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jibidy

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2009, 02:53:29 PM »
Nah the picture you posted is huge and i was scrolling across, couldn't find you for a bit.

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2009, 05:20:32 PM »
Fairly low, about waist height. Not the best pic (most recent/accurate one I could find) but you get the idea.



I hate having it up high, its easier to fret but it just feels all cramped and wrong.

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2009, 09:19:28 PM »
Nah the picture you posted is huge and i was scrolling across, couldn't find you for a bit.

Aha. It was that way round. Well maybe I'm good at hiding in pictures... Glad you found me anyway  :D
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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2009, 11:24:48 PM »
mostly just rock it around the crotch level, seems to be the right height for my arm to naturally rest  :lol:
used to go a bit higher for more tech stuff, had much better right arm speed on stuff.
the worst thing is when dudes rock things like explorers or v's too high, some guitars just look horrible when theyre above the belt.

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2009, 11:47:30 PM »
The Les Paul naturally rocks a little lower, but not low enough to require baboon limbs. The others are higher, the upper horn about nipple height... comfy enough to reach the higher frets without it being 'too' high.
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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2009, 11:04:39 AM »
Nah the picture you posted is huge and i was scrolling across, couldn't find you for a bit.

Aha. It was that way round. Well maybe I'm good at hiding in pictures... Glad you found me anyway  :D

Haha shite i just got it....Mr. Air as in, you cant see air. :lol:

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2009, 11:24:19 AM »
Almost as low as my webbing strap will allow. I find that 99% of all the straps sold in guitar shops don't go long enough, which is a shame :(

Can't find a pic just now but there are some on here, plus a video on facebook I think...

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2009, 03:04:38 PM »
I use Dunlop Webbing straps and they're fairly long (longer than most I've come across) and I have them as long as possible. None of the this nipple height playing for me!

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2009, 08:39:26 PM »
I have mine pretty high.

For me it all start when i bust my wrist, then got a bit of RSI and just found it much more comfortable/less of a strain when i had it there.

Then its just stuck with me since really.

I do however think it looks much cooler playing low, and when i've got a bit more time i'll probably practice with it lower to get a bit more 'cool' factor!
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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #24 on: July 30, 2009, 10:42:38 PM »
Ernie Ball polyweb straps are really long. I seem to need long straps as I'm fat/broad shouldered. Couch Guitar Straps also have ample length and look so cool.

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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2009, 08:35:53 AM »
Yeah, I use the Ernie Ball straps too - cheap and effective, and lo-o-o-o-ng :D

Back in the days of Mr Page, I used hang my guitars down at mid-thigh length.

But, as I  get older, I feel, stood in front of the mirror, that middle aged gits seem to look kind of odd dressed in their Blue Harbour M&S clothes with a guitar slung around the kneecaps :lol:

I find that I tend to sling different guitars at different heights. Eg a strat generally feels and looks more comfortable lower than a tele. But it also depends on the type of music I'm playing at the time.

When it comes down to it though, one has to remember what an electric geetar is all about - it's just a pen1s-extension really. So no matter what height I have the guitar, the line of the neck always bisects the general area of my crotch :lol: (kinda difficult to do with the Jimmy Page height!!)
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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2009, 09:25:41 PM »
Ernie Ball polyweb straps are really long. I seem to need long straps as I'm fat/broad shouldered. Couch Guitar Straps also have ample length and look so cool.

Have you "got a fat back"? (Partridge-ism)  :lol: :lol:
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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2009, 10:38:54 PM »
Almost as low as my webbing strap will allow. I find that 99% of all the straps sold in guitar shops don't go long enough, which is a shame :(

Can't find a pic just now but there are some on here, plus a video on facebook I think...

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try these... http://minotaur.gr/catalog/
i've got a couple of them and - at their shorter length - the guitar is in the lowest position i still find comfortable... most are suited for bass too, you should be able to scratch the floor with your vociferator... :)
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Re: Guitar heights
« Reply #28 on: August 02, 2009, 07:14:01 AM »
I wanna know how you guys can play a guitar so low without getting loads of scratchy string noise