Guest FarnsBarns Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 No, I don't have hemroids I just tried to play sitting down for the first time in years because my music room is a mess (Partly because barton8367 made me dig out an old guitar to take some pics which meant moving a lot of crap about and partly because I am setting up my studio after moving house a wile ago)and I was worried about my headstock. I couldn't do it, it felt terrible and after the 10th fret(ish) I just couldn't hit anything! I don't know if I can be bothered to re-learn, I think I can put up with always standing. V players do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I understand completely. I used to play almost exclusively seated and somewhere, somehow, that changed. I have to play my electrics standing and my acoustic sitting. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I understand completely. I used to play almost exclusively seated and somewhere, somehow, that changed. I have to play my electrics standing and my acoustic sitting. Go figure. I'm the same way. I almost always play my electrics standing, and ALWAYS play my acoustic sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lungimsam Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I play bass and have the same problem recently. Can't play much above the 10th fret. Maybe my belly is getting bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I use a guitar strap sitting, and my guitar is in the same position sitting or standing, so it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I won't stand for it......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 , I think I can put up with always standing. V players do it! No we don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FarnsBarns Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 No we don't. Really? Doesn't that mean you have to support the neck with your left hand? Or do you use a strap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 zigzag's got it. Always play with a strap! And sit up straight for cryin' out loud...;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat-o-steve Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Here is a good tip for playing while seated......If I am sitting down, I always use the "classical" guitar style of holding the lower bout of the guitar between my legs, resting the waist of the guitar on my left thigh. The forces the neck upwards, closer to the angle you use when you have a guitar slung low on a strap. Also, it puts the higher frets just a bit closer to your fretting hand. This also will help balance out an unbalanced guitar, be it neck or body heavy ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Really? Doesn't that mean you have to support the neck with your left hand? Or do you use a strap? My, friend, you are looking at it all wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqB-aUA6nIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 At first I could only play sitting down.... That's how I learned guitar and I was always sitting down at my lessons too... I had to learn how to play standing up which is quite different.... I can do both now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantbuyafender Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I cant play my acoustic guitar sitting down. Im nearly 5'4" and if i play sitting down my strum hand shoulder rises up into my ear practically. solution... play standing :D (its a J200 jumbo epiphone artist series acoustic. Basically a stripped down jumbo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 I use a strap on some guitars; not on others. Even doing a bar stool or chair, I do with some, not with others. On occasion I'll go the complete "classical" way complete to a footstool for my left foot. That's more or less the "shape" of body positioning, though, that I use regardless of guitar. That's even with left leg crossed over right, then the guitar on that leg - as in the avatar. Frankly I've come to prefer a bar stool (that takes you to about standing height) and a strap for playing in public. Practice... about any sorta chair that does not have arms. The above hold whether I'm playing a long scale bass, solidbody (SG) or a number of acoustic and/or electric shapes. With the Ovation "bowl" backs, I think a strap is almost necessary, but a more or less classical "hold," standing or sitting, seems to overcome any potential problems compared to a "regular" guitar. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Can't Sit Down - - - No More Sittin' - - - I'm No Sitter - - - There's a blues song in there somewhere. . . B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FarnsBarns Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 My, friend, you are looking at it all wrong. OK, so I couldn't see wood for trees ! I play my resonator like that, can't play my Lester that way, dunno why, just feels wrong. Anyway, since this problem arose because I have only played standing up for the last 10 or 15 years I don't suppose it's a big problem, I just need to get the music room sorted out so I don't loose my headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I can play sitting, but I find myself standing by the end of the tune. It's the opposite with acoustic, I start standing and end up sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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