6stringbassist Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I've got a comfort strap and a Fender leather strap st the moment. I find them both uncomfortable though, my bass is a bit on the heavy side and I do a lot of playing. Just recently my shoulder has been aching a bit. The comfort strap tends to sink into my shoulder I'm very skinny you see, and the leather one isn't padded enough. So I'd like a good one, preferably leather (even though I'm a vegetarian), padded and very comfortable. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh3184 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 this thread might help: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1673&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1673&hl=[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6stringbassist Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Thanks, I might order one of the Brooklyn gear comfort straps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozbass Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I think Alembic (Moody-manufactured?) do a very wide, laminated and reasonably padded strap - not cheap but very nicely made. Good to hear there's another vegetarian on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 [quote name='lozbass' post='435812' date='Mar 16 2009, 09:37 AM']Good to hear there's another vegetarian on here![/quote] One here too. If this was Talkbass, we'd start handing out "Vegetarian Bassist Club" numbers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozbass Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Haha - what lovely, gentle, sensitive people we bassplayers are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timloudon Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Can I have the number -1, because I'm not a vegetarian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 [quote name='timloudon' post='435901' date='Mar 16 2009, 11:14 AM']Can I have the number -1, because I'm not a vegetarian?[/quote] "-1" might suggest you oppose vegetarianism. How about number i, the square root of -1? You'd exist on the same complex plane as the vegetarians, but at right angles to us. Then the vegetarians who oppose eating meat (not me, I hasten to add -- to each their own) can have a "-i" as well, making them something like Vegetarian Bassist Club #5-4i. And the "vegetarians" who eat fish can have a positive imaginary part as well as their real number. Problem solved. This is where a physics degree gets you these days. Cracking esoteric maths jokes on bass forums. I'll get m'coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I wouldn't want a number, me. I have fully functioning incisors and eat all meats - it's what I'm designed to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='435874' date='Mar 16 2009, 10:42 AM']One here too. If this was Talkbass, we'd start handing out "Vegetarian Bassist Club" numbers... [/quote] Why not change your custom member title to [i]'Vegetarian Bassist Club Member #xx'[/i]? People seem to do that for all manner of daft reasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 [quote name='Rich' post='436045' date='Mar 16 2009, 01:19 PM']Why not change your custom member title to [i]'Vegetarian Bassist Club Member #xx'[/i]? People seem to do that for all manner of daft reasons [/quote] I think I don't have enough posts to change my member title yet. I just don't see the point in all the clubs and numbers stuff on Talkbass. And talking of which, I'd thought I might have been pushing the boundaries of silliness, but I've now searched TB and there genuinely is a [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=404844"]Vegetarian Bassist Club[/url] on there. We've drifted WAAAAAAY off topic here... but I'm no use to the OP, as I'm firmly converted to the joys of the Comfort Strapp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozbass Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Lovely veggie lunch and back to topic - I've just checked, Alembic straps are manufactured by Moody (but seem to have an extra layer - replicating the 'hippie sandwich' - when compared to the standard Moody). These are excellent, very soft, very wide (4") and comfortable straps...but there's a lot of leather in there so out for some veggies. I think Alembic charge around $150, Moody around $150-230 (pre delivery and taxes etc.) so not a cheap option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Another Veggie here! I may have a Comfort style strap for sale in a day or two. A Bass Collection (see thread on broken strap) replacement (I would advise using cable ties just in case!). I've also the repaired one going really cheap at £5 plus P&P. Edited March 16, 2009 by GreeneKing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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