“Fender” refers to the type of washer. It has nothing to do with Fender Musical Instrument Corporation.
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Dropped my bass for the first time!
- Thread starter BassSquatch
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Dropped my am standard P from a stage at it was leaning it against the backline SVT. It fell from about 5ft. Large crowd all gasped in unison. It got some scars but I proceeded to soundcheck and had one of the best sets my band has had. My father in law was close to passing away and we knew it. It was an emotional week and the bass falling wasn’t a big deal at all (I’ve told this store more eloquently on TB before). That night, that P bass I had bought a year prior became MY bass and it’s still MY bass.
Man I’m disappointed - 2 brother bass players completely missed my sarcastic joke - carry on...
To me the side benefit of straplocks (I use Dunlops) is it leaves a perfect little gap between the body and strap, and I loop my cable over my lower strap button and the cable doesn't rub the finish. We seen tons of basses that had the cable and leather strap ends either rub into or thru the finish, and that looks like crap.
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Fair enough. Too subtle for this old man on a Saturday morning.
You gotta play standing up. Better for you and proper technique. There’s a lot of good solutions in this thread, many of which I’ve used myself. I’d like to add one if you’re really poor: use the plastic bread bag tie tabs the same way as the guys using rubber washers. It worked well enough for me as a teen that I never dropped one after the first time. Then I had a slight boost in income and bought Schallers and that’s what every instrument I have has on it save one. The Schallers are great for everyone save the big time jumpers. I don’t know what those guys use to keep the bass from taking out their front teeth, much less stay attached to their bodies.
You won't catch me using those rubber washers, had issues with those working the screw out.
over-sized strap buttons for me:
G&L, Ibanez, & ESP use these & they do what they're intended to.
over-sized strap buttons for me:
G&L, Ibanez, & ESP use these & they do what they're intended to.
I put those on two of my basses. Feels very secure with the straps I put on them.
Then there’s always the Gretsch way! The threaded part is supposed to stay permanently anchored onto body and you screw the knob on and off each time you want to put the strap off.
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You do know that drop the bass is just an expression right
Don´t worry everything gets better after the first scratch
Don´t worry everything gets better after the first scratch
Back in about 1973 I saw Deep Purple open for Fleetwood Mac (when Fleetwood Mac was still a blues/boogie band) and Deep Purple's first song was Highway Star. Odd that Deep Purple opened because they were much more famous than Fleetwood Mac at the time. This must have been just a few months before Roger Glover left the band. Anyway ... Roger's strap popped off on the second or third note of Highway Star. And he played that whole song standing on one foot (wearing platform shoes it looked like) with the other leg bent to support the bass on his knee. He didn't miss a note 
Take away from this what you will..........
I would prefer to do a very minor cosmetic blemish on ANY bass I own early on in my ownership than go 25 years with it being "perfect" and then getting a blemish.
The latter would drive me nuts.
NO STRAP-LOKS????!????!????
Seeing you are a newbie the "power of the bass" forgives you.
$25 for the Strap-Loks or less buys a lot of peace of mind.
It wont be the last time. lol
Strap locks is the way to go.
Also, learn to play standing.
Strap locks is the way to go.
Also, learn to play standing.
I'm sold on these inexpensive little fellas from D'Addario. I've had them on all of my touring basses all year, and they've yet to let me down.
Never playing standing up again? Lol that sounds awful. Strap locks my friend!
I bought a locking strap when I bought my first Les Paul , which I also share with both of my basses. My new Fender Elite will come with strap locks but I keep reading stories about the screws separating from the release pins thus having to cut off the lock as it it becomes permanently stuck to the guitar. Does this happen? Can it be remedied with drop of locktite to keep the screw from rotating and backing off?
It happens. All of my instruments are work horses and have dents, dings, and scratches. Get a set of Dunlop strap locks.
Hmm well as I said, whatever works for you, but I’ve never seen or had this problem in 30 years of playing, then again I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t bug me. But good on you for being conscientious.
