How low do you sling your guitar?

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:00 am

haha, i often hold mine completely vertical, perpindicular to the Mother Earf

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:12 am

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:20 am

yea, I do the same as gabe. the vertical thing too.

24HRS2MDNT · Post by **24HRS2MDNT** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:17 am

I don't know how he did it. His proportions must be off.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:49 am

I do this thing where my dong kinda interacts with the lower horn.
Feels good man.

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:42 am

Same relative height as when I'm sitting. So the strap is on whether I'm sitting or standing, and the guitar is at the same height in both cases.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:35 am

Looks like I wear it here...

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:17 am

I used to where it higher, but this works for me now.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:58 am

i rock a low side sling
jag

tele

Post by **Mike** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:37 am

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:31 pm

I have my guitar straps as short as they go so its fairly high, but having said that I'm only 5 8'

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:18 pm

I like it very high.. Around the nips..

and Im quite tall, so it looks funny, that I like.
(im 2meters long, dont know in feets/steps/inches)

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:46 pm

i went thru the whole low phase in the mid 90's, then i went thru the whole mega high phase in the early 00's. now i just play it in the middle somewhere

avj · Post by **avj** » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:40 am

Will wrote:Same relative height as when I'm sitting. So the strap is on whether I'm sitting or standing, and the guitar is at the same height in both cases.

This is absolutely exactly what I do. When I was much younger -- before I figured this method out -- I always wondered why I could play so much easier while sitting down. Now, if I happen to get a new strap, I just sit down with the guitar, adjust the strap, and stand up. If the guitar moves downward on me, I tighten the strap up a bit and sit down/stand up again.

I've found this to be the most comfortable position, by far.

millagurnzie · Post by **millagurnzie** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:15 am

Dont call it buckle rash for nothing,

middle of the back sitting around your junk

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:08 am

starting to get a little lower with my new(er) guitar. not sure why, it's just more comfy than any other guitar i've had

samuelcotterall · Post by **samuelcotterall** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:30 pm

Normally a comfortable waist height (the next pickup being about where my belt buckle is) but recently Iâ€™ve been playing more technical, single-note, stuff and using my girlfriendâ€™s old Yamaha strat, which I find myself playing much higher.

Itâ€™s nice. You get to attack the strings for a different angle.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:41 pm

i kinda rest mine lower and toward my right thigh like the canucks.

moore65 · Post by **moore65** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:01 pm

I sling really low. Almost as low as the strap will go but a little higher. Personally I like the feel and would rather look like Krist Novoselic than Paul McCartney (both great bassists) when I play. I play guitar slightly higher than bass, but I also usually use a duct tape strap so I can't really change the length.

knpknpknp · Post by **knpknpknp** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:47 pm

serfx wrote:i rock a low side sling
tele

Man, now I will have Anti Flag in my head for at least the rest of the day.

I play probably just a little lower than McCartney height but not by a whole lot. It depends on the guitar though. I like being able to reach as much as I can. Not that I am really a proficient guitarist by any means.