Peel it off, or leave it be?

[Bassamatic]

It is now TRYING to come off, so put it out of it's misery!

 

[bubinga5]

Your kidding me right?

 

[TechJunky]

I tend to leave the plastic on for a short bit myself. After a few days, after I've made up my mind that I either definitely want to keep it or definitely want to take it back I'll decide to take it off. I know most places will return the instrument even with the plastic off, I just like the extra protection if I decide I shouldn't keep it. Also, by the time I've decided to keep it (again, just a few days), the edges start to peel and it annoys me, so I take it off. Like a previous poster said, it sort of implies ownership, and makes me feel like it's really, 100% mine! At the stage yours is at, I would definitely take it off, cause to me it just looks tacky!

 

[Superfuzz]

Off it went when I got my new bass. Actually I didn't see it at first.

 

[Spinal Tapper]

gross. peel it off.

 

[danomite64]

Heh, I've never seen such a lopsided poll before.

 

[mccartneyman]

If it was still all the way on, I'd leave it. As it is, peel, baby, peel.

 

[Toastfuzz]

How people have used basses with plastic covering still intact amazes me. Same with the little plastic things that explain the knobs functions, and the truss rod cover on basses that have them. If I have a bass that I used heavily and then go to sell it, its lucky to even have strap screws!

 

[Tommygunn]

Get a new bass teacher.

 

[ArcticT]

Definitely off.

 

[Phalex]

Heh, I've never seen such a lopsided poll before.

That's what she said!

 

[millsbass5]

I wouldn't leave any sort of prophylactic in place longer than really necessary.

 

[Old Joe]

That bird wants to fly my friend. Set it free!

 

[Tmw2011]

Heh, I've never seen such a lopsided poll before.

Yeah, you'd think more people would have fireplaces, wouldn't you?

 

[sqadan]

Just curious as to why anyone would leave that on?? Do you leave that white crap they put on cars at the dealership as well??

Take it off unless you are going for that minnie pearl tag on the hat look.

 

[Catbuster]

A pickgaurd doesn't need a gaurd. Take it off.

 

[T. Alan Smith]

If it wasn't well on its way to being off, I'd say leave it on, but that looks like crap man!

This.

 

[electracoyote]

How people have used basses with plastic covering still intact amazes me.

I had a young guitar student once come to me for lessons. He had been playing his shiny new guitar for a couple of months before coming to me, and he failed to remove the plastic from the pickguard. From strumming with his pick, he actually forced the light glue to permanently gum up his pickguard. Nasty.

 

[darkstorm]

Peal it off. Itd be like leaving plastic wrap on furniture after you bring it home from the store.

 

[JMac- Wiskerface Designs]

The bird under the plastic is almost free. Rip that crap off and let'er breath.