How do you wear yours?

feylya

As mentioned in another thread, where you wear your guitar has an effect on how you play. So, how high do you wear yours?

Zapp Brannigan

Nut Rest

Belly Hider, I'm not really a fan if Repetitive Strain Disorder.

Giblet

Nut, but I shift my guitar around alot for different songs.

novarock

Belly Hider

guitar: Belly hider
Bass: Nipple tickler. Tim Commerford style

Nipple Tickler. Thats definitely a unique way of describing it.

fish-head

Nut Rest

Belly hider definitely.

BossArky

Usually fairly low, about 80 to 100% strap fully extended. No point in trying to sound good if you don't look cool :eek:

-=al=-

Nut Rest

medium belly height depends what guitars my strat and Rg ar belly hider, my LP is usually a tad lower

jcoote

Nut Rest

i actually like to rest my belly on the guitar...it gets in the way tho

Johnny Storm

Nut Rest

BossArky wrote:

Usually fairly low, about 80 to 100% strap fully extended. No point in trying to sound good if you don't look cool :eek:

I have to agree - lower IS cooler - how about a new category: Knee Pad ?

jcoote

Nut Rest

BossArky wrote:

Usually fairly low, about 80 to 100% strap fully extended. No point in trying to sound good if you don't look cool :eek:

i'd rather look like steven hawking and play like clapton than look like a cool bastartd and play like a fish (contrary to common beliefs fish have no fingers)

feylya

Nut Rest

Well, in order to rest your nuts on the guitar, it'd have to be pretty damn low anyway...

jcoote

Nut Rest

i suppose its al about how on our arms are in proportion to your body

Johnny Storm

Nut Rest

jcoote wrote:

i'd rather look like steven hawking and play like clapton than look like a cool bastartd and play like a fish (contrary to common beliefs fish have no fingers)

jcoote - I think you have beautifully summarised the great existential dilemma than all guitarists must someday face.

(Although I'd rather look cool since TBH there's no chance of me playing like Clapton - )

jcoote

Nut Rest

true yeah i'm changin mine to nut rest

feylya

Nut Rest

I've my guitar pretty much the same height as Kirk Hammett (in fairness, I did copy him for my first few years of playing) and that looks grand on me. Give it to my mate who's 6'4 and it's at his nipples. If I use his Explorer, it's lying on my feet

Creamy Goodness

Belly Hider

half nipple tickler half belly hider

jcoote

Nut Rest

i played bass 1st and just found the guitar comfortable at the height i played the bass..

moonboy

i go for the hip-hugger myself..

It wasn't me!

Mine generally covers my hips and crotch kinda region. It's low, but doesn't inhibit my playing.

qz

Nut rest if I can pm, otherwise, belly hider I suppose.

BossArky

jcoote wrote:

i'd rather look like steven hawking and play like clapton than look like a cool bastartd and play like a fish (contrary to common beliefs fish have no fingers)

Yep, obviously if its hanging around your ankles its a bit tough to go up and down the fretboard... thats why you need to throw some shapes and move the guitar around as you play. I find the "straight out in front shooting the crowd with a shotgun" is a good move to bring the guitar up a bit.

jcoote

Nut Rest

BossArky wrote:

. I find the "straight out in front shooting the crowd with a shotgun" is a good move to bring the guitar up a bit.

so how is that permed mullet goin for u then boss??

BossArky

jcoote wrote:

so how is that permed mullet goin for u then boss??

Grand thanks, flaring in the draft from the side stage wind machine.

jcoote

Nut Rest

just don't inhale any dry ice

Karl Hungus

Belly Hider

I voted nipple tickler, but after checking, it's really more of a belly hider. I find I play my 7 String a little higher up though.

A word of warning to people who like their guitars dangling between their knees... That can give you some serious problems like tendonitis, which can completely cripple your guitar playing ability. Not exactly a good thing, and it can happen fairly easy... So make sure your technique is comfy.

Eoin Madsen

Nut Rest

I'd say slightly higher than the "belly hider" option implies.

And the bass higher again.

NotMe

top of guitar at belly button level... which option is that?

feylya

Nut Rest

Belly hider. It hides part of your belly.

Jaggy Snake

Nut Rest

Karl Hungus is blatantly just jealous of all these legends with their cool looking guitar positions, when he can't play for crap unless his guitar is nestled up against his breasts

I'm a low-ish belly hider myself, though I tend to alternate between having the guitar horizontal and sloped up to the left while I play, depending on what I'm playing obviously.

Ever see Matt Heafy from Trivium play? He knows where it's at. Stand with your legs ridiculously bent to reach the mic stand that's two feet too short for you (Hetfield style) with your low slung Les Paul between your legs like a Spanish guitar. Then, when it's solo time, point that headstock at the sky baby, vertical all the way!

feylya

Nut Rest

Jaggy Snake wrote:

Karl Hungus is blatantly just jealous of all these legends with their cool looking guitar positions, when he can't play for crap unless his guitar is nestled up against his breasts

Yup. Just like Petrucci.

Tar.Aldarion

Nut Rest

belly hider,sometimes i go wild and use the ole nut rest.

WetDaddy

Belly Hider

I'm a nipple-tucking guy, me. Always wanted to say that.

Unfortunately, I'm 6'3" and slim, so looking gawky is always a concern. I may lower it a tad, but probably not all the way to belly-hider. Somebody mention the proportion of arms to body. Is there really that much difference between people? That's not a hypothetical question! I know that I have long thin fingers myself, so I can picture people's hands being different sizes / proportions.

"I know that I have long thin fingers" - Makes me sound like The Grinch.

Karl Hungus

Belly Hider

Jaggy Snake wrote:

Karl Hungus is blatantly just jealous of all these legends with their cool looking guitar positions, when he can't play for crap unless his guitar is nestled up against his breasts

Oh how I wish I could play guitar with the body knocking between my knees...

fish-head

Nut Rest

deathfunk wrote:

Somebody mention the proportion of arms to body. Is there really that much difference between people? That's not a hypothetical question! I know that I have long thin fingers myself, so I can picture people's hands being different sizes / proportions.

"I know that I have long thin fingers" - Makes me sound like The Grinch.

Yeah, my hand looks wierd when I'm playing rythym, just chugging away like, it's like a big slab of meat flying up and down over the strings..

Big guitars always make it a little better though..

Jaggy Snake

Nut Rest

Ever see the size of the hands on the bassist from Eagles of Death Metal? Scary stuff.

fish-head

Nut Rest

Looks like he'd crush that big slap of wood like a twig!!

Nidge

Nut Rest

Imagine that guy attempting to play guitar!

jcoote

Nut Rest

yeah he wouldn't get past the 5th fret

It wasn't me!

Fiver says he can play an F on the first and thirteenth frets simultaneously on a guitar.

Jaggy Snake

Nut Rest

Let's not get ridiculous...

It wasn't me!

Why not?

Mr. CooL ICE

Nut rest. It makes it easier on my right hand, so that i dont have to bend my elbow too much, but the bass is positioned slightly more vertically than usual so it compensates the fretting hand. But the high frets, who needs em :rolleyes: