Neck Shape = Tendonitis? HELP!

[fearceol]

Thanks, I've read tons of threads like this but I was just never sure what to do and what not to do. I mean one guy says do this, another says don't do that it'll mess you up. So I've always been a little hesitant to do self treatments.

People here on TB can only obviously give advice and opinions on technique and bass related things. They are not qualified to give any other advice. Earlier you mentioned going to a PT. I think it would be a wise move to do this ( or to a doctor) ASAP, and get expert advice and treatment. Only they can tell you what will aggravate or heal your hand.

 

[Fergie Fulton]

Thanks, I've read tons of threads like this but I was just never sure what to do and what not to do. I mean one guy says do this, another says don't do that it'll mess you up. So I've always been a little hesitant to do self treatments.

Until you have the correct diagnosis, everything you do will have the potential to harm you. Make an appointment and see a medical practitioner to diagnose the problem correctly.
It is easy to justify not going because it does not seem serious, maybe even childish to bother them with it.
You use your hands in life, playing bass is just a small part of that so you need your hands for life...lose the use of a hand and you lose more than just not playing the bass.
Lots of advice here is good if you can understand the context it is given...ie personal experience. Personal experience is just that, personal to the person giving it in good faith. what you want is fact in diagnosis and fact in any treatment to relieve or cure...not personal experience. Did i mention about seeing a medical practitioner?????

 

[jkkkjkhk]

Until you have the correct diagnosis, everything you do will have the potential to harm you. Make an appointment and see a medical practitioner to diagnose the problem correctly.
It is easy to justify not going because it does not seem serious, maybe even childish to bother them with it.
You use your hands in life, playing bass is just a small part of that so you need your hands for life...lose the use of a hand and you lose more than just not playing the bass.
Lots of advice here is good if you can understand the context it is given...ie personal experience. Personal experience is just that, personal to the person giving it in good faith. what you want is fact in diagnosis and fact in any treatment to relieve or cure...not personal experience. Did i mention about seeing a medical practitioner?????

Thanks, and really I could have a splinter and if I felt like seeing a doctor, I would. I'm paying so they have to entertain any serious or stupid thing I have. My hands are very important to me and like many of us I have dreams of being a professional musician. I will be seeing a PT, just figured some of you guys might be able to help on the technique/music side of it while the PT does the medical side. I'll bring my bass and hopefully they'll know a thing or two.

 

[Sting the Ray]

I know this thread is over a year old but this is relative. Like JKKK above, I have played for many years with no trouble until I fell in love with the Spector tone. I have been through several different Spector basses and back to my Stingray between each one. Starting almost immediately to within 24 hrs of playing a Spector (Rebops being the worst offenders) I get a dull gnawing in the center of my left wrist that persists for a few days then subsides. I then go back to the Stingray for a week and no pain. Another Spector and the cycle begins again. It has to be something with the neck profile/thickness/width...something! I know the first fret is typically about an inch further away than other standard 34" scale basses. I want that tone so bad but....my last ditch is to take it to a luthier for some profiling. If that doesn't work then sadly, Spector's just won't work for me

 

[jkkkjkhk]

I eventually sold the spector because of the neck and have had a few basses since then. Again have had zero problem with any of this since selling that bass so I'm convinced it was the neck (other things could have worsened it though). I did get a chance to compare a Euro4 vs a Euro 4LX (both used) and noticed the newer LX's are a tiny bit thinner. Although the LX I played looked identical to the Doug Wimbish which has a thinner neck, but since it was used and it wasn't marked as a signature it's hard to tell if it was or not.

But so newer spectors might work for us, if not then I'll probably eventually get one carved down slightly or something cause I love that tone.