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Topic: Guitarists... How Low Do You Let it Hang?
Posted: April 15 2006 at 01:59

Me? I wear it pretty high.

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Posted: April 15 2006 at 04:55

Mid...

Lower than that, my left wrist and hand will ache

higher than that, will ruin my strumming and picking

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Posted: April 15 2006 at 05:00

The perfect position should be one that allows you to play without your right hand (wrist) angled. The lower the guitar hangs, the more difficult it gets. Once you figured out the right position re the right hand, you need to balance the guitar so that the neck is angled upwards - check whether you are able to reach all left hand "positions" (including low fret barré chords) without moving your shoulders.

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Posted: April 15 2006 at 11:26

Mid-High. I find it impossible do do anything but power chords when it's low.

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Posted: April 15 2006 at 11:29

It actually depends for me, I use middle usually for solos and leads, low for ryths and chord proggressions, and mostly high for finger tapping leads. But mostly middle because its comfortable.

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Posted: January 16 2007 at 21:46

Well I am just recovering from some pretty extensive foot problems last year so I used to sit in my early gigs, but now that I can move around better than before I usually just do whats comfortable. Sometime its high like Howe and others its ni the middle. Never too low though, hurts my wrists.

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Posted: January 16 2007 at 21:49

I usually prefer to play sitting... you have total domain of the instrument that way and I think it's better for the back and shoulders... of course if you have to play standing up I prefer it at the ab-level, above the hip.

it's also important to angle the neck a bit up when you're doing scales, so that the wrist doesn't suffer

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Posted: January 16 2007 at 21:54

stonebeard wrote:

Mid-High. I find it impossible do do anything but power chords when it's low.

I stand by this, but i was just playing some Kamleot and damn! It needs to be low to rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!

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Posted: January 16 2007 at 22:25

stonebeard wrote:

stonebeard wrote:

Mid-High. I find it impossible do do anything but power chords when it's low.

I stand by this, but i was just playing some Kamleot and damn! It needs to be low to rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!

If you sit by it, it will be even lower

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Posted: January 17 2007 at 00:37

Depends which guitar.

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Posted: January 17 2007 at 06:08

High-up is more prog, But I like to let mine hang like Alex Lifeson.

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Posted: January 17 2007 at 06:17

I tend to play at a medium height but I also play sitting down when using a slide.

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Posted: January 17 2007 at 16:24

Always high up like Steve Howe, or say, Michael Romeo. because then the left hand is optimal. I think you're supposed to reach the strings rather than your knees.

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Posted: January 17 2007 at 18:50

usually when i play the heavy metal stuff i hang it low (like james hetfield, really low!) and i play stuff like: metallica and fear factory (7 string for the last one, hell f**king yeah!), but i play the more complicated stuff like Dream Theater, Opeth or my own music i hang it medium.
but when i practice skills i hang it between medium and high so i can focus more on my fingers.
mostly i hang it low, i play far to much metal Wink

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Posted: January 18 2007 at 07:47

High as possible. It's so much easier

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Posted: January 18 2007 at 13:37

high! about the same height as Petrucci, I guess. I used to hang it low when I was younger, but now I find high much more comfortable.

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Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:15

mid-high
Petrucci style Approve

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Posted: January 18 2007 at 21:11

I like to keep mine at mid

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Posted: January 19 2007 at 03:44

As long as you don't let is hang as low as this troll:

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Posted: June 20 2008 at 17:56

Pretty high, even higher than John Petrucci actually. That is when I play 25.5 inch scale guitars.
I over stretch on 24.75 inch guitars, so I wear them at medium height.
Some people say once they have it up too high they have trouble picking, but you soon get used to it, and your picking might actually improve.

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Poll Question: How High Do You Wear Your Strap?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
High-Up (Steve Howe style)	10	[32.26%]
Middle (Alex Lifeson style)	19	[61.29%]
Low (Billy Joe Armstrong style)	2	[6.45%]
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