Voted: On the belly.
I adjust my strap so the guitar is in the same general position weather sitting or standing. Still, it seems easier to play seated.
Cheers and HTH,
Bob
Almost under my chin
A place right on the belly, below my chest
Covering the "bikini zone" :-)
I always envied those guys who could hang the guitar pretty low, look cool and play like hell...lets say guys like Slash. But hey, those guys gotta have long long arms. I figured pretty soon after getting my firts guitar that the lower I hang my guitar the harder it gets to play up the neck, the harder it gets to play accurate.
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Seperating the guitar body in three thirds, I like the middle of the lowest third being as high as my belt line with the Strat. The LP goes lower, don't know why, but here the top of the second third on the belt line is okay.
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Voted: On the belly.
I adjust my strap so the guitar is in the same general position weather sitting or standing. Still, it seems easier to play seated.
Cheers and HTH,
Bob
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When I was giggin', many years ago, I always wore either my bass (Rickenbacker) or my Gibby ES-335 or SG (rhythm guitarist) so that the middle of the body was at the front of my right hip bone. Played so much, I developed a calcium deposit there and took to stuffing a piece of foam under my belt to relieve the situation.
I'm 6' 2", and, at that time, long n lanky, skinny as a rail, or a Keef Richards. That position worked best for me.
Nowadays, I'm either sitting, or strap up around my lower belly.
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This high.
I feel a lot more in control of the instrument when it's fairly high.
Patrick
I call it belly, and voted so, but it may be a bit higher. Here is a pic, though I lowered the strap just a bit since this pic so as to relax my shoulders a little. Young Will, over to my right with his tele, does the riding low gunslinger thing, and the girls love it.
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I need mine fairly high, almost as high up as hubberjub.
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I'm not sure how Slash can play like that... I know a lot of kids follow his lead. I like to have it somewhere in the mid section.
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im a metaller by nature, so i tend to have my ibanez slung low, and my legs spread far apart so i can still solo and get a good grip on the guitar. although, sometimes i go a little bit Tom Morello if im doing FX-rich stuff, and have it high up for easy use of wah pedal.
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I used to play around my belly but for the last six months or so I think my arms grew so nowadays I have it really low.
My Strat and Wildkat I have about the same position as SVL's pic of the guy playing the Tele. I play my Dot belly high. I think my higher position is the result of sitting most of the time and carries over to when I am standing.
Mark
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I play sitting down so I suppose it doesn't really matter, though on occasion when I play standing I like to have it up high the way Hubberjub does in that picture. I'd like to look cool with it slung low, but it's much easier to play it correctly up high. I think playing correctly is cooler.
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So why do jazz guys keep their guitar high up, and metal guys the opposite? I remember the punk dudes always seemed to have their guitars on their knees, that's how low they were.
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Maybe Jazzers care about how it sounds while metal heads care about how it looks.Originally Posted by Robert
As long as you get your point across, it's all good.
Cheers,
Bob
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Originally Posted by rkwrenn
Does it make any difference in sound, when the guitar is strung high or low, or do you mean low hanging guitar = sloppy playing?
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I sure know I play sloppy if the guitar is hung low! Higher up - more control of the instrument. Since I don't have a chance to look cool anyway, with balding hair and glasses, I settle for playing better and keep my guitar high.
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I play sloppy, too when the guitar is hanging low. just watched some videos of Slash....and yeah he seems to manage not to play sloppy and to look cool at the same time with the guitar hanging low.
Some guys are just born to look cool.
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Because it approximates the reach and arm angles in the sitting position.Originally Posted by Robert
So they can offer an unobstructed view of their sock-laden codpiece....and metal guys the opposite? I remember the punk dudes always seemed to have their guitars on their knees, that's how low they were.
I wonder if there's any correlation between height of the player and where s/he wears the guitar? I have a friend who's about 5'2", and she wears her guitar about mid-thigh. Wearing it any higher puts uncomfortable stress on her right wrist. Whereas I'm 6'1" and I like my guitar about belly level, maybe a little higher.
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I pick at belt level.