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04-27-2006, 10:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: K-W Ontario, Canada | | | Business Project...... Need some opnions!
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Well I have a business project coming up and I had an idea. What if I made a bass strap with a built in heating system or massage? Would anyone ever be interested in a product like this? It's for grade 10 Business so I wont actually be making the strap, just the idea and marketing plan.
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04-27-2006, 11:30 AM
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Owner/Retailer: Jive Sound | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alexandria,VA | | | Massage would vibrate the instrument, and I don't think I'd be able to get used to my bass shaking while trying to play it.
Heat?!?! I'd rather wear a coat and then a strap over it.
The issue would also be powering it. I don't want to plug in my strap, or carry extra batteries for a strap. Plus those mechanisms would add extra weight and cost to a strap that most wouldn't pay for.
No offense, but try again. |
04-27-2006, 11:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Atkinson, WI | | | I don't know...the massage part sounds halfway decent to me. You could build the "vibrators" into the pad, and somehow isolate it from the rest of the strap. It could be powered by a 9 volt battery located at the bottom of the strap, I suppose.
I don't see the appeal of a heated strap though. I've never thought, man, some warm heat would make my shoulder feel better, especially in the middle of a sweaty gig.
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04-27-2006, 03:52 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | personally, heat wouldn't be the answer for me, the gigs i play at get hot...if anything, put in something to make your shoulder cooler  |
04-27-2006, 03:55 PM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Bass>Guitar I wont actually be making the strap, just the idea and marketing plan.
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Some one else may take it,get it patent and make some money. |
04-27-2006, 04:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: K-W Ontario, Canada | | | I realise that most people would never invest in this, thats why I wouldnt be making an actual model. But I think ill go with the built in vibrators, something that attatches to a 9 volt that you can fit into a pocket. Thanks guys! |
04-27-2006, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Atkinson, WI | | | Cool, good luck.
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04-27-2006, 05:13 PM
| | | | I'd look more at the weght distribution.
Design me a strap that fits standard instruments buttons, and connects to some kind of body harnesses so the weight is taken up by my whole body, rather than my left sholder.
It should be able to handle a slightly heavy headstock, so I can let go completly and the bass stay still, without be feeling any twist on my body.
That would have real benefits.
Ian |
04-27-2006, 08:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: K-W Ontario, Canada | |  Maybe I will build a model after all. You've given me alot of positive idea's going into the idea of this thanks. |
04-29-2006, 05:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: K-W Ontario, Canada | | | Shameless Bump |
04-29-2006, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by IanStephenson I'd look more at the weght distribution.
Design me a strap that fits standard instruments buttons, and connects to some kind of body harnesses so the weight is taken up by my whole body, rather than my left sholder.
It should be able to handle a slightly heavy headstock, so I can let go completly and the bass stay still, without be feeling any twist on my body.
That would have real benefits.
Ian | While we're at it how 'bout something that would let my bass float infront of me without a strap. 
Seriously, I would like a cooling system in my strap.
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04-29-2006, 06:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | How about a strap with a built in Fan or air conditioner. That would be more usefull to me than a heater.
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