How low do you wear your bass ?

[BassAdder60]

Low slung or high up ?

How do you have your bass with your strap 

I do prefer low around waist level I think 

I’m a tall guy with long arms and find this the most comfortable playing standing / live 

What about you guys ? 

 

[Doctor J]

After many years of trying all kinds of different strap lengths, the bottom of the bass on my belt line is what suits my left hand best.

[Jonesy]

I sling my bass pretty low and find if comfy to have my right arm fairly straight when playing. Not as low as Tatsu Mikami though!!

 

 

[OliverBlackman]

I was always told it should be in the same position when sitting down and standing up.

[Guest]

When I was a kid playing the guitar, I had two rules: it shouldn't be worn high up and also had to be horizontal. iirc I felt that a rising neck looked twee. Yeah, I know 🙄

The moment I put a bass on, all that had to go in the bin - I wouldn't be able to reach the nut otherwise - but that preference for my right arm hanging loosely down to the strings, nice and relaxed, remains. Heaven knows what my teenage self would have thought about the tuners being level with my eyes.....

[Leonard Smalls]

End of fretboard about belly button height... Like this:

[Steve Browning]

Pbass - volume control at willy height (not the end obviously ;-))

[DaytonaRik]

About this low!

[joeystrange]

Low, so that my right arm is pretty much straight. I find that I get elbow ache if it’s higher and my arm is bent the whole time.

[Cat Burrito]

I grew up with role models like Paul Simonon so I have always slung pretty low (since the 80s). As I have got older I have raised it very slightly only for it to come back down. I know technique wise it benefits from being slightly higher but you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

[Marvin]

High, I suppose. A similar height to where Billy Sheehan has his bass. 

Any lower and my fretting hand really struggles. The downside is that my other arm can ache playing so high. It's a bit of a compromise.

[ezbass]

About the same height as if I were sitting.

[Silvia Bluejay]

High enough to reach all the frets, low enough for the top horn not to hit or squish my right breast (I play lefty). Yup, gender-specific setup. Heh. 🙄😎

[Happy Jack]

I rest mine on the ground. 😎

[DawnPatroller]

As low as a low thing on National Low Day!

[Silvia Bluejay]

4 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

I rest mine on the ground. 😎

Best place for it - you can't put that big violin under your chin, can you? 😱

[Vin Venal]

Used to wear it low slung. Most of my bass idols did so.

Now that I'm old and fat, it has had to be elevated considerably to accommodate my girth, and back pain.

I'd say nowadays I'm at about Joe Lally height.

[Lozz196]

3 hours ago, Cat Burrito said:

I grew up with role models like Paul Simonon so I have always slung pretty low (since the 80s). As I have got older I have raised it very slightly only for it to come back down. I know technique wise it benefits from being slightly higher but you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Pretty much the same for me, not super low but low enough to be aware that technique wise it would be better higher.

[Rageofklugman]

4 hours ago, Jonesy said:

I sling my bass pretty low and find if comfy to have my right arm fairly straight when playing. Not as low as Tatsu Mikami though!!

 

 

I've seen Church of Misery a few times and each time was struck at how ridiculously uncomfortable (and kind of silly, come to think of it)  it looks to sling a bass THAT low.

[Nail Soup]

Top of P pickup at bottom of belt.

Used to be lower when younger😃

[Bobthedog]

Like this (sadly the last time I was on stage (2019):

 

[Paul S]

About here

 

Edited May 6, 2021 by Paul S

[BassAdder60]

Seems like many of us have them slung in a very similar height 

Let’s face it low is cool and more rock & roll whereas high is slapper territory I think !

Long live rock & roll 

[Supernaut]

BY MAH BALLZ

[DawnPatroller]

1 hour ago, BassAdder27 said:

 slapper territory I think !

 

In the nicest possible way 😆

1 hour ago, BassAdder27 said:

Long live rock & roll 

Amen.