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08-15-2005, 06:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lake Forest, CA | | | How do you hold your Bass?
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I hold mine like Robert Trujilo, very low but pretty upright. |
08-15-2005, 06:31 PM
| | Reggae Loving Honkey | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Poulsbo, WA | | | I used to sling it really high, now it's a little lower. Still high by most people's standards probably. A small bit higher than waist level. It's easier to play that way. |
08-15-2005, 06:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: baton rouge | | | high enough to see my package.. hah |
08-15-2005, 06:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose, CA | | | i wear it so its in the same position when im either playing or sitting |
08-15-2005, 06:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Vox Populi I used to sling it really high, now it's a little lower. Still high by most people's standards probably. A small bit higher than waist level. It's easier to play that way. | That's exactly what I did/do.
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08-15-2005, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by nataku i wear it so its in the same position when im either playing or sitting | +1 on that one |
08-15-2005, 07:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville, Tennessee | | | While sitting it must float off of my body at least a centimeter (always with a strap), that way when I stand it feels the same.
When a chair permits, I also like to play with the bass between my legs with the strap (like a classical guitarist) which also makes it feel more like when I am standing.
Without a strap you are constantly fighting neck dive or neck movement which impedes progress. Just take your hands off your bass without a strap and you'll se what I mean. |
08-15-2005, 07:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central Wisconsin, U.S.A. | | | Like this:
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08-15-2005, 07:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: omaha, ne | | | Low enough so you can see my package! |
08-15-2005, 07:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Kingston, ONT, Canada. | | | I have found that I really, really prefer playing while seated... minimizes all sorts of troubles.
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08-15-2005, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by strangemusic I have found that I really, really prefer playing while seated... minimizes all sorts of troubles. | +1
...so when I have to stand I play a. kind of weird and b. with it all the way up. I still hate playing while standing because when I sit, I can float all over the bass... standing seems to be done best when your playing fingerstyle all the time (and assuming that your fingers dont float around the strings).
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08-15-2005, 08:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | | | I started playing rather low slung. I'd get one of those standard leather straps, and the skinny part would be on the last hole in the fat part. Slowly over the years it started rising, until I was playing like Martinie. Then, the last few months I've been playing out a lot (usually twice a week), and I tend to get a little mobile on stage. So my bass had dropped back down, it just feels more comfortable to move around with the bass slung lower... somewhere in between the two extremes I've gravitated towards in the past. I think the height I have it at now is the most comfortable I've had in about 12 years of playing. Took long enough. :P
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08-15-2005, 08:15 PM
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Above my waist
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08-15-2005, 08:18 PM
|  | Holy Ghost filled Bass Player Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Heber Springs, Arkansas | | Like this.   
Moved to Miscellaneous, although it could almost be considered a Technique thread.
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08-15-2005, 08:25 PM
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I adopted his style to avoid the C.S. on my wrists.
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08-15-2005, 08:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ponchatoula, LA | | | I wear mine about as high as my hips. Any higher and I cant play very well because of the way my wrists are positioned, and any lower and it just gets hard to play....I also noticed something wierd about my setup just the other day. I can't play sitting down because the fret buzz is becomes unbearable, although it totally disappears when I stand up. I think it has to with the angles of my hands or something of the like.
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08-15-2005, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Tumbao
I adopted his style to avoid the C.S. on my wrists. | Thats how I do it. I hate holding it high and horizontal. |
08-15-2005, 08:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: MARS | | | Right under my beer belly lol, and preffereably standing so i can get more power with my arm for pick playing. Kind of like right over my package.
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08-15-2005, 08:51 PM
| | Workin' up a black sweat. | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Andover, MA | | wonder who's eBay auction this is?
^ refer to the picture in my auction..
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08-15-2005, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Tumbao
I adopted his style to avoid the C.S. on my wrists. | Same here, even to the point where I will redrill the strap pin positions to get it where I want. Because of a shoulder injury, I also like the bass a bit to the right, so my body centreline is closer to the neck. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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