Double Bass Purpose of neck strap on new case

[fdeck]

I have a new Bobelock case, which I like a lot. But I have one mystery: The purpose of the strap that goes around the neck. What's that for? All I can think of is strangling the bass after it played out of tune at the last rehearsal, but that doesn't seem quite fair.

Not a critical issue, of course, but I'm just curious.

 

[SAlcott]

It just takes up some of the bulk around the neck making it a little easier to manage.

 

[BassFalcon]

My ProTec bag has one. Since there is no real agreed upon standard of how big a 3/4 bass is and all the variations in shapes I always assumed it was there to kind of lock the bass in if there would be any slack so it wouldn’t slide around in the bag and risk damage. That’s my assumption.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

I have two Bobelock cases. I agree with @BassFalcon’s post above. On my main bass, the neck cinch pulls the bottom of the case upward a bit and makes it fit tighter so it can’t slide around as much. I use it whenever I transport the bass.

 

[Ketbass]

Agreed. I have a Protec soft case with a neck strap and someone asked me too if I ever just wanted to strangle my bass? Uh, no... But I use it to just keep everything together

 

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

Mooradian has one too. I think Bobelock makes a very nice bag.

 

[turf3]

I don't have one of these fancy bags, just an old crummy one but it has something similar. I always use it as it just seems to confine things a little better. But I'm kind of a fanatic about always securing my gear - I guess it's a holdover from the backpacking days. You don't want to go down the trail with everything swinging and banging and shifting.

 

[J_Bass]

That strap? In the neck? I use it to drive the bass when the bass buggy is on.
I put my right arm around the neck and grab the strap with my right hand, and push the bass.

 

[fdeck]

Thanks to all of you for the info!

 

[Kenan]

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That strap? In the neck? I use it to drive the bass when the bass buggy is on.
I put my right arm around the neck and grab the strap with my right hand, and push the bass.

Hahaha... at first glance I thought you were going to say that you use the strap to attach the bass to your vehicle so that it can roll behind it on the way to the gig!

 

[Jim Dombrowski]

And I thought this was referring to strap that goes around the person’s neck when carrying the bass.