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Time for a stool!
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There was a time, about 8 years ago, when I was quite ill (nausea and dizziness was a side-effect of the treatment) and I was playing a fair bit both in town and out of town. I purchased a QuikLok DX-749 and it worked really well. I still have it and use it from time to time. But back then it got a lot of use.
DX-749 Musicians Seat with Backrest by Quik Lok Stands
One of the great things about it is that you can use it as a "sit-standing" stool. Photos of the bands looked like I was just kinda half-sitting, even though I was firmly planted on that seat. It's very comfortable. Unfortunately it's a bit heavy, but I was already using a cart for my rig and I made it fit.
DX-749 Musicians Seat with Backrest by Quik Lok Stands
One of the great things about it is that you can use it as a "sit-standing" stool. Photos of the bands looked like I was just kinda half-sitting, even though I was firmly planted on that seat. It's very comfortable. Unfortunately it's a bit heavy, but I was already using a cart for my rig and I made it fit.
Jack Bruce is the FIRST thing I thought of, but he gets a pass because he was an OG at the time he used the stool. This is THE issue that freaks me out. I'm 51, in a rock band, and also gonna be trying out for a QUEEN tribute band. I've lost sleep over this issue. I have arthritis in my left knee and have to sit down. I don't want to lose work over it. My rock band understands and the guitar player is a woodworker so he suggested we build a custom stool that allows me to sit down like Jack Bruce, but doesn't take away from the show. I'm REALLY worried I'll lose the QUEEN gig over this.
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First of all, I hope you can afford medical attention. Secondly, I’m sorry you are getting uncomfortably at gigs. That sucks.
Currently at age 67, I’m sporting two full tear rotator cuffs in my right shoulder that happened after a gig last summer. I might have time at the end of the year due to gig obligations (minimum 90 day recovery post surgery), so in the mean time it’s extremely uncomfortable. For now I’m gutting it out.
As for you, if you need a stool, have at it, and thank heavens your still able to play and share your art.
I use a stool when I do a jazz trio gig on upright. The guitar player and keyboard player both sit to play, so I take advantage of this and sit myself.
I just found a folding resin stool with a built in handle at Menards that will be more portable that my old, non folding wooden one. It was only $12 too.
I just found a folding resin stool with a built in handle at Menards that will be more portable that my old, non folding wooden one. It was only $12 too.
Many nights it's my back that won't let me stand all night. I grab a stool.
I had to give up wearing boots.
Sketchers withe gel foam are about the only shoes I've found that help.
I pick songs like ballads to sit on, it makes it easier to get up for more upbeat songs.
I had to give up wearing boots.
Sketchers withe gel foam are about the only shoes I've found that help.
I pick songs like ballads to sit on, it makes it easier to get up for more upbeat songs.
I sit once or twice a set to rest in between more energetic segments. That $10 folding stool from Walmart (got mine from Target) that was mentioned earlier is what I use.
I have COPD and require oxygen when up and about, but I won't use it on stage. I sit when I can and hit an inhaler if I have to. I carry a POC any other time I'm standing and active for more than a few minutes.
I have COPD and require oxygen when up and about, but I won't use it on stage. I sit when I can and hit an inhaler if I have to. I carry a POC any other time I'm standing and active for more than a few minutes.
I gave my stool to my Proctologist (not pictured)
Seriousness aside, hanging a 9 lb bass around my neck for 3 sets kills my lower back. I often need to bend over and crack my vertebrae and I'm fine for another 30 minutes.. People think I'm bowing like the Beatles after songs. I'm 4 yrs younger than McCartney
Seriousness aside, hanging a 9 lb bass around my neck for 3 sets kills my lower back. I often need to bend over and crack my vertebrae and I'm fine for another 30 minutes.. People think I'm bowing like the Beatles after songs. I'm 4 yrs younger than McCartney
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Robert Fripp always sat in King Crimson,so... I'll always bring a stool, but standing can be necessary for looping pedal use, and sitting on the rug floor in studio / music cave happens also. As a trumpet player a stool helps those long rehearsal moments when the string instrument people are changing arrangements around or learning how to play something.
My feet are seriously messed up and standing for 3 - 4 hours makes them hurt into the next day. I’ve had a stool with me for years. Just a cheap folding bar stool for a long time but now I have a really nice one with a formed seat. It was expensive, but worth it and cost way less than any other major piece of equipment I own. I usually stand to sing which is usually no more than 10 minutes at a stretch. Maybe doesn’t look so good, but I couldn’t do this anymore without it.
Can someone please point me to the chapter and verse that says bass players should play standing?
2 blown out and repaired knees, torn muscle in my back 20 years ago and just beaten up from work over the years has made sure that I either sit or double/triple up on Glucosamine and Aleve over the years.
Music is an art, not a suicide pact. Do whatever you need to make it bud.
Music is an art, not a suicide pact. Do whatever you need to make it bud.
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