How low slung is your bass?

[Kipp Harrington]

Used to below the hips, but I changed my technique during the pandemic (for the better) and it's higher now. I'm plucking around the center line of my belly button, as if it's directly in between the A and D strings.

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This looks like "exactly" where I wear mine

 

[Outshined91]

I wear mine reasonably below my waist, body centered about mid-thigh. Not crazy low, like Trujillo or Ben Shepherd but basically exactly like the great Carlos Dengler:

I even keep my bass neck at basically the same angle. I experimented around for a long time until I tried something like this and it just felt right. Just not as tall as Carlos...

 

[rumblesaust]

Mine hasn't really changed much over the years

 

[JRA]

 

[Kaa]

About the same when seated or standing. So, a little north of the navel.

 

[Kaa]

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I like the white Ric "Paul Simonon" phase.

 

[wazzel]

My strings are a little above my belt.

 

[Afc70]

A little lower than my age?

Wow! Dave you are one of my favorite bass players, I love your P bass tone & playing, especially on the song for America album! Kansas is one of my favorite bands ever.. so cool to hear you chime in here on talkbass! You are a legend my friend...

 

[vindibona1]

I think it could be a tad higher, but pretty comfortable standing. I think I need to raise up my J Bass a bit. Seems a bit low seated.

 

[NoiseNinja]

I mostly sit when playing, even though I do also usually still have the strap attached, which has been adjusted so that the bass hangs pretty much the same place as when I sit (also while actually standing up), which is to say just about just above my belly button, or from another perspective so that my fretting arm is approximately bend at a straight 90 degree angle at the elbow.

Like so (I swear the mirror really is less dirty than it looks on this picture , and the dirt is mostly just toothpaste that gets splatted up on the mirror when I brush my teeth ) :

 

[Watchootognbout]

When playing my sixers standing,I have them about waist high.

When playing my new NS/Stick I tend to have it a bit lower.
Basically so I can readily play it Chapman Stick style.

 

[factory presets]

Used to be the same sitting or standing. But with the bass resting on my left leg. Nowadays the strap is at the same height. But the bass don't tuck into the hip joint while I'm sitting like it used to. I guess it's a little on the low side. But I keep the neck pointing heavenward and both wrists stay comfortably straight. With enough bend in the elbow to keep my thumb parallel to the strings for slapping.