[quote name='algmusic' post='1233021' date='May 16 2011, 01:45 PM']my padded strap goes straight over my left shoulder, and I had to play my last gig on pain killers ;-(. Recording sessions are fine, but live OUCH.. I'm worried at the mo as I don't like taking pain killers to gig, but the pain is on the top part of my shoulder, my next gig is on friday and I'm considering using a stool..[/quote]
I had a similar problem when I fractured my collarbone in a motorbike accident a few years back; to be honest, even with the lightest bass I had at the time (a short-scale Tanglewood semi) playing it strapped-on for more than ten minutes or so was simply impossible, ended up on a stool (well, actually a flightcase in the end, which looked far cooler )