Bass Keeps Slipping Down

[FriedCurry]

Hi everyone! I'm pretty new here so I'm not really sure to post my thread. I like to play my bass at an upwards angle to easily reach the frets, but my bass keeps slipping back down. I've uploaded a GIF below. I've had to hold up the neck with my fretting hand, or hold the body down, if I play standing up. The strap I'm using here is a cheap Ernie Ball off of Amazon, with a separate shoulder pad. I've also borrowed some of my friends' guitar straps as well, but it still slips. Is there a good non-slip strap I can buy?

According to what I can find online, my bass is a second-hand 21-fret 1990 Power Rock Greco TVB-650. More info can be found on an archived catalogue here: Greco 1990 Catalogue - Vintage Japan Guitars

 

[lowplaces]

This solved it for me.

Embossed Suede Guitar Strap – Franklin Strap

 

[Polfuste]

Comfort strapp can help you.
You can also change tuner for hipshot ultralight ones if yours are standard ones.
And then your can add a stick to your bass upper horn to move the strap attach point closer to the 12th fret, and move the rear strap point upper on the bass body

 

[FriedCurry]

thank you everyone for the strap reccomendations! did more digging and found that the term used for this problem was "neck dive". I found a thread that addresses the problem temporarily:



nonetheless, appreciate the reccomendations for long-term fixes!

 

[2saddleslab]

The basses in the videos have shortened or no top horn at all. Without a top horn reaching the 12th fret you will experience neck dive if you like your neck angled up. In my experience a sticky strap, assuming you can find one with adequate hold, just transfers the issue to your shirt. There are all kinds of attempts to solve this, such as attaching the strap to or thru your belt, which just transfers the issue to your pants.

When I owned a number of G&L ASAT basses many years ago I reviewed every possible solution. Nothing really "fixed" the neck dive issue until I fabricated a strap extension [ASE: ASAT Strap Extension], which replicated a top horn reaching the 12th fret. It was a reversible solution back when G&L basses had a 3 bolt neck plate. If your bass is a keeper you might want to attempt a similar fix.