What kind of chair do you use for practicing?

Lichtaffen · #1 01-13-2011, 01:53 PM

I'm curious to know what kind of chairs/seats/couches you all use when you practice. I used to use a wooden kitchen chair and I developed a lower back issue that has finally cleared up. Now I sit on my leather couch, but I don't feel 100% comfortable doing so. Are there specific chairs made for practicing stringed instruments? Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks.

Muckaluck · #2 01-13-2011, 01:55 PM

I have this kneeling chair that has no back. It's designed so that you sit up straight. I like it for playing because there are no arms to knock the bass around on.

puddin tame · #3 01-13-2011, 01:56 PM

anything at all. i'll usually sit on my amp or on the floor, sometimes on my bed

Floyd Eye · #4 01-13-2011, 01:56 PM

I stand when I play, so I stand when I practice.

pasta4lnch · #5 01-13-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Muckaluck

I have this kneeling chair that has no back. It's designed so that you sit up straight. I like it for playing because there are no arms to knock the bass around on.

I try to make a conscience effort to sit straight up - I slouch too much . . .

I use a regular office chair - sometimes I stand

robwren · #6 01-13-2011, 02:00 PM

I use a roc-n-soc drum stool. It's awesome.

klokker · #7 01-13-2011, 02:00 PM

Guitar Center etc. sells folding adjustible padded stools for practicing, they work pretty well (or that's what I use and they are fine for me). We've got a few Pro-line stools laying around they aren't that expensive and have lasted a long time.

Orangeclawhamme · #8 01-13-2011, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Floyd Eye

I stand when I play, so I stand when I practice.

Basically +1, but since I got my Epi Viola bass, I occasionally practice sitting on a bar stool of even my couch. The small body and short scale make that comfortable for that. I coudn't play my longer scale basses sitting down.

major10th · #9 01-13-2011, 05:31 PM

Fender 24" Bar Stool.
From what I've read, always wearing a strap adjusted so that your bass is in the same position as when standing.

timber22 · #10 01-13-2011, 05:34 PM

Old padded bar stool with a foot rail, or standing.

Skitch it! · #11 01-13-2011, 05:37 PM

I've got a bit of a strange way lately, I practise on a couch but the lower edge of the bass rests on that too. It stabilises the bass, kind of locks it. The benefit for me is that it's so stable like this, that all the pressure of fretting, bends, slap stuff, 4 finger, whatever, is transferred without the reflect movement of the bass, everything is transferred from the tendons to the fretboard, it makes quite a difference, I had to get right angle jacks to do this, but for stability and connection, it works, everything is transferred in a static position.

hdracer · #12 01-13-2011, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Floyd Eye

I stand when I play, so I stand when I practice.

+1 Even when I am with my instructor I stand when I play.

BassNoob1 · #13 01-13-2011, 05:40 PM

I sit on the floor when I practice, I like to be right next to my amp so I can easily make adjustments.

SactoBass · #14 01-13-2011, 05:43 PM

Which chair is best for metal?

Oar4104 · #15 01-13-2011, 08:54 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think standing is the best way to play to have more versatility and good posture.

Huge · #16 01-13-2011, 08:59 PM

I generally stand, but if I'm working out a piece I'm having problems with I just sit on a kitchen chair, or the floor.

I was thinking about getting a stool.

Stick_Player · #17 01-13-2011, 09:08 PM

My practice space and chair:

dpbass66 · #18 01-13-2011, 09:14 PM

If, when you sit and practice, your bass's positioning changes, your technique changes. If the angle of your hands change relative to the bass, when you go to gig (assuming you gig standing up) you will be playing differently than you did when you were practicing.

So, +1, to the guys who practice standing becasue they gig standing.

I cant understand how it can be done otherwise.

Chrisk-K · #19 01-13-2011, 09:22 PM

With a good strap, the basse's positioning shouldn't change whether you stand or sit unless you play like Duff McKagan.

diehard70 · #20 01-13-2011, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Floyd Eye

I stand when I play, so I stand when I practice.

This. But on the very rare occasion that I sit, I use use a cheap adjustable armless computer chairs from one of those big-box stores (and I still wear it strapped). EDIT: I should add that when I am seated, my left knee is in front and my right knee point down w/ my right foot beneath me so the bass hangs like it would if standing