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Bass Strap Width (What do you prefer?)


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Bass Strap Width  

85 members have voted

  1. 1. How wide do you like your bass guitar strap?

    • 2"
      8
    • 2.5"
      10
    • 3"
      30
    • Wider
      37


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5 minutes ago, Teebs said:

As wide as possible for me - although I think most of my straps are 2.5", which are perfectly comfortable.

What designs are you looking at?

Exciting! :)

I wasn't gonna get into that - as I didn't want to get too salesy and annoy anybody (and by extension the mods). But since you ask

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I've voted for 2.5". Though, depending on the strap material, I also wouldn't mind 2"
My favoured straps are very very soft leather and around 2.5" wide
But I also have a 2" wide Fender soft leather strap, and that's lovely too - although I tend to have that on a lighter weight bass

I agree with Paul S above.... I don't mind wider, if the strap is soft
I've tried harder leather straps, and wider seems less comfortable when it's 3" +

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The one and only strap I still use is the good old Gerald Reese Slapstrap which is 3.75 inches wide. Have it for at least 10 years, but now I'm playing sitted most of the time without any strap... But when one is needed, I use this old buddy. The only thing I don't like about it is its colour : stupid black leather.

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I have a custom handmade, hand-stitched leather Skin-Job strap which is 4.25" at its widest point. Any wider than that and it would start to chafe my neck. It is suede-backed to prevent slippage. This is important - a smooth, slippy strap is a pain in the bum, regardless of width.

But in general wide straps are good, they make a heavy bass seem lighter and a light bass seem like nothing.

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1 hour ago, discreet said:

I can recommend Mono Straps. 

http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Mono_STRAPPS.html

Er... the 'sharkskin' isn't real shark skin. Obviously. ;)

I had a Mono Strap a few years back* and didn't really get on with it. 

(*10 years back in fact. I was trying to replace the 4" leather strap back then. Even though I wasn't vegan.

I bought it from Bass Direct, and was told I was putting it on bass that didn't really need it... 😆

But that's a whole other thread...)

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4 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

The wider the better for me - currently using Comfort Strapp and a wide Levy's leather softee (3-5 to 4-inch wide i think)

Love the colourful designs tho. Really cool.

I also have a Levy's leather (suede on back) at 2.5 inches. Put it on last night. It takes the weight of my 9+ lb. jazz so much better than previous narrower strap.

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