Planet Waves makes a cheap version of the Y strap that I use and like. A Y strap cuts the feeling of the weight of the bass in half, and seems like the obvious solution to "the strap problem".
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P5OUE2/ref=oss_product
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000P5OUE2/ref=oss_product
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