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03-02-2009, 09:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | New bass is heavy, causing pain. Comfort Strapp? Other suggestions?
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My neck/back were giving me some "discomfort" so I've been going to the chiropractor for the last 4 months or so. Back is feeling great.
Two weeks ago I get a Modulus Q5 and now I am hurting again. The bass is much heavier than I remember. If you have a heavy bass, and back issues, how have you dealt with it? Will a Comfort Strapp help? It seems people like them. Other suggestions?
I also notice my left hand hurts a little as I am used to a 34" scale bass and this is a 35" scale? I assume I'll get used to it? |
03-02-2009, 09:20 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | Neotech is another strap similar to the Comfort Strapp... I like the looks of the Neotech better. There's also a "suspenders" type of strap in a thread on this subject over in the Basses forum.
Macho men will tell you to get used to it, but I don't give a flip what macho men say. Get a bass that's two pounds lighter and in a comfortable scale length, you'll be happier in the long run. |
03-02-2009, 09:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bongomania  Neotech is another strap similar to the Comfort Strapp... I like the looks of the Neotech better. There's also a "suspenders" type of strap in a thread on this subject over in the Basses forum.
Macho men will tell you to get used to it, but I don't give a flip what macho men say. Get a bass that's two pounds lighter and in a comfortable scale length, you'll be happier in the long run. | I'm way past caring what "macho men" will say. If it comes down to it, I will change bass. As I think back on my past basses - I know, there have been many - the comfortable one's have been 4 string, 34" scale. My Yamaha 5 string is 34" and was/is fairly comfortable to play, but lately I have been having more discomfort even playing that bass.
I like 5 strings - especially at church - but if it comes to playing without pain, I could learn to get buy with a 34" scale 4 string bass. I don't want to have pain doing something I love. |
03-02-2009, 10:09 AM
| | | | If you really want to keep the low end sound without playing a 5 string, check out a 4 string bass with a BEAD setup. |
03-02-2009, 10:15 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Minnesota | | | I use the comfort strapps on both of my basses (4 and 5 string) and love them. My 5'er is walnut and pretty heavy but the comfort strapp makes it feel great.
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03-02-2009, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulMacCnj If you really want to keep the low end sound without playing a 5 string, check out a 4 string bass with a BEAD setup. | Low B isn't that big a deal to me. I use it, but I don't live down there. Just for the ends of songs and stuff. |
03-02-2009, 12:14 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | FWIW I have two 34" scale 5-strings that are very light, one weighs 7.5 lbs and the other weighs 8 lbs. They are a Valenti and a Matt Pulcinella. The MPG has an amazingly good low B, too. |
03-02-2009, 01:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Golden, CO | | | I've used the Comfort Strap for several years with my 10 lb Warwick NT 5 string Thumb Bass and have had no sore back or shoulder issues whatsoever. And that includes playing 4 hour cover gigs on Fridays AND Saturdays. I love that strap! Yes, if anything it could look a little cooler, but once you're on stage it just looks like any other black guitar strap.
Good luck! |
03-02-2009, 06:23 PM
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Builder: Valenti Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Staten Island NYC | | | Macho Man says "Snap into a Slim Jim!!!" |
03-02-2009, 06:26 PM
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active musician | | | | | work out ur shoudlers!!!!!!!!!! get some muscle!!!! my bass is pretty heavy. At first I hated it however, the clarity provided by this bass makes it totally worth it. I try to work out my shoulders once in a while to keep a type of cushion.
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03-03-2009, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Rockville, MD | | | Comfort Strapps work very well. I got one to use with my 6 string since it is heavier than I am used to. The Comfort Strapp really made a difference. |
03-03-2009, 11:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tulsa, OK USA | | Not tryin to be macho, but exercise is usually the best way to relieve chronic back pain and even numbness from compressed nerves.
I had numbness in my fretting hand while playing my Stingray and physical therapy failed to make a dent in it.
However, two weeks in crossfit - www.crossfit.com and it was GONE.
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03-04-2009, 09:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | OK, I get it, I'll suck it up and see what happens. I am ordering a new strap though. |
03-04-2009, 11:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | Went with the Mono strap. Looks nice - wide and padded - and not too expensive. |
03-04-2009, 03:11 PM
| | | | yeah mono strap is way better | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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