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How's It Hangin'

#22
I'm a believer in the strap thru the belt loop technique. It really helps keep the bass stable (even one that balances well already) so you don't have to expend any energy from your fretting hand except for fretting. But you can't do wild swinging motions if you're into that :laugh:
 
#23
wvbass said:
I was just thinking about this last night. My Thunderbirds like to stare at the floor because of the strap pin behind the neck. Not using a strap lock helps keep it from being exxagerated, but I am also looking for a solution that doesn’t involve drilling a hole. (Or doing something unsightly with the strap.)
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Drilling a hole or two isn't an issue as long as it's done with a little care and the correct sized bit.

Bryan R. Tyler said:
I’ve seen people use extension poles on their Steinbergers that basically put a strap button on the end of a 6 to 8 inch bar. Something worth trying.
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Posting these pictures for the umpteenth time - Steinberger strap hook (or homemade knockoff, I have/use both). Works for Steinbergers, Thunderbirds, and various others as well. Cheap and solves the issue.
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Drucifer said:
You play both lefty and righty?
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I wish... The EA-250 guitar can be had as a lefty, the EA-260 bass evidently can not. I've never seen one, anyway. When I play mine, I play it upside down; sitting; without a strap. It's the bass I try to play right handed, every so often. And when I do, I play it on a strap, standing up. Been trying it for a lot of years, now; with no real success. I actually can play right handed - for 5-10 minutes, sometimes. After that, my hands and brain get confused; and if I persist, the sick headaches start. I will have to have it converted to a lefty, one of these days. It's actually a very nice old bass...:cool:
 
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#29
Try connecting the strap to the bass by the neck with the button going into the outside of the strap (compared to the button by the bridge going into the underside of the strap, e.g., the suede side of a leather strap). This lets the bass hang better.
 
#34
Coolhandjjl said:
My Epi Jack Casady semi-hollow body has the strap pin on the rear at the base of the neck as well. That’s the traditional spot for many hollow bodies as mentioned.

I couldn’t make it work for me so I moved it to the top of the horn. I did insert and glue a piece of wood into the inside of the horn to hold the screw of the strap pin. (I did it by removing the pickup to gain interior access.)
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That's exactly the best way to do it. I swore if I ever got another Casady, I'd do that. Then I got another Casady but was too lazy to bother with it....flipped that Casady too. I swear if I ever get another one I'm gonna....aw nevermind.
 
#37
Looks great, Jack. My Hofner has the strap button there as well and Ive found after a few years of using it that I tend to pull it in while I'm playing. I do it unconsciously now and it's very comfortable. My Casady basses did that too. You adapt to it. Ive been admiring the Chowny basses for a while and await your review of this beauty.
 
#39
EdO. said:
Drilling a hole or two isn't an issue as long as it's done with a little care and the correct sized bit.
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Drilling a hole is an issue for me. I would prefer not to modify the bass. I'm not anti-mod; I'm just looking for a different answer.

Colum said:
I met a guy the other week with a Thunderbird and he said that these fixed the neck dive on it.

Rubber Strap Locks
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I don't see how that would affect neck dive, but I don't think neck dive is the topic of this thread. Basses with a strap pin at the center of the back of the neck have a tendency to rotate along the neck's axis so that the front of the bass rotates towards the ground. Neck dive is when a bass rotates at a fixed point so that the headstock points towards the ground. These are two very different things.

I have been thinking about a strap where the strap itself counteracts the problems created by a strap pin on the back of the neck. It seems like a strap with a rigid section at the neck end might be able to have an effect here, but I have never seen such a strap.
 
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wvbass said:
Drilling a hole is an issue for me. I would prefer not to modify the bass. I'm not anti-mod; I'm just looking for a different answer.


I don't see how that would affect neck dive, but I don't think neck dive is the topic of this thread. Basses with a strap pin at the center of the back of the neck have a tendency to rotate along the neck's axis so that the front of the bass rotates towards the ground. Neck dive is when a bass rotates at a fixed point so that the headstock points towards the ground. These are two very different things.

I have been thinking about a strap where the strap itself counteracts the problems created by a strap pin on the back of the neck. It seems like a strap with a rigid section at the neck end might be able to have an effect here, but I have never seen such a strap.
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Ah, I misunderstod.

Those rubber strap locks just press the strap against the body so tightly that it doesn't turn.
It worked for that instance anyway. Cheap and non destructive.
 
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