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08-09-2008, 06:37 PM
|  | passionate hack | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malone, NY/ Montreal, Quebec | | | ultimate cure for shoulder/back pain
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I frequently see threads asking about light basses by players with shoulder or back pain. I spent a fortune on light basses for that reason. I couldn't play a 7 lb bass for 15 minutes without severe shoulder pain. With the bass belt I can now play a 12 lb boat anchor all night with a smile. I bought it from a guy who used to advertise in the back pages of Bass Player. He didn't get noticed and the co. closed, but he saved my love of bass. It's basically a weight lifter's belt with a leather tongue on the front that holds a Dunlop straplock. This attaches to a recessed Dunlop straplock receiver you put in the lower body edhe of your bass. The belt supports 90% of the instruments weight. You still wear a strap, but just to keep the bass in position. Modding the bass takes 5 minutes, a drill and a 3/8" bit. I'm sure the belt can be home cooked from a weight lifter's belt. It's barely visible when worn. Some may find it uncool, I find it to be pure genius.
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08-09-2008, 06:38 PM
| | passionate hack | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malone, NY/ Montreal, Quebec | | | more pics...
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08-09-2008, 06:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Northwest U.S. | | | Brilliant!
He should market on talkbass.com. How can we order one of these? |
08-09-2008, 07:14 PM
|  | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | | Heck yeah! I'd buy one!
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08-09-2008, 07:32 PM
| | ????????????? | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lexington KY | | | That's a great idea.
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08-09-2008, 07:41 PM
|  | layin' it down like pavement | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island | | | I too though it was a great idea when I saw the ad in Bass Player a couple of years back, but when I called to order one, the owner of the company told me that he had folded the company due to a distrubution problem, I believe, and that he should be back in business before too long. I've yet to see any new ads so I guess he's gone for good. Great idea. I'd love to have one. )-(
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08-09-2008, 08:09 PM
|  | Playing his P bass off into the sunset | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bellingham, WA | | | I wonder if it's patented?
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08-09-2008, 08:41 PM
| | | | It looks promising; does it inhibit booty shaking? One does feel the urge from time to time...
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08-09-2008, 09:05 PM
| | | | Nice... ill be trying to make a homemade one
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08-09-2008, 09:33 PM
| | | | The old website was bassbrace.com. Seemed like a good idea, but the downside, and I think it's the major downside that killed it, was that you had to drill a hole in your bass. |
08-09-2008, 09:41 PM
| | Will work for groove | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Middletown, OH | | Couldn't you make something similar that your bass would sit down inside of? Like those metal hose holders that hang on your house..but obviously not just like that.  But maybe a padded metal strip?
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08-09-2008, 10:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Halifax, NS | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lomo I frequently see threads asking about light basses by players with shoulder or back pain. I spent a fortune on light basses for that reason. I couldn't play a 7 lb bass for 15 minutes without severe shoulder pain. With the bass belt I can now play a 12 lb boat anchor all night with a smile. I bought it from a guy who used to advertise in the back pages of Bass Player. He didn't get noticed and the co. closed, but he saved my love of bass. It's basically a weight lifter's belt with a leather tongue on the front that holds a Dunlop straplock. This attaches to a recessed Dunlop straplock receiver you put in the lower body edhe of your bass. The belt supports 90% of the instruments weight. You still wear a strap, but just to keep the bass in position. Modding the bass takes 5 minutes, a drill and a 3/8" bit. I'm sure the belt can be home cooked from a weight lifter's belt. It's barely visible when worn. Some may find it uncool, I find it to be pure genius. |
Am I reading this correctly? You have to drill a hole in your bass?
I can see that being an issue for some folks. That might be why they didn't sell. |
08-09-2008, 10:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lowell/Amesbury Massachusetts | | a) id NEVER drill on my bass for that
b) it looks silly
really great idea tho, you wonder why nobody thought of this years ago? |
08-09-2008, 10:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Halifax, NS | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jsingles a) id NEVER drill on my bass for that
b) it looks silly
really great idea tho, you wonder why nobody thought of this years ago? | THey did... didn't ZZ Top have their guitars and basses attached at the belt so they could spin them.... |
08-09-2008, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: California | | I permanently fixed my back's problems with playing bass (and guitar) by using one of these. |
08-09-2008, 10:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyTheSaint I permanently fixed my back's problems with playing bass (and guitar) by using one of these. | That's ASTOUNDING!
This is the first I've heard of such a thing! How have these been around for so long without me knowing?
Can you still jump around on stage while using one?
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08-09-2008, 10:17 PM
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Owner: Buzzard's Bass Shop | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bradenton, Florida | | | I understand that the belt would carry the bulk of the body weight, and that, as you say, you still wear a strap, BUT . . . the 3/8" mod to the bass is what's a turn off. I don't see why it couldn't be done using the same strap lock. Instead of limiting that strap at the bottom to the back of the bass, you could also extend it and attach it to the regular strap and use the normal strap lock postion. Yes? No? |
08-09-2008, 10:19 PM
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Owner: Buzzard's Bass Shop | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bradenton, Florida | | | This also reminds me of that guy that puts out the attachment that allows you to SPIN your bass. . . . but I can't think of his name. Anybody know what that was?
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08-09-2008, 10:22 PM
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Owner: Buzzard's Bass Shop | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bradenton, Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyTheSaint I permanently fixed my back's problems with playing bass (and guitar) by using one of these. | Sitting while playing is cool for mellow took but what do you do when you really want to rock? I've never been able to jam while sitting on my butt. Actually it wasn't the sitting that was the problem. It was the relaxed, bent elbow. I've jammed while laying down though. . . |
08-09-2008, 10:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Denton, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lomo I couldn't play a 7 lb bass for 15 minutes without severe shoulder pain. | Wow, were you in an accident or something? Judging by your avatar you look like a reasonably fit guy, so I'm wondering what the problem is.
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