Guitarists... How Low Do You Let it Hang?
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Topic: Guitarists... How Low Do You Let it Hang?
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Subject: Guitarists... How Low Do You Let it Hang?
Date Posted: April 15 2006 at 01:59
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Me? I wear it pretty high. ------------- 
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: April 15 2006 at 04:55
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Mid... http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e19/Majestic_Mayhem/?"> Lower than that, my left wrist and hand will ache higher than that, will ruin my strumming and picking ------------- 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 15 2006 at 05:00
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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. In short: play in a comfortable position! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 15 2006 at 11:26
Mid-High. I find it impossible do do anything but power chords when it's low.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Zepology101
Date 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 By: Chris H
Date Posted: January 16 2007 at 21:46
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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. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: January 16 2007 at 21:49
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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 ------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 16 2007 at 21:54
I stand by this, but i was just playing some Kamleot and damn! It needs to be low to rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!! ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
stonebeard wrote:Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: January 16 2007 at 22:25
If you sit by it, it will be even lower ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 00:37
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Depends which guitar. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 06:08
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High-up is more prog, But I like to let mine hang like Alex Lifeson.
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 06:17
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I tend to play at a medium height but I also play sitting down when using a slide. |
Posted By: Passionist
Date 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. |
Posted By: king_pin
Date Posted: January 17 2007 at 18:50
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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 ------------- nou... mag ik het niet nog een keertje overdoen? |
Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 07:47
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High as possible. It's so much easier ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 13:37
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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.
------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 18:15
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mid-high Petrucci style  |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: January 18 2007 at 21:11
| I like to keep mine at mid |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 19 2007 at 03:44
As long as you don't let is hang as low as this troll:
Cliff Burton RIP  , but bring back Jason Newstead!------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 17:56
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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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Posted By: BroSpence
Date 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. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: June 22 2008 at 16:49
Mid high... but I wish could play very low... then I would be cool dushbags------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 17:15
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Pretty high. I think it feels more natural that way.
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: June 28 2008 at 17:22
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I wear mine very high, around where Petrucci wears his ------------- 
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