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Slung low or high?
- Thread starter Thir13teen
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I prefer mine at the same level as oddgrowth's Warwick above /\.
Any higher and it is very hard on my right shoulder, as is playing while sitting.
Never had any left wrist issues, and have been playing since 1979.
Any higher and it is very hard on my right shoulder, as is playing while sitting.
Never had any left wrist issues, and have been playing since 1979.
If I were "just a rocker" and spent all night slamming away with a pick like I was trying to dig a hole in the bass body, muting three out of four strings and playing the same note for 45 minutes straight hacking the fastest 16th note figures ever played, I imagine technique wouldnt matter as much
I'm hoping this is a joke...
I had mine right at the centerline of my waist. Not too high or too low but as I switched to 5 string most of the time I raised it a little. I don't have big hands and I have relatively short arms for a guy so raising a little makes it more comfortable.
At a point it becomes impossible to play with any speed or accuracy for sure. I try and keep my bass around about where the back of the P pickup would be at my belt buckle. Any lower and my musicianship turns to mush, any higher and I end up adopting a white boy overbite and playing blurty clusters of jazz notes with little regard for musical context.
I must admit, it's a while since I really thought about it, so I had to go and look at some photos to remind myself. Turns out I have the bass body sitting on my belly. Of course, if you're playing a long-scale Epiphone SG, with a neck that sticks out approximately three miles from the joint, that's probably equivalent to wearing any other bass at chin height!
At a point it becomes impossible to play with any speed or accuracy for sure. I try and keep my bass around about where the back of the P pickup would be at my belt buckle. Any lower and my musicianship turns to mush, any higher and I end up adopting a white boy overbite and playing blurty clusters of jazz notes with little regard for musical context.
Let's not confuse opinion with fact.
It's always seemed pretty joke-like to watch...occasionally one of these cats surprises me, and can play side one of "James Browns Greatest Hits" with soul and accuracy- but not with that wood chopping downstroke-pick-bass under the belt- left thumb-palm muting technique- they have to actually play their bass differently to accomplish this.
Otherwise, yeah...playing like that is a joke yup!
this always looked a bit goofy to me.
1) that's not a bass, it's a guitar.
2) there's no strap that I can determine (I'm on the iPhone app so there MIGHT be) the GUITARIST is holding the guitar up high and mugging it up for the camera for comic relief.
WAY LOW! I guess I never saw a pict of Doug but I would have never guessed he played that low.
yeah, but holy crap, look at his arm and body length. It is probably "medium" to him
Gonna go home and listen to all of my Kings X tonight!
