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09-04-2007, 12:06 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Interesting discovery about myself
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I swear to you all I never noticed I do this before, but I just discovered that when I'm sitting and shedding on something I'm having trouble with or trying really hard to be precise with, I rest my chin on the upper horn. Probably wouldn't have ever noticed if I didn't just clobber myself accidentally. |
09-04-2007, 12:08 PM
| | | I think I remember seeing Wooten do that.
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09-04-2007, 12:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockville, MD | | | I do the same. At least with my fender I do. I tried with my warwick the other day...didnt work out so well. So i have to plug in..not that I mind.
But ive been resting my chin on my fenders upper horn for as long as i can remember.
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09-04-2007, 12:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockville, MD | | | plus its like a personal amplifier. the vibrations from the wood go through your jaw to the rest of your head.
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I think Bigfoot is blurry, thats the problem. Its not the photographers fault. And thats extra scary to me. Theres a large out-of-focus monster roaming the country-side.
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09-04-2007, 10:02 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Ya, personal amplifier...that's probably why I did it. But after the shot I gave myself, I probably will try to break that habit  |
09-04-2007, 10:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mumbai , India | | | Err , actually wouldnt that me harmfull , since you have you fully stouch to get into such a pose . It may not seem like it , but you are doing harm to your back.... |
09-04-2007, 10:42 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | Knock on wood, I haven't had a single back problem in my life. But yeah, I imagine it can't be good for your back if you do it too long. |
09-04-2007, 10:51 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | Upper horn? How do you hold your bass that you can even reach it sitting down? |
09-05-2007, 12:30 AM
|  | **** | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west coast | | | I do the same thing, the natural vibes from the bass are quite nice but prolonged periods can be hard on the neck and back. Try using a pillow or a higher chair/stool and make sure to use your strap. Doing this will help to simulate your standing bass position as well, from time to time I find myself not being able to pull-off the same licks the same way when I'm standing up on stage as when I'm kicking-it at home. |
09-05-2007, 06:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rockville, MD | | | I dont know what you guys are talking about. Ive been doing it for years and ive never had a problem.
JimmyM- you never really said what you did
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I think Bigfoot is blurry, thats the problem. Its not the photographers fault. And thats extra scary to me. Theres a large out-of-focus monster roaming the country-side.
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09-05-2007, 07:01 AM
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Artist:TC Electronic RH450 bass system | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Madison, IA | | | Do it all the time. |
09-05-2007, 02:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield, PA | | | At one point in time I use to tune my bass, to itself,without it plugged in by resting my chin on the upper horn. I guess that is why violin players rest their frettless instuments underneath their chin. |
09-05-2007, 04:02 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | I pulled the bass slightly up and it sort of jammed my chin. Didn't hurt so much as scare me because my teeth clacked together. |
09-05-2007, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by TwentyPast4  At one point in time I use to tune my bass, to itself,without it plugged in by resting my chin on the upper horn. I guess that is why violin players rest their frettless instuments underneath their chin. | i do the same sometimes. it makes the beats easier to hear. Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM I pulled the bass slightly up and it sort of jammed my chin. Didn't hurt so much as scare me because my teeth clacked together. | i know what you mean. did you sit for a second and wonder if you bit your tongue or anything? i think it sounds alot worse than it is when it happens.
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09-06-2007, 01:51 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | LOL, yeah, the first thing I always do when I accidentally bang myself is check for broken bones and/or teeth. OK, that's the second thing...the first thing is to scream and swear really loud |
09-12-2007, 12:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: DIXIE | | | I used to do that and had forgotten all about it. I don't remember what I applied it to but I know the function was to amplify the tone so I had to have been playing unplugged. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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