Ashtray on Stringray

[Venomouscontrol]

I'm pretty sure no one has asked this question, but has anyone ever did it?

 

[davedblyoo]

Be an innovator. Go for it.

 

[Geri O]

I could go off on several reasons why not, but....

I'll just say please don't, but it's your bass...

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Ashtrays were from the tacky 60s not the cheesy 80s... sheesh.

 

[hdracer]

Do you think fender skirts would look good on my new Camaro SS?
They looked good on my dads '57 Chevy.....

 

[Aqualung60]

I say go for it, what have you got to lose. Hell, they laughed at Christopher Columbus when he invented the telephone.

 

[Dave W]

I don't think it would fit over the MM bridge.

It's your bass, but ewww.

 

[Treadstone71]

Ashtrays? Why bother?

Hell, if you're adding random things to your bass, I'd add an iPhone holder so you can watch that episode of Sons of Anarchy while playing Mustang Sally during the second encore.

 

[DannyBob]

Ashtrays? Why bother?

Hell, if you're adding random things to your bass, I'd add an iPhone holder so you can watch that episode of Sons of Anarchy while playing Mustang Sally during the second encore.

There is so much wrong with this is became right

 

[Inertialsky]

you shouldn't be smoking on stage anyway

 

[Venomouscontrol]

I say go for it, what have you got to lose. Hell, they laughed at Christopher Columbus when he invented the telephone.

I thought it was Alex Bell.... Or was it? I don't remember.

 

[drTSTingray]

I've seen worse - such as a Fender style thumb rest above the E string right next to the neck - just in the place to prevent the best position for thumb slapping (maybe it was to reduce the temptation - the Stingray is one of the best basses for slapping known to man of course!!)

The main reason you shouldn't do this is a cover over the pick up will prevent you playing right over the pick up (where you get one of the Stingray's signature sounds).

But it's your bass so ........... I for one am a lover of the Fender bass look with the ash trays - however playing one with them limits plucking position a lot - and limits the sounds you can get by plucking position.

The ash trays were stopped in the 70s by Fender (probably over 10 yrs after bassists had started to remove them as getting right in the way) - I suspect it had nothing to do with rather belated customer focus - more a cost saving which would not be criticised by customers!! In the process they lost the bridge mute - however you needn't worry on pre 94/95 Rays, pre Ernie Ball or Classic Stingrays as they all have the brilliant individual string mutes which give an additional range of sound - they make the bass thump superbly.

It sounds like a photoshop mock up is called for [emoji6]

 

[B Major]

So I'm relatively new to playing bass. That being said, I've never really understood the need for trays anyway... What exactly do they even accomplish???

 

[joebar]

I don't smoke

 

[friendlybass]

Always wanted some chrome on a MM! Post pics if you do it, secretly I want a classic sabre with chrome pup covers instead of the regular black soap bars

 

[MegaSwing]

The ashtray had already largely been discarded as a practical necessity by the time the Stingray came into being. The aesthetic is wrong and the benefit is nil. What would be the point of doing that, other than to make people crazy—and limit the resale value of the instrument?

 

[MegaSwing]

So I'm relatively new to playing bass. That being said, I've never really understood the need for trays anyway... What exactly do they even accomplish???

They hide the "naughty bits". That's all.

 

[SirMjac28]

It's definitely on my bucket list

 

[themarshall]

DO IT. Get some faux block inlays and stick on portholes while your at it.

 

[spaz21387]

so I don't think it will fit over the bridge. the classic style bridge is huge and the new bridge is pretty wide too. are you planning on drilling holes through the bridge or just putting a fender one on there?