Yeah, there's a guy in the UK on Ebay that makes them. $175 USD for the strap. I'm sure it's worth every penny, but I would rather spend my cash on guitars and the like. Hell, I hardly ever use a strap anyways. I'm a sitter...lol
camdenlp wrote:Hell, I hardly ever use a strap anyways. I'm a sitter...lol
I was always a sitter with the guitar... the other day I was working on a basic Major arpeggio on my bass and could not for the life of me make my pinking finger lay across two strings and fret the notes. I strapped the bass and stood up, suddenly I could finger it right... so I guess I need to work at being a 'stander' now.
camdenlp wrote:Hell, I hardly ever use a strap anyways. I'm a sitter...lol
I was always a sitter with the guitar... the other day I was working on a basic Major arpeggio on my bass and could not for the life of me make my pinking finger lay across two strings and fret the notes. I strapped the bass and stood up, suddenly I could finger it right... so I guess I need to work at being a 'stander' now.
i'm strictly a stander these days but it could be your posture while sitting. neck 45 degrees to your body & get the elbow out away from your side.
blues_n_cues wrote:i'm strictly a stander these days but it could be your posture while sitting. neck 45 degrees to your body & get the elbow out away from your side.
I do think it has a lot to do with my posture while sitting AND using a chair with arms... I played on a stool last night and it worked fine...
blues_n_cues wrote:i'm strictly a stander these days but it could be your posture while sitting. neck 45 degrees to your body & get the elbow out away from your side.
I do think it has a lot to do with my posture while sitting AND using a chair with arms... I played on a stool last night and it worked fine...
oh yah.. ya can't use a chair w/ arms... try an old folding chair & a foot pedestal or 2 Enclycopedia Britannica letters A & C circa 1958- that's what I started on.. or a cinderblock on it's side.
another thing too -to know your posture & arm position is correct- play a full F barre chord in the 1st position(1st fret) & hammer on/pull off the pinky on the little e sting on the 3rd fret. & do it cleanly
i won't lie- this is a bitch but is easy "if" your thumb is behind the neck,elbow out,& neck in the proper 45 degree angle..... it's the only way but it works & a true test of holding your guitar "properly".
it's a great chord & makes everything else on the neck effortless.
watch Randy- His elbow was always out away from him in the lower 1/2 of the neck- & he slung the axe low.
Back when I bought my Gretsch it came with a 125th Anniversary stool... I pulled that out of the garage and find I'm very capable of hitting what I want now...
It's funny that you mention left hand positioning... for years I played the 'right' way and worked hard to be able to do the baseball bat grip so I could fret the low E with my thumb! Now I can do both comfortably.
Paul Wolfe wrote:Back when I bought my Gretsch it came with a 125th Anniversary stool... I pulled that out of the garage and find I'm very capable of hitting what I want now...
It's funny that you mention left hand positioning... for years I played the 'right' way and worked hard to be able to do the baseball bat grip so I could fret the low E with my thumb! Now I can do both comfortably.
it's very hard to do 4 up 3 down upscale runs or 3 down triplet runs w/ the thumb wrapped.
i was telling this guy earlier on another forum....
Randy,Slash,Jimmy Page,Ace Frehley- virtually any low slung Les Paul player, there's a reason the left foot is up on a monitor & that guitar is straight up on that hip. it's so you can do those long ascending runs w/ the thumb behind the neck.
now if ya watch vid of Rik Emmit of Triumph(particularly rock & roll machine or street fighter) he straps his guitar up high like a country player & his thumb is always behind the neck. (n/m my Avatar lol) . it also makes it better for vibrato.