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Poll Question: How High Do You Wear Your Strap?
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    Posted: June 28 2008 at 17:22
I wear mine very high, around where Petrucci wears his
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 23 2008 at 17:15
Pretty high. I think it feels more natural that way.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 22 2008 at 16:49
Mid high... but I wish could play very low... then I would be coolCry






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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2008 at 20:17
Wait. Lifeson's is middle? I guess compared to BJA he is, but man Lifeson's is low in my book. Keep that sh*t up man. Don't go below the belly.
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2007 at 21:11
I like to keep mine at mid
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:15
mid-high
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2007 at 07:47
High as possible. It's so much easier
I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2007 at 00:37
Depends which guitar.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2007 at 22:25
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2007 at 21:54
Originally posted by stonebeard 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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