Single hole Tug Bar or Finger Rest for 51' PBass

[Thibaut]

Hi everybody,
I'm looking for changing the wooden tug bar on my Fender 51 PB reissue by a black one.
Problem : I've searched for hours, but the early "one hole" version is quite rare and I just can't find one. Even a wooden one.
Any idea where I can get this thing ?
Thanks for all.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Find someone who works with wood. Show them the piece. It should take them about 10 minutes.

 

[sissy kathy]

Use a strap button. or a string tree, or a few stacked plastic washers or a bottle cap, or a wine cork sliced in half or a disc from one end.
OR
Fiesta Finishes: Making a single hole Tug Bar or Finger Rest for 1951-1956 Fender Precision Bass
OR
A black sharpie on your old one.

 

[96tbird]

Fiebing’s oil dye, for leather. Works great on wood and is very black. Used to dye fretboards too to make them look like ebony and to dye blonde ebony wood black.

Doesn’t come off when dry. Penetrates well.

 

[Yahboy]

Hi everybody,
I'm looking for changing the wooden tug bar on my Fender 51 PB reissue by a black one.
Problem : I've searched for hours, but the early "one hole" version is quite rare and I just can't find one. Even a wooden one.
Any idea where I can get this thing ?
Thanks for all.

Online Shop 1PCS BLACK WALNUT THUMB REST FOR BASS GUITAR thumbrest #249 | Aliexpress Mobile

 

[jimi55lp]

Find someone who works with wood. Show them the piece. It should take them about 10 minutes.

Can't imagine how ANYONE could make an accurate copy in maple of a 1951-56 tug bar in "10 minutes"? It took 15 minutes just to cut out the maple blank 1/2" x 3/8" x 2 9/16" before even starting the hand shaping and to drill the counter sunken screw hole which took hours before final sanding for sealing and painting!

 

[buldog5151bass]

Can't imagine how ANYONE could make an accurate copy in maple of a 1951-56 tug bar in "10 minutes"? It took 15 minutes just to cut out the maple blank 1/2" x 3/8" x 2 9/16" before even starting the hand shaping and to drill the counter sunken screw hole which took hours before final sanding for sealing and painting!

I'm talking about doing the main cutting of the body blank on a jig saw. Obviously I don't mean the router/sanding work, drilling, and painting.

 

[jimi55lp]

I didn't think you could have meant the complete fabrication. I cut my blank on a small bandsaw, but even that took me more that 10 minutes. It was close.

 

[jimi55lp]

I need to find the place to mount where the tug bar as located on original 1951- 55 Fender Precisions? My body is a custom reproduction that has not been drilled for a tug bar. Can anyone here with an original tell me the measurements from the center of the screw on the tug bar to the lower horn guard mount screw and to the neck side forward screw that holds the control plate? Also from the tug bar screw center to the bottom string? This will show EXACTLY where the tug bar screw should be! I looked at the diagram where Fender shows how to mount a tug bar, but it really didn't make very clear sense of the triangulation?

 

[2saddleslab]

I need to find the place to mount where the tug bar as located on original 1951- 55 Fender Precisions? My body is a custom reproduction that has not been drilled for a tug bar. Can anyone here with an original tell me the measurements from the center of the screw on the tug bar to the lower horn guard mount screw and to the neck side forward screw that holds the control plate? Also from the tug bar screw center to the bottom string? This will show EXACTLY where the tug bar screw should be! I looked at the diagram where Fender shows how to mount a tug bar, but it really didn't make very clear sense of the triangulation?

Third time's a charm.

 

[jimi55lp]

WOW! That's just what I needed! You are so HELPFUL! Thanks a BUNCH!!

 

[sleddogn]

when at the shop, 10 min is doable...i really think it is lol