blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 I almost want to see this thread now.... is it one of these 'nutter' threads they're famed for? the old "anyone else polishing the inside of their acoustic this weekend?" Ever since I started playing acoustic guitar I've been using a strap, even though I play in a seated position. But the strap isn't long enough to let the guitar rest on my knee...so it just kind of hangs there. I've looked at pictures, and pretty much everyone who plays in a seated position doesn't use a strap, and lets the guitar rest on their leg. So I've recently started doing it that way. I'm starting to get used to it, but I still can't figure out one thing: How do you get it to stay in place? It keeps slipping forward towards my knee...I have to keep pulling it back toward me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Ever since I started playing acoustic guitar I've been using a strap, even though I play in a seated position. But the strap isn't long enough to let the guitar rest on my knee...so it just kind of hangs there. I've looked at pictures, and pretty much everyone who plays in a seated position doesn't use a strap, and lets the guitar rest on their leg. So I've recently started doing it that way. I'm starting to get used to it, but I still can't figure out one thing: How do you get it to stay in place? It keeps slipping forward towards my knee...I have to keep pulling it back toward me. So he thinks it's because he shaves his legs???? that's mentioned earlier in this thread..... WTF.... Why would baldy legs make your guitar slip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Its badly written , it reads like the strap is falling off his knee. I was making fun , but its still a silly thread :) I mean what's the answer to that ? Velcro ? If its falling off then sit differently. 6 year olds would figure that one out without resorting to the Internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 So he thinks it's because he shaves his legs???? that's mentioned earlier in this thread..... WTF.... Why would baldy legs make your guitar slip? Nah , the leg shaving was a reply in the thread. If you'd behave yersel you could've read the thread ! Naughty naughty boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackcooper Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Install then run "CC Cleaner". It clears out your browser, then you can read any thread, banned or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainpicker Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I was going to ask this over on the AGF but since everyone here is all revved up I figure that now is the time to posit something that has been bothering me for awhile: It seems that my Gibson J-50 sounds like a Gibson. Is there anything I can do to fix that? I've tried everything a human can possibly think of but it just keeps sounding like a Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Nah , the leg shaving was a reply in the thread. If you'd behave yersel you could've read the thread ! Naughty naughty boy Ah ok... so there's someone with a guitar slipping because they have baldy legs? That's totally fabulous... that forum is full of headbangers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Ah ok... so there's someone with a guitar slipping because they have baldy legs? That's totally fabulous... that forum is full of headbangers! Someone else has baldy legs . the original poor bugger is baffled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Someone else has baldy legs . the original poor bugger is baffled. Haw haw, now I think I want baldy legs too! I might try it with one leg, see how I get on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Haw haw, now I think I want baldy legs too! I might try it with one leg, see how I get on..... Lol. Dont be using the wife's razor , they hate that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Lol. Dont be using the wife's razor , they hate that Immac mate.... if I get into it I'll do a full body rubdown..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Immac mate.... if I get into it I'll do a full body rubdown..... Hey PM , go to Amazon and search for 'very for men' .then read the reviews. I absolutley guarantee you'll be laughing out loud. The rest of you who aren't easily offended should have a look too. But its not for the easily offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hey PM , go to Amazon and search for 'very for men' .then read the reviews. I absolutley guarantee you'll be laughing out loud. The rest of you who aren't easily offended should have a look too. But its not for the easily offended. Yes, I've seen these before...... someone sent a link a while back, is the product not called 'Veet' or something, it rings a bell.... a load of blokes talking about the agonies of using cremes in delicate areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I wonder if The AGF has ever had a thread about toilet paper? I know they've had 7,135,361,948,089,436,791,275 threads about "What guitar should I buy?" That's almost as many as the Gibson bashing threads...............In all seriousness the bashing threads are entertaining and at one-time-or-another all the guitars get their turn, although Gibson's turn does seem to come-up too frequently. Fortunately, there is a core of intelligent people who frequent the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 An obvious solution is eluding people: if he shaved his legs then let them grow back a little, the stubble would create much needed friction and stop his guitar sliding around. Of course, he'd need to always wear really short shorts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 An obvious solution is eluding people: if he shaved his legs then let them grow back a little, the stubble would create much needed friction and stop his guitar sliding around. Of course, he'd need to always wear really short shorts... Now you're just letting you personal fantasies interfere with proper guitar talk ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogeye Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Dang glad those "granola cruncher" weren't think'n a Bicyclist was a "BIKER" as that is major offensive language to a Harley Rider!!! Them's fight'n words for sure. Like you said Lefty, they are CYCLISTS and BIKERS don't need to shave their legs, not even the women. We'll, we'd rather the women they did however!! Aster The ladies in Montana quit shaving two weeks ago. They look like they are wearing wooly chaps. I closed down my drive-thru leg shaving business for the winter and will open next spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 C'mon...80% of all these conversations we trade are fillers and bro-babble. Picks, strings, posture, likes, dislikes, favs, polls. You either have to let it all happen w/o bustin' balls or self-check until the only discussions are highly informative and technical. Maybe playing more and not sharing so much minutia would work for all. I flirt with just disappearing all the time, except that harmless nerdy bantering is mildly entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Jeez, everybody's in on this one. I'm guessing I'd be all over it like Michael Douglas on a blow up doll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I wonder if The AGF has ever had a thread about toilet paper? I know they've had 7,135,361,948,089,436,791,275 threads about "What guitar should I buy?" That's almost as many as the Gibson bashing threads............... I heard one of these in person yesterday--in a GC in Charlotte. I'm sitting there, enjoying a few minutes on a Keb Mo, when a guy with his son and wife stroll in and starts eying the offerings, there in the expensive room, right? So in walks a salesman, and the exchange that followed went something like this: "Can I help you with anything?" "Yeah, I'm looking for an acoustic." "Do you have anything in mind that you'd like to see?" "Acoustic-electric, actually. With a cut-away." "Okay, so what style do you play?" "Well, I might have some acoustic gigs coming up, so I want to be ready." "What kind of music? Is there a particular sound you are after?" "Not really." "Did you have a brand in mind?" "Well, I've heard of Martins, so....they're pretty good guitars, right?" "Uh. What kind of price range are you thinking of?" "I think two thousand is enough, don't you?" I could barely sit still, I was laughing so hard inside. I just kept my head down and played through the pain. So reading about the guy who can't figure out how to hold a guitar or use a strap--dang, I do believe I met him yesterday!!! Be careful, everybody--it's dangerous out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Well may all you people make light of this.It's a silent epidemic and I'm glad someone has finally had the guts to expose it. Only last month at the Wormsley-on-Tweed Folk Festival Tarquin Somersby had just launched into the 18th verse of "Hey nonny nonny my cat's gone a milkin" when his guitar slid right off his lap into the first row of the audience causing a nasty Ibanez related head injury to Amy Ottersprite. These are not isolated incidents. With that in mind I have been working with a mountaineering company on the design of a guitar secure harness."GEETAR WONT GO FAR ".It will consist of a high tensile strap harness and a series of carabiners that will lock onto your guitar in three places with post market fitted eye bolts.. I'm lobbying for legislation to make it mandatory for live gigs....taking pre-orders now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 It's a silent epidemic and I'm glad someone has finally had the guts to expose it. Beautiful intro… top marks. ...causing a nasty Ibanez related head injury to Amy Ottersprite. Haw haw haw. Applause, FB, Applause my man….. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Hey, Hogeye! You need a partner in that lady leg-shaving business? I could leg it up there for a month during the summertime. You don't need to pay me, I figure the work itself would have its rewards. ..........At least here on The Gibson forum we keep things serious and technical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 Well may all you people make light of this.It's a silent epidemic and I'm glad someone has finally had the guts to expose it. Only last month at the Wormsley-on-Tweed Folk Festival Tarquin Somersby had just launched into the 18th verse of "Hey nonny nonny my cat's gone a milkin" when his guitar slid right off his lap into the first row of the audience causing a nasty Ibanez related head injury to Amy Ottersprite. These are not isolated incidents. With that in mind I have been working with a mountaineering company on the design of a guitar secure harness."GEETAR WONT GO FAR ".It will consist of a high tensile strap harness and a series of carabiners that will lock onto your guitar in three places with post market fitted eye bolts.. I'm lobbying for legislation to make it mandatory for live gigs....taking pre-orders now. That earned me a dirty look from the missus for laughing out loud in bed at my phone. Cheers FB :) Post of the week for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Which reminds me of that old joke: Why did the banjo player shave only one of his legs? So he could feel like he was sleeping with a girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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