Getting the bass to sit more to the right while standing?

[Tupac]

Well, I have some pretty wide shoulders, and I play on the neck pup. Problem is, there's a pretty big sideways angle in my wrist like that, not good for an aggressive player. It's fine when I sit down because the bass sits on my right thigh, but when I stand, it falls do my stomach. How can I get it to stay?

 

[Righteous Thunderer]

I have the same problem, and what I do is angle the headstock to more of an upwards angle.

 

[hdracer]

Don't practice while sitting down. You develop bad habits that affect you when you stand.

 

[kr0n]

Don't practice while sitting down. You develop bad habits that affect you when you stand.

You mean like, keeping your thumb behind the neck, having straight wrist in both hands and in general easier access to notes?

 

[Luke19Boarder]

Don't practice while sitting down. You develop bad habits that affect you when you stand.

I've been taught differently. What I was told while learning was that you should have your strap height so that the bass is positioned the same whether you are sitting or standing.

 

[Pacman]

Don't practice while sitting down. You develop bad habits that affect you when you stand.

This isn't true, in and of itself.

 

[Fergie Fulton]

It's a design problem in the bass. A bass will hang on you depending on the strap buttons fixed points. If your bass has a top horn with a button on it the bass hang more to the left than it would if the button is located on the heal/body area....and of course vica versa.

Look to see if there is a better 'hung' bass style or design to suit you, or just change the locations of where the buttons are on your bass to suit you. Move the fixing points and you move the bass.....as you do when you sit down, after all you choose to play it over your right thigh not your left....see that situation as two fixing point options and look at the one you use.

 

[So Low Bass]

What kind of bass do you own? Different basses align differently.