Most Comfortable Body shape

[Marcury]

A friend of mine has offered to build me a six string fretless and I need to come up with the body design. What are folks opinions here about what body shapes and styles are most comfortable to play?

 

[bassaficionado6]

I like the NS body on my Spector, and the Fender jazz body shape is pretty popular. It might be to do something radical if you're doing a custom build though.

 

[Marcury]

I like the NS body on my Spector, and the Fender jazz body shape is pretty popular. It might be to do something radical if you're doing a custom build though.

Definitely playing with the radical idea, but I want to make sure that form doesn't overtake functional comfort.

 

[monoBEAR]

fender p-bass or gibson sg are the most comfortable to me. i'm not a fan of 6 string basses. my hands are far too small.

 

[syciprider]

The Bongo is amazingly comfy to play. The entire thing is contoured.

 

[Marcury]

The Bongo is amazingly comfy to play. The entire thing is contoured.

How does it play sitting? Rest well on the leg? Neck dive?

 

[vcs700s]

MM Sterling or Bongo.

 

[syciprider]

How does it play sitting? Rest well on the leg? Neck dive?

It rests well on the leg and there's no neck dive. The arm also rests very comfortably on the top.

 

[Turock]

Female.

 

[WarMan]

I think my Thumb BO is the most comfortable bass that I have played.

 

[Carver]

Female.

Great post...+1

 

[Baryonyx]

I like the NS body on my Spector

+1

I had never had a "bowled back" bass before I got my Spector. It's ridiculously comfortable, and the body shape itself is exquisite.

 

[Marcury]

I like the NS body on my Spector.

+1

I had never had a "bowled back" bass before I got my Spector. It's ridiculously comfortable, and the body shape itself is exquisite.

Hmmm! Two votes for the Spector, hadn't even considered the "bowled back". Interesting.

Bongo is an interesting choice too maybe I can combine the two.

 

[lpdeluxe]

Precision. Nobody's really improved on it since Leo started contouring it.

 

[Nick Kay]

For me, it's a toss-up between the Bongo and the Jazz. Both sit and stand really well, IMO.

 

[MyUsernameHere]

I wouldn't necessarily advise buying one or their imports (although their custom shop guitars are top notch), but another bass you might want to check out with a "bowled" back is a Brian Moore. More traditional fenderish shape than a Specter and very comfortable.

 

[DeanT]

This is the most comfortable bass I've ever played:

 

[Marcury]

Wow, quite a bit of Bongo Love. Any more input out there?

 

[Green Mind]

fender p-bass or gibson sg are the most comfortable to me. i'm not a fan of 6 string basses. my hands are far too small.

I just imagined a six string sg bass and it shattered my entire universe.

 

[DanielleMuscato]

I love my MTD Artist 5 body shape, but I do with the upper strap horn was a little longer (~12th fret would be perfect instead of around 14).