Ok so I've been playing for over a year now on my washburn xb 100. The main problem i have is that i can't find a comfortable way to play it. If i make it hang around like my waist it's good for my left hand but i can't do much with me right arm. When i make it hang lower, like almost on out stretch of my right arm then neck of my bass, i wouldn't say dives to the floor but swings a little bit and i have to try and catch it with my left hand while trying to play and my fingers slide on high E which sometimes is heard when i use dfferent tones. So sometimes im having real pain playing stuff like BS's paranoid and Pantera's Domination cuase neck in my hand moves like a fish.

So i just wanna know if anyone had this problem? Is there a bass you could recomend me to try out? and if by chance you've played the one i have and any thoughts on it?

Mines not a large scale bass, and im 5'9 but i don't have the longest arms, i've been trying to find thunderbird to try out so is there a bass you could recomend.

by the way i play with fingers

trying adjusting your strap so the bass sits level with your chest. it allows me to play much more comfortably, but i am a bit taller than you. give it a shot.

thanks i'll try that

I used to play low like webster, untill I got my six string, the bitch is just too heavy for that. now I play waaay up high like myung, ive found I get a better attack and tapping is much easier, I also have better upper fret access.

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amen brother.

aye! another floridian.
where are you bro?

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lol i don't think i'm ever touching six string beast, may be five but that's enough for me. as for my playing, i now find changing length for different styles working out for me better. thanks for the advises.

just decide on a lenght and stick to that..pretty soon you will be comfortable with everything

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Well I play my XB 100 quite low (as low as the strap allows), and that works really well (finger ànd plectrum), whilst being 6'1 (1m84)


...Maybe try out loadsa straps?

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ye ive been looking into longer ones. i'd say i partially solved the problem. but anyway i wanted to ask, does your bass make fret buzz? 'cuase bass we own seems to be known for this problem. theonly way i found to correct this is to master my left hand fingers to make them more precise and accurate. i i dont know ahhh thanks for help.

johny myung armpit wedge style for me

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