Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
Hi Chuck, last shot looks good.

A lot depends on where your hand is positioned when playing. Whether your are near the bridge, where your hand will mostly likely obscure the bridge from spectators view, or if you play nearer the neck as then it could become a show piece.

With the 'Ashtray', does it need to be unscrewed for string replacements?
Yep, you do need to take it off, but I'm from the James Jameson school of string replacement - I don't! Almost all my basses have flatwounds and it's very rare that I change them over.