 Colour*: Black Screws*: Recessed Chrome Recessed Black Recessed Gold Qty: Description Technical Specs The original Thumb rest or “tug bar” was used on basses as early as 1951, and is actually detailed on the early patent sketches just below the stings.Originally designed to provide an anchor point, meaning a player could apply more pressure to their thumb down strokes by gripping the rest with their fingers. Hence the old nick-name of tug bar. The result was a more driving, thumping tone, heavily influenced by the style of attack on the strings.In the 70s, as electric bass playing had evolved away from simply emulating a thumb picked double bass, the thumb rest was moved above the strings, and became a true rest for the thumb. It still worked on the same principle though, giving the player a little more leverage, but now with the use of their fingers, resulting in that classic driving tone that made these basses the timeless classics we see today.As a standard part, it was discontinued in the early 1980s as music changed once again, and the use of a plectrum became common place, however the first vintage re-issues of historic basses were soon released, and the “Tug bar” and “thumb rest” made many more outings, and are relatively common place even today. Coming soon Share your knowledge of this product. Be the first to write a review » Lipstick Pickup Cover for Fender® Telecaster® 6 Terminal Mini Switch - Double Switch £5.47 Inc VAT £3.53 Inc VAT
