Better tone with bridge cover?

[micguy]

Unless it changes where you put your right hand?

that's the only reason I can see it changing your sound, unless it has foam in it.

 

[micguy]

I thought a tomato was a vegetable??

Ketchup is a vegetable. Tomatoes are fruit.

 

[andare]

Ketchup is a vegetable. Tomatoes are fruit.

Ketchup is a sauce, not a vegetable.

 

[wiscoaster]

Ketchup is a vegetable. Tomatoes are fruit.

Ketchup is a sauce, not a vegetable.

I don't care. I like ketchup. Ketchup (or catsup, if you will) makes anything and everything better.

and I don't care either if it's off topic

 

[PennyroyalWe]

Okay I did it. Lightly glued a piece of foam strip under the bridge cover and it's providing just enough mute to take away the raspy sound of the new rounds. They are Dr LO-RIDER lights. It sounds BEE-YOO-TI-FUL!!! I attached a couple of pics for y'all. Thanks for the tip! And thanks to all of my talk-bass friends who gave some good advice and a few laughs!

Looks great!

 

[micguy]

27455397[/URL], member: 298551"]Ketchup is a sauce, not a vegetable.

You weren’t around in the 80’s - if you had been, you’d get the joke.

 

[Dirk Rockbottom]

Looks great!

The foam works better than the sponge on the weather strip. That one completely deadened the low E. Probably the foam weather stripping would work better than the sponge, but that's not in my immediate future. Thanks again!

 

[Sharko]

Was jabbing your comment about it still sounding bad, fender hater? bad playing? lol

Some basses just aren’t good. No need to trash me or my playing.

 

[Les Fret]

I don’t hear any difference at all with a bridge cover on or off...so I think it’s all imagination or nostalgia. For me they are totally in the way, so I always remove them as fast as I can.

 

[andare]

You weren’t around in the 80’s - if you had been, you’d get the joke.

I was around, just not in the US.

 

[Dirk Rockbottom]

I just wanted to let everyone know who contributed to this thread that I did some more experimenting with my bridge cover. I removed the foam and then put it back on and noticed a somewhat more metallic, hollow tone. When I removed the cover it sounded more like a regular bass to my ears. So it does seem that the bridge cover can change the tone either with or without foam.

 

[sleddogn]

Some basses just aren’t good. No need to trash me or my playing.

Some players just aren't good, no need to trash Fender Precisions, and i wasn't "trashing" you, lighten up Francis

 

[Les Fret]

I just wanted to let everyone know who contributed to this thread that I did some more experimenting with my bridge cover. I removed the foam and then put it back on and noticed a somewhat more metallic, hollow tone. When I removed the cover it sounded more like a regular bass to my ears. So it does seem that the bridge cover can change the tone either with or without foam.

Can you make a small recording with and without the bridge cover?

 

[Jim C]

But what about a plastic pickguard vs. a metal guard?
More mass and attached under pressure to the body. What about aluminum vs. brass?
And who did kill Kennedy?

 

[sleddogn]

I'd like my own post if i could

 

[Sharko]

Some players just aren't good, no need to trash Fender Precisions, and i wasn't "trashing" you, lighten up Francis

I didn’t trash precisions, I said 1 example I had was a dud. Grow up Doug.

 

[fretno]

I’ve only noticed they are absolutely in my way but I leave them on anyway outta respect.

 

[sleddogn]

I didn’t trash precisions, I said 1 example I had was a dud. Grow up Doug.

Ok, doug, didn't know that was your name. You're correct, you didn't trash precisions. You did however take a jab at fenders....all good, just be honest

 

[Dirk Rockbottom]

I’ve only noticed they are absolutely in my way but I leave them on anyway outta respect.

Sweet! Is that a 1951?

 

[fretno]

Sweet! Is that a 1951?

‘68