Restringing with a Bridge cover

Ironderby · #1 12-14-2011, 10:40 AM

ok so i was thinking about getting a cover for my P. and it sounds like a dumb question, but to restring it do i have to keep taking off the bridge cover? it would seem like a chore having to do it every time i change a string

smogg · #2 12-14-2011, 10:44 AM

String it with flats and you'll only have to worry about it every thirty years or so.

SLaPiNFuNK · #3 12-14-2011, 10:54 AM

Generally they are held on with two small screws... Takes longer to wind the strings on the tuning pegs.

I suppose if you are purchasing a bridge cover its not going to be a vintage one, so you could always have 4 holes drilled into it to run the strings through I suppose. But that would be way more work than removing it every now and then...

Pilgrim · #4 12-14-2011, 03:17 PM

I agree - flats, and the problem doesn't come around for another 20+ years.

Yes, you need to take it off, but that happens so seldom that it's not an issue.

SLaPiNFuNK · #5 12-14-2011, 03:21 PM

Funny this thread came up... Last night I was playing around with my P and I decided to put my bridge cover on... As I started I said to myself... "Wait, how am I supposed to play palm mute?"

And didnt put it on...

soulman969 · #6 12-14-2011, 06:42 PM

I'm with the others here. A PBass definitely wants flats and if you put on a good set that you like it may become a vintage bass before you have to change them again. As easy as it is to take that cover off I wouldn't concern myself with it.