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The Semie-era Mosrite basses as many others of the vintage, had expanded polyurethane foam pads glued to the underside of the bridge cover to act as somethng of a strings-damper.

Is it common to remove the "mute" or moreso, to leave it on?

"WWBD?" (What would Bob <Bogle> do?)

Thank you.

It depends on what kind of sound you want to get. When the bass guitar came along, a lot of upright bass players felt it had too much sustain, so manufacturers started using foam pads at the bridge to get more of an upright-bass thump from an electric. I'm a guitar player, but I play bass too, and I feel that if I want to mute, I'll use the heel of my right hand at the bridge, but I use a pick so that works. When I lived in Nashville in the late-'70's, I worked with a bass player who would simulate an acoustic bass by laying his right-hand pinky across the strings at the bridge and picking with the index and middle fingers...on a Rickenbacker no less! Worked great, and all he had to do to open it up and get a more electric-bass response was to lift that little finger off the bridge. Who needs a pad on the bridge??

Thank you, the foam shall come off.

Now, query number two...what are your fave strings for a Mo bass, flats or rounds?