post if you DON'T wear your bass low

[WhiteKong]

Personally i think it makes you look like a major idiot.

[jojobean39]

Wearing your bass low or high makes you look like an idiot?

I wear mine high because it is more comfortable. I think it's really bad for your wrist to play that low. But hey, Slash plays his guitar pretty low and he is good.

I don't wear my bass so high where I have the little T-Rex arm though.

[TheVoiceless]

Originally Posted by jojobean39

Wearing your bass low or high makes you look like an idiot?

I wear mine high because it is more comfortable. I think it's really bad for your wrist to play that low. But hey, Slash plays his guitar pretty low and he is good.

I don't wear my bass so high where I have the little T-Rex arm though.

Little T-rex arm

[bassteban]

Originally Posted by WhiteKong

Personally i think it makes you look like a major idiot.

I think this thought was actually well-worded(at least in comparison to the usually TB fare, which might go like this: *werin ur bass high makes you look liek n idiot*). Nicely done.
I have mine pretty well in the middle; low looks cool but I'm old & can't pull it off & high is comfy but(IMO)dorkus-looking.

[FallenAbom]

Mid-level. Working up to the T-rex arm I think, I can play faster and more accurate with it higher up.

[Chipsonfire]

I wear mine comfortably high because I was caught early (by this forum actually) and learned that higher is better and safer.

[StyleOverShow]

I practice sitting down and the bass is high and tight to my chest with the elbow down and my left thumb behind the neck. When I play, its mid-high, humbuckers over the belt buckle and I notice that my wrist, thumb position are way different along with my speed and accuracy. Maybe I should go a little dinosaur?

-richard

[P. Aaron]

Bass worn low not.

[nbw]

I wear mine really high but that is only because it's more comfortable to hit the higher notes on my bass, which I tend to wank around alot on my own time since I'm not in a band.
Otherwise, if I played more traditional 'in a band context' stuff I'd probably wear it low and more upright since it makes the lower frets(1-5) much more comfortable.

[tplyons]

I wear my bass so it's in the same position seated as standing.

[scootron]

High, at least based upon what I see in pictures here on TB.

Playing a 4-hour show, I need it high to keep a consistent attack and be as fast and precise at the end of the night as at the beginning.

Some of the kids call me "high pockets", but after playing rock and roll all night my wrists don't hurt, and I'm 52.

[Eric Perry]

Originally Posted by tplyons

I wear my bass so it's in the same position seated as standing.

This.

[fdeck]

Relatively high -- lets me make better use of my upright bass technique.

[Murder_Worship]

zee trex arm, i have it ):

[southernrocker]

It rests just above the waist.

[wilsonn]

My wife says I wear it too high to look cool, so I guess I wear it high. Cannot play with a bent left wrist.

[xgator4u]

Originally Posted by tplyons

I wear my bass so it's in the same position seated as standing.

^ this, and I ain't got the "T-REX" arm...

[bryan bailey]

I wear my four string at about waist height, and my five string much higher. The four is used mostly for rock/punk/metal stuff whereas the five I keep higher for more jazz and funk oriented stuff. However I play everything on any of my instruments. Well, at least to the best of my ability.

[Pilgrim]

"Post if you DON'T wear your bass low."

To add some fragment of meaning to this thread, please define "low".

[JohnnyPustular]

Everybody rock the dinosaur!


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