Bass Strap: slung high or low?

[subexpression]

Not as though it's a fashion show...but how do you wear your bass?

Strapped tightly against your chest like a breastplate, and your right arm looks like a crooked chicken wing?
Slung low like you're fighting gravity (Swing low, sweet chariot)?
Or somewhere in between?

I feel comfy with the strap lowered so the top of the body is belly-button level.

[Alucard817]

I keep mine a little above my stomach.

[Phalex]

I like my bass to gently cradle my right moob manly pectoral muscle.

[DWBass]

Up high, baby!

[bostonasphalt2]

I play my warwicks up high and my Stingray down low. Part of that for me is I play more aggressively on my warwicks as
Opposed to my stingray, so I like having the bass close to me for a full attack.

[Bobbo 77"]

Órale!
Up high. Whenever someone mention's me to another musician, it's alway's "That Cat that play's his Bass up here" with hand motion to the neck...been doin' that since 77'...

[Rip Topaz]

I play T-birds, so very low. Makes 'em crazy at church.

[watsafret]

I don't understand the premise ... its not a fashion show?????? Why else do we have giant cabs and sexy instruments?? Have I been misled???

At least wear it low enough to cover your beer gut.

[machine gewehr]

Something like



ps:There are other threads about this.

[spade2you]

Originally Posted by machine gewehr

ps:There are other threads about this.

What's the best strap for metal?

[boynamedsuse]

Originally Posted by machine gewehr

Something like



ps:There are other threads about this.

That looks just about perfect for slap. Maybe a few inches lower for fingerstyle.

[PSPookie]

For me, the bottom edge of the body sits just above my belt buckle, or where my belt buckle would be if I wore a belt while playing. So, not too different from the MM photo.

[Staccato]

Very, very similar position to sitting on the edge of a sofa with the strap attached...

Beltbuckle = scratches to finish = rash. Better watch that!

[macaroni tony]

strung pretty low. It's just hard for me to feel comfortable with my bass strapped up higher and my right arm feeling like a chicken wing.

[Topspin]

Depends on what I'm playing. Nice thing about straps with multiple holes for lazy people like me.
Slap, pretty high, maybe mid chest. About everything else, normal, around waist height. Only time I like it low is when playing Maiden. Those triplets wear my arm out if it isn't relatively straight.

[CBgaragebassist]

About like this, maybe a little higher.

[machine gewehr]

Originally Posted by spade2you

What's the best strap for metal?

[bassybill]

I wear mine at a height that makes good technique on the instrument comfortable.

[GregC]

Ideally, one should wear it low for rock cred and high for funk and jazz cred.

[Passinwind]

Real basses don't need a strap.

That said (facetiously), medium-high.