Ergonomic chair for practice?

[project_c]

Does such a thing exist? What chair do you use for practice? Is anyone actually happy with what they’re sitting on when they’re in the woodshed, or are we all quietly suffering with sore àrses and lower back pain?

[paul_5]

I really like these:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/chairs-stools-benches/junior-chairs/urban-junior-chair-green-art-50207036/

 

Sold as a childrens’ chair, but great raising the sitting height of adults too. I’m 5’9” by the way.

[Reggaebass]

I’ve got a chair from my office which I took the arms off , and it adjusts up and down and the seat tilts and the back alters so I’m sitting upright , and I can wheel myself around from amp to amp , but that’s just being lazy 😀

[musicbassman]

I always practice standing up.

You don't normally play gigs sitting down, so maybe it's a bad habit to get into ?

[arthurhenry]

15 minutes ago, musicbassman said:

I always practice standing up.

You don't normally play gigs sitting down, so maybe it's a bad habit to get into ?

Not an issue if you ensure the bass hangs at the same position when standing or sitting.

[project_c]

6 minutes ago, musicbassman said:

I always practice standing up.

You don't normally play gigs sitting down, so maybe it's a bad habit to get into ?

I play gigs sitting down regularly. We almost always play small bar / coffee shop style gigs without a stage or PA. 

[arthurhenry]

I have one of these:

[Skinnyman]

I use a drum stool which has a low back rest attached.

Comfy, supports my back but also encourages reasonable posture.

I sit while  learning new pieces and stand when I'm running through the set list.

[Dood]

Hi, as I spend a huge amount of time in my studio space I bought a "24 Hour chair" from one of PSI's resellers: https://www.psiseating.co.uk/zircon - It's a "posture" chair designed for long hours use and has certainly helped my lower back pain too. The model I have literally has every adjustment known to musician on it including lumbar support. There's all manner of levers and adjustments too. This thing has probably done about ten odd years service and it looks barely used! Yes, it wasn't cheap, but necessary. It has more than made it's money back.

Oh and the best thing is that I ordered mine with arms rests that slide backwards out the way. Proper beefy, non-wobbly arms rests that can be moved back so I can play guitar or bass in a comfortable position and then, when it comes to typing up my magazine reviews (just finished ten thousand words) the rest pop up for maximum comfort.

 

[project_c]

1 hour ago, Dood said:

Hi, as I spend a huge amount of time in my studio space I bought a "24 Hour chair" from one of PSI's resellers: https://www.psiseating.co.uk/zircon - It's a "posture" chair designed for long hours use and has certainly helped my lower back pain too. The model I have literally has every adjustment known to musician on it including lumbar support. There's all manner of levers and adjustments too. This thing has probably done about ten odd years service and it looks barely used! Yes, it wasn't cheap, but necessary. It has more than made it's money back.

Oh and the best thing is that I ordered mine with arms rests that slide backwards out the way. Proper beefy, non-wobbly arms rests that can be moved back so I can play guitar or bass in a comfortable position and then, when it comes to typing up my magazine reviews (just finished ten thousand words) the rest pop up for maximum comfort.

 

That looks a whole lot nicer than the mesh ergonomic chair I bought recently from John Lewis. They sell one for about £250, I took a chance on it, it’s ok for back support but that mesh stuff is deeply uncomfortable. I can’t find a price on that link, can I ask how much you paid? I know decent chairs can cost well over a grand so I won’t be shocked. The only thing that would concern me with these is the height adjustability, at the minimum 490mm it’s still quite high. I’m short and a lot of these types of specialized chairs don’t tend to go low enough.

[Dood]

9 hours ago, project_c said:

That looks a whole lot nicer than the mesh ergonomic chair I bought recently from John Lewis. They sell one for about £250, I took a chance on it, it’s ok for back support but that mesh stuff is deeply uncomfortable. I can’t find a price on that link, can I ask how much you paid? I know decent chairs can cost well over a grand so I won’t be shocked. The only thing that would concern me with these is the height adjustability, at the minimum 490mm it’s still quite high. I’m short and a lot of these types of specialized chairs don’t tend to go low enough.

If I recall correctly I did find mine for about £250 as it happens. After extensive testing "sitting-in-chairs-in-all-manner-of-office-outlets" I agree with you. 90% of stock was uncomfortable and thus I went to look for a specialist. I'm not sure what the prices are like for these chairs now, but I do recall the company I used (I found the link: http://executiveofficeseating.co.uk) were super helpful and made sure that I was choosing the right chair, especially regarding the fold away arms. 

Ahhh yes, back in my IT days I had an orthopaedic chair sourced for me. It was about £800 and that was about ten years ago.