Hi @gideon.money, welcome to the forums! You might want to check out the Show us your straps! thread. Or use the search function. There’s plenty of talk about straps in here!
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Welcome to the forum.
I’ve found a strap that I’ve been using on all of my basses for quite some time. It’s a Levy’s Comfort Series 3.25" Neoprene Strap. The material has some “give” or “bounce” to it so in effect it works somewhat like a weight reducing mechanism vs others where all of the dead weight of the instrument is on your shoulder.
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I would recommend something wide and leather. Straps with the seatbelt material (nylon?) are more slippery, so for a heavy bass you’ll be fighting the bass more. I personally don’t like the bouncy straps, so there’s lots of testing to do to see what you like. 
And @Mike_NL has you covered with the thread he posted!
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I have the Lekato straps, as recommended by @sunDOG.
The Lekato advertisement says that you will play as good as he does when you use them, but I must have installed them incorrectly, as my playing did not improve much. I started dancing while playing though 
They are very comfortable and can be made to fit perfectly. I have two of them and couldn’t be happier!
You can get them via Amazon or China…
Pictures:
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Yeah, Levy’s Leathers straps are great. I own two of their leather 3.5" wide straps, with the suede padding, which prevents the bass from sliding down your shoulder. Highly recommended.
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Yes, I like the LEKATO straps, they are comfortable.
The one issue I do have with them is length. They work well on a “normal” bass, where the strap buttons are positioned where you would expect. When the strap button on the bottom of the bass is higher on the body, as it is on my Dingwall, you end up having to fold the strap fabric over on itself, through the adjuster, to get the bass in the right position. My Ibanez and Sire are fine. I would also have to do this for my new (90s) Hohner, but it’s so light, that I am just using an old red “car seatbelt” strap, which works fine for this bass - as I said, the bass is light, and there is absolutely no neck dive on it, so I’m good with nylon and had no problems over a 2.5 hour band rehearsal a couple of nights ago.
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It’s quite easy to make the strap shorter by cutting one end and attach it differently into the plastic thingies.
Mine looks like this now:
@fennario had a different solution:
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I picked up a leather strap a couple of months ago while in my local music shop. I’m really pleased with it, it is wider than the woven type I had before, and also as it is leather grips nicely onto your shoulder so the bass doesn’t move around as much.
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I’m a huge fan of these NeoTech straps:
Seriously comfortable.
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Hey nice , got the same 
Very comfy
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This is another one I use on some of my heavier guitars that’s very similar to the Levy’s neoprene strap and the Lekato is another I have. They key with all of them is the width of the strap itself and the material which offers a good amount of padding and some give to it.
Leather and cotton straps are fine for lighter instruments but with heavier ones depending upon their balance all of the dead weight is on the shoulder as it hangs there. Neoprene tends to reduce that feel and instead feels a bit more like the weight is being supported and redistributed a bit.
Try out some different styles in a store and see which work best for you. We all have different preferences. I know my back feels better with neoprene for my heavier instruments. For the lighter ones I use a 3.5" Levy’s cotton strap.
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Thanks!!
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