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04-21-2007, 06:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | standing on bass help
hi all.
ive never stood on my bass before coz i get one foot on then im scared of breaking it so.. but has anyone here done like a guide to it or does anything have to be done so it dosent break? i dont know much bout it but ive seen it heaps.
thankyou
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04-21-2007, 12:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Listen to the voice of reason...your fear. |
04-21-2007, 07:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | ?? you mean just do it? |
04-21-2007, 08:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: SoCal | | | i would like to see a youtube video of someones foot going through the side of a bass or the bass just spitting apart! that would have to be some serious damage!! ouch maybe not!!
i think bass4daddy's words are from wisdom!! |
04-22-2007, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, Texas | | | Just do it! What could possibly go wrong? |
04-22-2007, 12:43 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | All you need to do is attach one of these to the lower part of each C-bout and you're all set!  |
04-22-2007, 02:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | Then you might as well just slap one of these on the back of it |
04-22-2007, 04:28 PM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | Fog lights in the f-holes? |
04-22-2007, 04:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | | Maybe some mudflaps coming off the lower bouts, with the naked lady silhouette. |
04-23-2007, 11:28 AM
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04-24-2007, 03:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rocket City Arkansas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli_Upright12  Maybe some mudflaps coming off the lower bouts, with the naked lady silhouette. | Like this??????  |
04-24-2007, 04:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | OUCH...
Johnny Atomic... now that sounds like a guy that knows a thing or two about standing on a bass. |
04-25-2007, 08:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rocket City Arkansas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Johnny Atomic... now that sounds like a guy that knows a thing or two about standing on a bass. |
I have someone do my bass standing for me.  |
04-25-2007, 10:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bozeman Montana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Atomic I have someone do my bass standing for me ..... | Allll Rightttt Johnny A.   ! That is most excellent ! |
04-25-2007, 11:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Hmm... she seems nice....
I really have to play me some rockabilly.  |
04-25-2007, 12:33 PM
| | | | That gives new meaning to the term "Cat House". |
05-03-2007, 02:01 PM
| | | | I stand on mine all the time. It's really easy. lean the bass into position, resting on the side of the endpin. Keep your endpin out only one or two notches as not to put to much force on the endblock. Put RH foot on lower bout. Once your in position and all of your weight is on your RH foot keeping the bass stable just raise your LH leg up and place your foot on the upper bout. If you start to loose your balance when placing your foot on the upper bout you can quickly place you foot back on the ground. I try to wear chucks or some other soft soled shoe as not to put a hole in the side.
Last edited by kylierider : 05-03-2007 at 02:12 PM.
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05-03-2007, 03:40 PM
|  | Journeyman Clam Artist Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, baby | | | So kylierider, mon, is your bass reinforced in any way or are you playing it just the way God made it? If you think about all your body weight PLUS the pulling you must be doing on the neck, I'm thinking you got yourself one well-made tank of a bass there. And a lot of faith in glue!
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05-04-2007, 08:56 AM
| | | | Nope...It's stock, just the way God made it. 1976 Engelhardt. I weigh in at around 175 or 180 pounds. Knock on wood it's held together well. |
05-04-2007, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Atomic Like this?????? | Classic!!!! thats great, Made my day.
I apologize if I was being a little snobby towards the idea of standing on the bass, but to me its just showy and a risk I'm not willing to take plus, it just doesnt look that cool when you see a guy riding his bass in the middle of a Jazz ballad or in an orchestra section. But it seems like its safe enough and fits your music styles. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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