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Weird strap button placement
- Thread starter LAST_C
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Left playing a righty? That's all I got 
Considering I just posted about this the other day in another thread about my own basses, I've got a few thoughts. First, I wish i could remember the thread. lolz. Second, I guess I'm not the only one to have thought of this. Three, they didn't do it to best potential.
For one, it's awesome. For two, it's really awesome. I have to post a more detailed thread at some point as to the full benefits.
Primarily, you are changing the basses angle of swing from east-west across your body centered on the strap's center of balance to a north-south axis down your body's center line that is also in line with the basses inherent center of gravity. It makes the bass light and responsive is the short of it.
For one, it's awesome. For two, it's really awesome. I have to post a more detailed thread at some point as to the full benefits.
Primarily, you are changing the basses angle of swing from east-west across your body centered on the strap's center of balance to a north-south axis down your body's center line that is also in line with the basses inherent center of gravity. It makes the bass light and responsive is the short of it.
Uggh that chair!
also is that another peg at the back of the bass?
also is that another peg at the back of the bass?
Ideally the lower button is on the backside angle of the arm so it doesn't dig into your leg too badly when sitting. The upper button then goes as in my post along the center of balance/gravity of the bass, right about where the heel hits the body. It's different for every bass. Put the upper button in front of the center and the bass will tip upwards. Put the button behind the center of gravity and the head will dip forwards. Center it just right and the neck stays where you put it.
Now I see that guy just added a second set of buttons for a second way to sling his axe.
If the guy plays seated no one will see the tear in the chair. We're not shooting magazine covers here.
Could be they used a Slinger type strap. Guitar Straps | Bass Straps | Camera Straps | Slinger Straps
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My Strat has had a button there ever since I made it into a lefty. It's back to being a righty.
Somewhere out there in the world, someone has 'decorated' their bass guitar by dotting it with numerous randomly placed strap buttons.
They make a strap similar to the one shown. Except, there is another that comes over the shoulder and hooks to the top horn. It's supposed to be for use with heavy basses. I gave one a whirl on my heavy 6 string. Didn't notice that much help in the heavy department and was kinda awkward.
Saw TPIs post a couple days back, thought how cool and out of the box thinking that was... So many manufacturers have got it in their heads that there's only one logical place to put strap buttons. Of all my basses, the only one that is different is a G&L ASAT bass with two strap buttons at the bottom of the bass.
The bass is still not balanced as well as I could imagine the bass owned by Tpi is.
The bass is still not balanced as well as I could imagine the bass owned by Tpi is.
A video would show my point well but until I do, the next time any of you have your bass on, move the neck up or down -the entire strap will move along your shoulder and back to accommodate the new slack. This is because the strap is perpendicular to your body and has to move along the strap's balance point of your neck. Aligning the strap buttons on the guitar's center line and then to your center line, the pivot point becomes the center of the high fret. The strap no longer slides over your shoulder to accommodate moving the neck as all weight is centered on that new pivot point.
Left playing a righty? That's all I got
Two strap buttons on the bottom of a bass is a good idea if you want to just lean it against something - not using a stand. Of course, not using a stand is a bad idea.
It is probably a "thing", but unfortunately it doesn't repeal the basics of how basses balance when supported from two points. In a lot of cases that's gonna neck dive, and maybe also dive forward in the other plane - the center of gravity being above the support points means it's unstable in that plane. Seems like a novel, creative, but also very bad idea.
A couple of my Fenders have a strap pin in the middle of the headstock like a musket. They don’t even make guitar straps long enough to reach there. Honestly that’s more weird than the pins on the OP bass.
