Where (and at what angle) does your bass sit on the strap??

[thepurpleblob]

I was fiddling with my strap height and wotnot as I do from time to time and I just thought I'd ask around.

I have my bass at a high-ish stomach height but it was the angle(s) it sits at that I was more wondering about. I noticed a picture of one (professional female) player and the neck must have been pointing out at about 45 degrees in front of them with the body of their bass sitting on their hip more-or-less.

What about you guys. Apart from "whatever suits you" do you have any recommendations? I don't think I have ever found a compromise that is entirely comfortable.

[Bilbo]

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[indent=1]Its been hanging there for about 26 years. When I started it was slung a little lower (in rock bands) but I found that, as I played more and more of the neck, I needed more ready access to the top end and found that having it too low made that difficult. So I moved it up and down and bit for a few weeks/months until I felt I had got the optimum height. And there it has stayed ever since. It never gets uncomfortable and I never really find the bass heavy so I have no reason to consider changing it again at this point. But, as you will have guessed, it is an entirely personal thing.[/indent]

[Jayben]

I used to nearly always have it below my waistline, but now I've had to change that as my left hand couldn't cope with the riffs I was having to play. Nowadays I tend to have the bass sitting so that the body contouring accomodates my ribcage perfectly

[GonzoBass]

My strap is set so the bass is consistantly in the same position/place
whether I am seated with it on my lap or standing.

[sprocket123]

[quote name='GonzoBass' timestamp='1330450467' post='1557748']
My strap is set so the bass is consistantly in the same position/place
whether I am seated with it on my lap or standing.
[/quote]


+1 on that , same thing as Chuck Rainey from his fine books also .

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='GonzoBass' timestamp='1330450467' post='1557748']
My strap is set so the bass is consistantly in the same position/place
whether I am seated with it on my lap or standing.
[/quote]
This.

[Blademan_98]

My bass sits at waist height but points up at around 30 degrees from level.