Thumb rest? Yes or no.

[SpikeyB]

Since I only have played P or J basses, I've found the pickup is a good thumb rest. That's how I learned so my thumb naturally sits there. However, I'm doing a reggae deep-dive currently and needed a rest closer to the neck for the big boom boom, so I screwed a Scrabble tile on to my Jaguar. As someone said, the pick guard is replaceable. Ironically, the E tile was the first one I grabbed out of the box. No one will miss it!

 

[2saddleslab]

That's what the end of the neck is for.

 

[SpikeyB]

That's what the end of the neck is for.
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Interesting. I seem to pluck to the left of my thumb. And then my thumb slides down to the E when playing A, D, or G.

 

[2saddleslab]

Interesting. I seem to pluck to the left of my thumb. And then my thumb slides down to the E when playing A, D, or G.

I've been blessed w/ oversized claws and will occasionally do the floating thumb thang but only when venturing up the neck on the D & G strings.