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How Low?
- Thread starter MetsFan5
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most straps will not go low enough for me. The only ones I can find that I like are those cheap ernie ball ones, which are much longer than a normal strap. I'm 6'2" and I wear my bass pretty low, lets just say I dont have to worry about belt buckle scratches when I play. Its not like nu metal low though.
I like it so that the curve in the top of my bas is right under my man boob.
I wear it pretty high....
i just feel more comfortable like that
I listen to too much Scale the Summit
I wear it pretty high....
i just feel more comfortable like that
I listen to too much Scale the Summit
I used to wear my bass down 8" below my belt, but now that I'm older I wear just about belt level. It's much more comfortable for me that way these days.
I usually wear my bass a bit higher than my waist, but I have a Thunderbird that neck dives like a beast, so I have to have it high up so the headstock doesn't snap off on the floor. 
krist novoselic use to put a rag on the end of this strap and then tie it to his bass so that it would be low enough. (or before Nirvana went big)
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I play pretty high on my chest. Used to low ride it, until one day I decided to see what it felt like playing it up high. I noticed how much more accurate I was, I didn't have to strain or stretch, how much easier it was to play......and to make a long story short, I've been playing high ever since.
I play it in two positions. Fingers I find most comfortable at the same height as sitting position. Picking (punk music! forgive me... 
) I just drop it down on the strap from the higher hole to the lower one. My J's belly/man boob contour is sitting about right for stomach contour if my belly was bigger. 
) I just drop it down on the strap from the higher hole to the lower one. My J's belly/man boob contour is sitting about right for stomach contour if my belly was bigger. 
I wear mine at ball level.
Yeah same here, if I was naked on stage, no one would see my huge *CENSORED*. It's not metal low, but not "artsy" high either.
Yeah same here, if I was naked on stage, no one would see my huge *CENSORED*. It's not metal low, but not "artsy" high either.
"metal low" ? A lot of metal musicians tend to ride their instruments decently high, if their playing technical work.
thats pretty similar to my strap height. Whatever is comfortable and keeps your wrists straight.
Pretty high, depends on the bass how much. Whatever's comfortable for my playing style, except my Bich, that one has to be lower than the others, just like it has to have a spiked leather strap. Anything else isn't right.
I sit with my bass, take up the slack in the strap, and set it at that length. I switch between sitting and standing a lot. It works for me.
Joe
Joe
i play a lot of metal and keep it up pretty high so I can be fast.
But, when I play punk, I make Hooky look like a jazz geek.
But, when I play punk, I make Hooky look like a jazz geek.
I'm a middle ground type of guy. I like my thumb to be about 1.5" of my belly button. I used to hang it lower, but I was never able to play that fast and hunching over kinda hurt my back.
I play so low so that if I'm walking around, if my shoes get untied i can time them.
OHHHHHHHHHHH
actually i wear it fairly high.
OHHHHHHHHHHH
actually i wear it fairly high.
control knobs are in the vicinity of my pants pocket. That puts the strings on my plucking hand just above my waist.
headstock is even with my left should, which puts the "funk frets" even in height with my left nipple. ("Heh heh...he said 'nipple'...)
headstock is even with my left should, which puts the "funk frets" even in height with my left nipple. ("Heh heh...he said 'nipple'...)
