Do you sit your bass on left or right leg when playing?

[Chrisbassboy5]

Talking Bass advocate usingbtge left leg to rest the bass for sitting playing but for me it twists my spine and does, in some way make playing easier.. what's everybodies view. Not something  I ever considered or was taught...?

[dave_bass5]

Never thought this question would come up, but yeah, right leg for me and i play right handed. It just feels a lot more comfortable to me.

[phil.c60]

Left leg for me..........but I'm left handed! I do, however, cross my left leg over my right so that's another permutation for you.

[Reggaebass]

Right for me and I’m right handed but I’m working on some Tony Grey techniques at the moment and he talks about this , because he uses the left leg, I tried it but it feels odd 🙂

Edited August 21, 2019 by Reggaebass

[Monkey Steve]

That's just weird - right leg for right handed players

Not that I've ever thought about it, it just feels right...er...correct on that leg.  However, now that i have thought about it, the weirder using your left leg seems - the bass seems in an unnatural position compared to where it will hang if you are playing standing up.

[dave_bass5]

To me it feels correct having the bridge sitting as close as it does when standing. Having it on the left leg pushes it too far away from my natural plucking position, and as mentioned earlier means a bit of a torso twist.

[Stylon Pilson]

The fact that we're having this debate suggests that the shape of bass guitars is wrong. Instead of having a concave curve along the lower edge, perhaps it should be convex so that it fits between our thighs?

S.P.

[Cato]

Right handed, right leg.

I'm at home this week so I just grabbed a bass and tried it on the left leg.

Maybe it's closer to where it would be if it was hanging on the strap, but I found twisting round that extra bit really uncomfortable. Not to mention that the first fret suddenly feels miles away.

 

Edited August 21, 2019 by Cato

[BreadBin]

Right handed, left leg.

[T-Bay]

Right and right for me.

[grandad]

RH and right leg.

[odysseus]

Right handed, right leg for bass, left leg for classical guitar...

[ped]

When you say left leg I presume it’s in the style of Hadrien Feraud where I guess it gives better access to upper frets for solo playing? 

 

[odysseus]

3 minutes ago, ped said:

When you say left leg I presume it’s in the style of Hadrien Feraud where I guess it gives better access to upper frets for solo playing? 

 

Great for exercise up the neck, but a bit of a ball-ache further down..... 

[Ricky 4000]

4 hours ago, Chrisbassboy5 said:

Talking Bass advocate using the left leg to rest the bass for sitting playing but for me it twists my spine and does, in some way make playing easier.. what's everybodies view. Not something  I ever considered or was taught...?

OMG! It works!! 😮

It's much more inline (horizontally), with the standing position, and now there's a curve in the bass that fits my right moob nicely. 😬

Everything I thought I knew was wrong!

Edited August 21, 2019 by Ricky 4000

[Muzz]

If I put the Shukerbird or the Dingwall on my left leg I can barely see the first fret, let alone reach it...

[Lfalex v1.1]

(Just to be difficult) 

Either leg!

I watched a classical guitar vid, and they all favour their left leg (being predominantly right- handed), so I thought I'd give it a try.

It does seem that R leg gives better lower fret access as it's a shorter reach. 

[BreadBin]

1 hour ago, ped said:

When you say left leg I presume it’s in the style of Hadrien Feraud where I guess it gives better access to upper frets for solo playing? 

 

That's how I play, but don't really get up the dusty end. I have really long arms so don't struggle for reach.

[Ricky 4000]

Its also a much more modest position if you're playing naked. 🤒

[Marvin]

Neither. Always use a strap, same height sat down or stood up. Never sits on my leg.

[BreadBin]

3 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Its also a much more modest position if you're playing naked. 🤒

You'd think, but it doesn't quite work like that for me 😇

[Skybone]

Do what feels right for you.

[phil.c60]

4 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Right for me and I’m right handed but I’m working on some Tony Grey techniques at the moment and he talks about this , because he uses the left left leg, I tried it but it feels odd 🙂

Left Left Leg? You are Jake the Peg and I claim my £25.00.

[Cato]

9 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Its also a much more modest position if you're playing naked. 🤒

[Reggaebass]

13 minutes ago, phil.c60 said:

Left Left Leg? You are Jake the Peg and I claim my £25.00.

Too many legs 😄