Where does your bass hang? - Page 9

Rakie · #**161** 03-08-2007, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by SUNNyday r.

People really care about the quality of their playing vs. how cool they look?

I wear mine high (what I like to call the Roy Orbison effect) and piss on what anyone "thinks I look like". I mean, who gives a crap? It feels perfect right below my man breasts and I feel like I am rocking! Do yourself a favor and discount what anyone says. Play it high just for a reverse punk rock/cool guy effect. That is rock to me!

And then when that picks up and everyone is putting it high, back down to the knees right?

lol

SUNNyday r. · #**162** 03-08-2007, 02:43 AM

No. Same high position so I can be cool and different like all the other different people again. I thought I made this clear. Oh yeah, it was about comfort and playing well in the first place.

Rakie · #**163** 03-08-2007, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by SUNNyday r.

No. Same high position so I can be cool and different like all the other different people again. I thought I made this clear. Oh yeah, it was about comfort and playing well in the first place.

I like it up rather high, thats where my hands get good tone and it feels comfy.

SUNNyday r. · #**164** 03-08-2007, 03:17 AM

I like it high too. Sorry if I took your reply a bit too serious. I get grumpy when I am told I wear my bass too high. I don't get it? What the hell is wrong with a high position? Play it high and proud brother!!!

Rakie · #**165** 03-08-2007, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by SUNNyday r.

I like it high too. Sorry if I took your reply a bit too serious. I get grumpy when I am told I wear my bass too high. I don't get it? What the hell is wrong with a high position? Play it high and proud brother!!!

heheh, im never to be taken serious !!!

CAPTAIN_AMAZING · #**166** 03-09-2007, 08:54 PM

I like to wear my bass low but put the neck at like a 70-80 degree angle cause i taught myself and thats how i feel comfortable, i mean it really just depends on your taste, i cant stand wearing it higher than my belt cause it freekin uncomfortable for me i assume lotz of other people disagree with me but i believe its mostly the way you learned

chipmunk2510 · #**167** 03-10-2007, 09:59 PM

Kinda blurry but you can get a good idea of where it is.

Saetia · #**168** 03-11-2007, 11:09 PM

Above the belt.... it's comfortable and sexy... just like me!

Peace
-Benny

bassman1185 · #**169** 03-12-2007, 11:46 AM

I usually keep mine so that the top edge of the body is about three inches above the top of my belt buckle. That seems to be the most comfortable for me.

**BullHorn** · #**170** 03-12-2007, 02:09 PM

Quite low. And I hold it at a 45 degree angle, most of the time.

00Funk · #**171** 03-12-2007, 08:32 PM

My bass dont hang, it cradles

Powdered Toast · #**172** 03-12-2007, 09:25 PM

I like mine just below waist level. Slung low, but not ridiculous low. More like Keith Richards low.

Cause then I can do cool moves like this:

DrSmaggs · #**173** 03-18-2007, 10:18 PM

moogboy · #**174** 03-19-2007, 01:52 PM

i hang my bass as high as i can while still being able to play and not banging my lip while i take the bass off.

BellBottomBlues · #**175** 03-19-2007, 05:53 PM

I hang it so the pickups on my p-bass are about parrallel to my belt buckle. I don't play it high because my arm gets tired.

fe11atio · #**176** 04-06-2007, 01:02 PM

For my personal experience I can testify that the whole concern about strap lenght and looks is pointless until certain level. Why?? Because most of the people who are in the audience are non musicians and non musicians usually dont pay attention to that detail in the same way we bassists or guitarist do, so is pretty funny how we bug ourselves with this concern when most people do not see the difference. For example before I started playing bass I never noticed how high Tim Commenford, Ryan Martinie and guitarists like Tom Morello or John5 played their instruments, however they always looked cool to me. It wasnt until I picked up the bass and started to read bass forums when i started o notice that. Is quite like the Adam and Eve story, they didnt know they were naked until they ate the apple and was just then when they covered themselves. For example when I saw Mudvayne three years ago I didnt pay attention how hight was Ryan's bass but it was his stage presence what impressed me. Unless you are playing an incredibly ligh, small and confortable bass which allows you to jump arond like a maniac, strapping your bass low will deminish your playing and also your stage expresiviness is like trying to play soccer with your pants down. Of course, there is exceptions like Flea but they are just very few.

PaleMelanesian · #**177** 04-06-2007, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 00Funk

My bass dont hang, it cradles

Those are some strong candles to hold up the whole bass!

Anscari · #**178** 04-06-2007, 03:26 PM

I didn't know that Hartke had a house furniture division...

**BullHorn** · #**179** 04-06-2007, 06:34 PM

I just got a new bass and decided to go high.

Now it's as high as if I'm playing seated.

4lPh4n0m3g4 · #**180** 04-07-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Phalex

High and tight baby! That's where I'm most comfortable.

+1

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Originally Posted by bhawk1

Norwood Fisher, he's a monster. Actually he conforms to two so-called non "real" bass player trends; he slings it low, and he plays a Warwick. (I've seen some people around here deride Warwicks as being popular-overhyped-flavor-of-the-month basses.)

So in the end it's not about how you look or what bass you play, it's the way you play and the tone you get.

No doubt, after hearing his tone I used to fantasize about getting a Warwick; then I played one and it was too damn heavy for me.

Not to drag this off topic but when I saw him he was also playing through what looked like a Trace Elliot digital preamp; again reinforcing the fact that one should use what works for them. And for him it deff. works!