Just use the double strap and see if it helps. You're going to have to post a picture to find out if people will laugh...and cause I don't know what they look like.
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Will People Laugh At Me On Stage?
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Just found this. YouTube - Home-built double strap for heavy bass & guitar I don't know if it works but might be worth a try.
Get one of these or play sitting down. Why would anyone laugh at you because you are injured? Have a little faith in humanity
Steve Harris of Iron Maiden used one of those stands to hold his acoustic bass when playing "Blood on the World's Hands" live (because he switches b&f from his acoustic and electric in the song). I think they're a great idea!
You might want to get the stand and a stool, the stand will keep the bass from slipping on your lap (a problem I always have with my electric basses when I play sitting on a stool), holding it at a constant height, while helping you maintain correct posture.
Also, you might want to consider getting one of those stools with a back support on it, that could help keep you from slouching. Or, get a drafting chair (sorry, I don't know the real name for it). People who work in drafting use them, they look like an office chair, but don't have arms, have a support ring below to put your feet on, have an adjustable back support, and (perhaps most importantly) are very comfortable.
I got one for my home studio. I love it. It may be a little more cumbersome to haul around than a stool, since it has casters and the seat spins (unlike the fixed seat top of most stools). You'll just have to try a few options and see what works best I guess.
Best of luck, and take care of your back.
Na, any strap is cool as long as it's Masculine patterned and colored. I would sit for rehearsals and practice, and set your new strap for lap height.
I'd always been told that your strap should be set so that your bass is in the same position standing as it is sitting. I believe the logic is that if you do that, you won't have to adjust how you play from one to the other.
I highly reccomend any neoprene padded strap, I don't own one but my buddy's got one and it literally feels like it reduces the weight of the bass, also there are tons of threads and things you can read up on on reducing the weight of your bass (i.e. tuners, bridges, etc) maybe try out a few of those techniques and you might not even have to worry about the double-strap! As an answer to your question, however, I would say no, the average guy or girl at most gigs might not even notice a difference.
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I don't think it matters. Do what works for you....
Anyone who'd laugh before they listen is likely (A) Immature or (B) a Drunken Idiot. Granted if you're working clubs you'll run into both.
The point is that you're on Stage and they're in the Audience wishing they were (or totally oblivious to the Band because they're trying to pull a guy or girl....).
If it's a Band Member I'd either hide the Drummer's Metronome, the Guitarist's tuner, or the Lead Singer's ego....They will be busy for hours trying to find it again and you'll get some peace.
Anyone who'd laugh before they listen is likely (A) Immature or (B) a Drunken Idiot. Granted if you're working clubs you'll run into both.
The point is that you're on Stage and they're in the Audience wishing they were (or totally oblivious to the Band because they're trying to pull a guy or girl....).
If it's a Band Member I'd either hide the Drummer's Metronome, the Guitarist's tuner, or the Lead Singer's ego....They will be busy for hours trying to find it again and you'll get some peace.
Quite possibly.
But then again, there'll be others that won't.
Just do a good show , play well and worry about more important things than that.
Um...Let me ask you this.
Do you want to get a comfy good strap,that will help you against your back pain and that maybe people will chuckle at you,or do you prefer staying with a normal strap and have the back pain,so people won't laugh at you?
If I were you,I'd go with a good comfy strap,bass the **** out of these people,and don't care if some guys think you look funny.
Because if you don't feel comfy-then you don't give your 100% gig!
Do you want to get a comfy good strap,that will help you against your back pain and that maybe people will chuckle at you,or do you prefer staying with a normal strap and have the back pain,so people won't laugh at you?
If I were you,I'd go with a good comfy strap,bass the **** out of these people,and don't care if some guys think you look funny.
Because if you don't feel comfy-then you don't give your 100% gig!
Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
Buy several helium-filled balloons in neon colors and attach them to your bass to make it lighter.
Yeah, do that, IF, you only play with accoustic guitars, overwise to sit is lame.
Always be afraid of poor presentation...though one of these probably looks less awful than most straps I see used these days.
I vote for a lighter bass with different weight distribution.
Why eight ounces feel like eighty pounds in bass weight differences, I don't know, but they do.
I find that the wider the distance between the strap pins, the more comfortable the bass is.
The OP needs to do some experimentation.
If worse comes to worst, there's always the Ashbory!
The lead singers were sitting down? How boring, and I'm sure the audience stayed seated too. My opinion, and it's just that, is that you are there to put on a show, and you can't put on much of a show while sitting, unless it's all folk music and only accoustic guitars where people don't usually dance. I don't even like to watch a live performance when the musicians stand in one spot (except Duane Allman because his body motion were very expressive).
Maybe you should wear just the double strap and a banana thong.
No one will even notice the strap!
yea. i just played with the slackers a bit ago. i think if you have a sense of humor about music and have fun you can do anything you want.
You could do what the bassist form Shinedown did on their acoustic tour. I think it looks pretty sweet.
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Ironically, If you "make it" (whatever that means) your double strap will become a trademark for you and lots of aspiring bassists will want one.
There will even be threads on Talkbass where bassists collectively guess which one you're using and debate the relative merits of that particular brand....
There will even be threads on Talkbass where bassists collectively guess which one you're using and debate the relative merits of that particular brand....
