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Strap On This... Bass Height
- Thread starter Sonicfrog
- Start date
- Jul 8, 2009
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- A&R, Soulless Corporation Records
Yep, that's right where I have mine, but I angle the headstock a bit higher so I have a bit less wrist break.
The Mike Porcaro/Bunny Brunnell method?Yep, that's right where I have mine, but I angle the headstock a bit higher so I have a bit less wrist break.
A little higher than middle for me. I used to practice while sitting on a stool (hell, I used to practice!) and I set the strap so that it would still be hanging on the strap while I was on a stool so that practicing was the same as playing standing up at a show. That's what I got used to so I stuck with it. It's pretty much right in line with my gut.
Whatever you consider this.
I'm pushing 30 years of playing and it rides a little higher now than it did when I was younger, but not by much.
Also, this is a 78 Precision... my other bass is an Ibanez BTB and with the extra inch of scale length on that one I find I prefer to wear it even a bit higher than the P.
I'm pushing 30 years of playing and it rides a little higher now than it did when I was younger, but not by much.
Also, this is a 78 Precision... my other bass is an Ibanez BTB and with the extra inch of scale length on that one I find I prefer to wear it even a bit higher than the P.
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I'd say middle of the road...
The lower horn is generally above my belt line, but the upper horn is below my moobs... I guess I just have kind of a long torso...
The lower horn is generally above my belt line, but the upper horn is below my moobs... I guess I just have kind of a long torso...
Yeah! That's about right!
Phalex...
Has anyone ever pointed out just how much you look like Tom "The Killer" Kowalski?
Phalex...
Has anyone ever pointed out just how much you look like Tom "The Killer" Kowalski?
Huh, I had to Google him. I guess it makes sense in a weird sort of way. My father named me after a Lion's defensive tackle.
low n' sexy 
Actualy, it depends on what i'm playing. On heavier/punk stuff my headstock is paralell with the ground and belt height, if not a tad lower. On more mathy things it's more middle of the road... like set at the same height it is when i'm sitting down, bottom horn belt height.
Actualy, it depends on what i'm playing. On heavier/punk stuff my headstock is paralell with the ground and belt height, if not a tad lower. On more mathy things it's more middle of the road... like set at the same height it is when i'm sitting down, bottom horn belt height.
On the high side (but not ridiculously high)....I play jazz and funk and solo a lot above the 12th fret and it's just more confortable with it up higher. It's really whatever works best for you.
I used to go for maximum strap length, because it felt comfortable for my fretting hand since I have pretty long arms. However, based on TB comments, I've recently switched so it's the same height as when I'm sitting down. It's much better since I can practice either way, and it feels much better on the fretting hand, which really needs the comfort more anyway.
I'd say mid-low, pretty much so the back contour on a Fender sits right on my belt line.
First time I picked up a bass I slung it on, dropped it to that level and have left it there ever since, never really though much about it.
Guess its because I have long arms. Also, if someone were to try and shoot me in the goolies they would hit a slab on nigh indistructable P bass, so its a good self defence mechanism.
First time I picked up a bass I slung it on, dropped it to that level and have left it there ever since, never really though much about it.
Guess its because I have long arms. Also, if someone were to try and shoot me in the goolies they would hit a slab on nigh indistructable P bass, so its a good self defence mechanism.
The standing position 'on the strap' of my bass is absolutely identical to the bass in sitting position. Personal choice, of course, but the logic of having a bass in a constant position regardless of sitting and standing is pretty strong
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Like this. Took some experimenting with strap length.
Starting point - ridiculously high, and then listening carefully to what my hands and arms were telling me.
- left: not too high
- right: not too much of a "broken wrist"
- comfortable access to frets beyond 12
Like this. Took some experimenting with strap length.
Starting point - ridiculously high, and then listening carefully to what my hands and arms were telling me.
- left: not too high
- right: not too much of a "broken wrist"
- comfortable access to frets beyond 12
