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03-09-2008, 10:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, FL (Orlando area) | | | A good stool cushion?
I got a nice, cheap wooden stool at Target a few months back. Problem is, there's no cushion. My rear is KILLING me after about 20 minutes of playing, let alone four hours. Even most bar stools that have a decent cushion start hurting after a while. But, I'm wondering what most TBers use for themselves.
Nick
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03-11-2008, 04:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida | | | When I used to sit I bought a stool from Target, and they sold cushions for them there as well.
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03-11-2008, 06:45 PM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | A student of mine went through this recently. Here's what she came up with. |
03-11-2008, 07:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, FL (Orlando area) | | | Sad thing, I went to Wal-Mart, where they sell the same stool, Jo-Ann Fabrics, and a few other places where I was the only straight guy around, and I came up with nothing. I bought a square cushion from Wal-Mart for $5 to hold me over. When I bought the stool at Target, I couldn't find a cushion at that time there, either.
Thanks for that link, Chris. I wish it was in a store around here; the shipping is going to cost the same amount as the piece. But it's worth no more pains in the @$$.
Nick |
03-11-2008, 08:56 PM
| | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | Nick - go ahead and buy two. It'll be more cost efficient for one thing, but I've discovered over the years that the stool is even more comfortable still with two cushions on at once. They'll want to fall off, but if you use a couple of those ironing board tightening straps underneath, they'll be solid as a rock and twice as comfortable. Which in the end amounts to one less excuse I have for climbing up on the stool and practicing. Also makes long gigs a lot more bearable. As always, YBMV.  |
03-11-2008, 09:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | This isn't simply a cushion but I totally love my "Roc -N- Soc" stool. It's extemely comfortable and has rungs in a good place for your feet. I think I got the tallest one. Works great for upright bass. http://www.rocnsoc.com/towerseats.html |
03-12-2008, 07:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cedar Falls Iowa | | | cushion
Hi Nick ( and hey Bobby), I can make a recommendation; buy yourself a memory foam pillow (usually around 20-25$). That will solve the fundamental problem, now you have to figure out a way to keep it in place- which i have not done, I just reposition it maually when needed. The memory foam is pretty durable and will take a lot of weight. I am what you might call....uh, husky, so I know.
All best
Jon |
03-17-2008, 01:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, Ontario | | | stool cushion
+1 on the memory foam. I got a 2" x 14" circle of this foam at a mills store. I made a cover with some durable black material and elastic from a fabric store then stuggled with my sewing machine until it looked OK.
It's a real butt-saver and I can enjoy the last movements of a symphony now instead of praying for it to end! |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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