What is this bass guitar accessory?

[JRA]

what the iron thing above the bass guitar strings?

can't tell from the pic: too blurry! what does it look like to you? thanks.

 

[zubrycky]

The picture posted by OP looks like a Rorscharch Test to me...

 

[tpaul]

It's a henweigh.

I beg to differ. Clearly it's a mattababy.

 

[mikeoso]

I beg to differ. Clearly it's a mattababy.

OOO OOO I'll play...

what's a mattababy?

 

[tpaul]

OOO OOO I'll play...

what's a mattababy?

Nothin' honey... what's the matter with you?

 

[Ian McLaughlin]

OK, @JockBassGuitar, I give up, what is it?

 

[nilorius]

Most people end up taking off the bass accessory anyway. I can't explain the neck swaps. I knew I recognized that YouTuber from a few years ago.

There is no object on picture before this video

 

[sissy kathy]

Figners; dose be figners. [sic]

 

[klejst]

Pickup cover. Just covers the pickups and "protects them."

 

[BD Jones]

That accessory is called a "human". They are used to make sounds with the bass guitar. Without a "human", the bass guitar cannot make a sound. Depending on the quality of this accessory, the bass guitar may sound better without one.

 

[Gaolee]

That accessory is called a "human". They are used to make sounds with the bass guitar. Without a "human", the bass guitar cannot make a sound. Depending on the quality of this accessory, the bass guitar may sound better without one.

A bass guitar can make sounds without a human. When it falls over, it makes lots of sounds. No human involved. The human may make sounds subsequent to the sounds the bass guitar makes due to falling over. There is some pre-Platonic logic potential here.

 

[smokinjoe]

Pickup cover. Just covers the pickups and "protects them."

Pickup covers were originally used to protect anyone standing in front of the bass player. A surge of power could cause the magnetic pole pieces to launch forward at high velocity.

*** Remove at your own risk! ***

 

[Ostie]

One time many years ago after a night of partying and jamming, I accidentally left my guitar plugged in and my amp on. I woke up in the middle of the night to my guitar doing a Jimi Hendrix impression. It was playing itself.

 

[leche]

just looks like GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP to me.

 

[Matt O]

There are no dumb questions. That is a hydraulic enamelizer for the fetzer valve. It looks to me like it needs some 30 weight ball bearings.

Yes, but, don't forget proper procedure: if he adds the ball bearings without first adjusting the amplitude modulator of the forward clevice, he'll likely strip the johnson rod. Nobody wants that.

 

[BlitzCraig]

A bass guitar can make sounds without a human. When it falls over, it makes lots of sounds. No human involved. The human may make sounds subsequent to the sounds the bass guitar makes due to falling over. There is some pre-Platonic logic potential here.

... but if there is no human around when it falls, does it really make a sound?

 

[Wisebass]

hi 2tonic

that the answer is 3.

Wasn' t it 42?

greetings

Wise

 

[MattZilla]

Is your avatar Lisa Simpson saying, "Meh" ?

I think she's preparing to correct someone "well, actually..."

 

[mikeoso]

Wasn' t it 42? Wise

It wasnt, but it will have been.

 

[neo 7]

I have the same shirt as the guy in the picture.