I'm interested in knowing this, how low do you wear you guitar when standing? (how long is the strap)

I wear mine about so that the pickups are in beltbuckle hight. Any lower than that and my wrist will hurt after about 5-7 minutes of playing.

anyone so necro and grim and wear it as low as zakk or heatfield?

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i used to have mine all the way down and "cool" then i realised "hey i cant play!" so i hiked it up so between the PU's is probably at my buckle if not a little higher

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PUs are at about my belly button.

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pickups at my dick.
its the most comfortable there.
probably cause i wank stood up.
i cant play the E,A or D strings above the 12 fret, but if i want to be able to play them i have to look like a penguin with the strings six inches under my chin.

the rest of my playing isnt affected

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same as manowar. I sometimes raise it a bit for harder songs

I wear mine above my belly button. I find it's the best position. You can roll around and still play accuratly.

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Yeah, pickups around the belt buckle is decent. Anything lower and it starts getting in to that punk style. Can't have that.

Body of the guitar directly over my stomach.

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About here. I tend to tilt the neck up when my blood gets tired though.

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Same as Darko. It seems teh better I got the higher my guitar went. Basicly so it in the same position as when I play sitting down.

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I wear my strat so that the body is centered around the stomach area. Similar to BLS.

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Dead, you are correct... Guitar is ideal in same position as when sitting...

about this for me:
http://users.skynet.be/fa020387/tor...ence/gig3/l.JPG

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pick ups around belly button height, have guitar titled so not straight.

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Pickups on my belly button.any lower than that hurts n playing solo's are kinda hard

im as cool as Tom De'schlong' so i wear the top of the body of the guitar below my balls because im the ultimate in c00l.

*thankfully im not* and wear the lowest point of the top of teh body just an inch or two higher than my belly button.

out of interest how many of you lot play with a classical left hand finger style, ie thumb in the centre of the neck and fingers perpendicular to the strings?

i dont. my left hand is very heavily set into the 60's style hendrix type fingering.
i can do either but prefer that way

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i try and get my left hand perpendicular, like when i play power chords but i find myself getting out of that position when i move on the the high strings, i suppose practice, practice and a bit more practice will sort that out.

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my low e is just at the bottom of my belly button, any lower, all i an play is power chords and tremoloed single notes, but i usually play full chords, so where i keep it is perfect

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Same as BLS. With the body on my stomach. That way I can go nuts and still play accuratly.

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Thumb in centre, here.

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around the belly. I want to be able to do tapping and shit too, be comfortable on the higher strings.

depends on what I play too I guess.

Or Mille Petrozza lately? Jeasus, its like he has 2 tied together.

Mine- Pickups are right in the middle of my gut, a little higher than average. Pretty close to Schuldiner's height

Schuldiner

Ya, real close to that, I usually play so that the neck is at about a 70 degree angle.

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bottom pickup is just over my cock, but i have the neck on an angle so the top is about level to my shoulder

if you want to know what level to have it, it should eb where it is comfortable for you, this will depend on the length of your arms and such, i cant stand having mine at belly button height, since it makes my right arm hurt after a little while, so you should have it where its comfortable (and you can still play, while standing up, if you have it as low as it will go, and play hunchback, or bend over so its around your ankles then you deserve to be castrated, so you can never infest the world with offspring.)

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Right.

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I wear mine just above my belly button (PU's) - it doesn't affect my playing at all, and I think that wearing so that you can't play as well as sitting down is stupid.

A long time ago i seen a band called Agiel open for Cephalic Carnage. The guitar player had his strap so high it almost looked like his guitar was chocking him. I thought "what a loser! Can't even play with his guitar low?! He ain't cool!"

Of course i thought this BEFORE they started playing. Once i saw the guitar genius jumping around and shaking his head everywhere while doing 8 finger tapping RIFFS (not solos), i thought maybe there's something behind having your guitar a little higher than your knees. This guy turned out to be the best guitar player i had ever seen up until this past year.

I used to wear my strap as low as it could go, which would put my pickups around dick height. Then my friends and i started a band, and i became the singer, and not being able to look at my fretboard 75% of the time made things difficult with my wrist being perpendicular to my arm. So i brought the guitar up so that the pickups are probably between my belly button and my belt buckle, and since then i've been able to play faster and better. I've tried going lower and i can't even do it anymore.

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I also ahve my thumb in center of neck.

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I usually play sitting down because my strap is broken, o well.

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i usually have the pickups around crotch area. i do find easy to play when the guitar is higher than the gut but i find my left shoulder where the strap rests aches after a while

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I wear mine really high compared to most metalheads, i wear mine about the same height as a hardcore guitarist would. Its easier. I dont play hardcore though

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I play it about the same as schuldner in the pick, my bassist friend likes to play bass really really low because he wants to be like funk bassists.

Listen to Memnoch. Putting the guitar that low really limits your options.

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it probs depends on how your bassist friend plays if he uses finger picking it might be a bit easier even with the bass that low but if hes a pick user he will struggle

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The lower it goes the harder it gets to play as fast...

thats why Al Pitrelli amazes (sp) me!!!

i have a m8 hwo plays bass from school n he plays bass round his knees, he uses finger picking, hes more of a punk bassist tho n was playing sum muse solos, looked really impressive

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Pickups between belly button and loins.

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Was English not a class you took at school?

During solo's my thumb is always in the center of the neck, gives me more reach.

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I wear mine exactly like kin. It's the only way I can get quick and easy access to frets between 20-24 and have full mobility, speed and leverage up there for sweeping, bending, two-hand tech and all that when soloing. Yes, I know it looks like Tom Morello and I have actually had some people laugh at me for it. But I don't care. I'd rather look funny and have comfortable access to all frets.

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i do a mix of the two, when im playing chords and some leads, but for most single note things, esp. with lots of bends, my thumb curls over the fretboard. my fretting fingers are a totally different story, they are hardley ever perpindicular to the fretboard, i find it uncomfortable, and seeing as i dont shred, it does really adversely affect my playing.

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to be honest, this is the kind of thread that a 14 year old would start...

Thats why it's so funny to see how many people have reply'd. score 1 for me















Myself included

i keep it pretty high up


it looks and plays better that way IMO

I AM only (almost) 14 years old...

For me it plays just as good in belt buckle heigt as in belly button or higher heigt, but I can't solo that fast so that might be one of the reasons for that. But when it's lower than belt buckle it actually feels more comfortable to me playing up on the higher frets than the lower ones.

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I play right at about the belt buckle.. but i've been sitting down to much playing my guitar.. so I've been finding it difficult alternate picking .. but im getting used to it again

you annoy me. be quiet. manowar is 4 times cooler and better looking than you

and four times behind me in the puberty development stage


at least...


jesus, grow up.

wouldn't be to sure about that, I have a huuuge dick and I'm sure I've gotten laid more often than you And my e-penis is waaaay bigger also,

me:
8==================D

you:
(got no balls) =D

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haha, that was the funniest thing i've read on here in ages

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mine's just under my nips. tis annoying sometimes when it comes to alternate picking. i used to have it as low as it would go....but as i started playing harder stuff it just seemed impossible, but it's much easier now on my left hand too and the strain that manifests over time isn't there anymore.

*think berzerker guitarist but uglier*

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I must admit, I have my strap adjusted at about Rusty Cooley's height.

i wear my lead even with my stomic and i wear my bass even with my hips. i cant play if there too high up

My guitar is way up high, an 1/2 inch or so below my nipples. I find soloing MUCH easier that way, and fast riffs are also much easier.

This is probably due to the fact that a pratice sitting down all the time, with my seat at it's lowest.

Mine hits the ground, I play with my feet

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spinal tap style

If I'm playing my V then I'll have the pickups at my nuts so that i can see the fretboard properly, but I'll have the axe tilted so that the headstock reaches my shoulders so I can still play the damn thing. If I'm playing a normal strat shaped axe then I'll tend to have it so that the pickups are over my belly button, so that I have easy acess to the whole of the axe (inc. the pickup selectors!! )

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I play mine at about waist height

i have the strap so tight that it cuts off the circulation of blood to my brain

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i have my guitar basicaly as high as when i sit and play. i adjust my strap lie, this, i sit and put the strap ion so its almost hanging when i sit, then i stand up (duh) and i usualy lower it a bit, this gives me good acces to the 24th fret and shit, but i guess everyone like it different

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I have my guitar high. If I let my picking arm hang free, the elbow is at the height of the pick ups

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Right Here, And i have no problem playing.

i think it is cool to have it at a level that suits your playing needs and not fuck up on stage. i'm no opposer to a guitarist jumping around on stage but as long as he plays the guitar properly first.

joe haley from psycroptic, for example, has it basically at his chest but plays every note correctly. i personally have it halfway between my stomach and chest. but if you can move around a bit, that's good shit.

Bridge pickup at my beltbuckle.

its right about between my shlong and my bellybutton. i tilt it up a bit to. and i pick with my middle ,ring and pinky fingers straight out with the pick on the low E

Yeah, I'd say I wear mine at about the same length too. Only it's between different organs.

I wear mine Jason Becker height,maybe a little lower

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Is that high? how high is jason becker height?

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Jason Becker's short isn't he?

I wear my guitar Chuck Shuldiner style, right on the stomach so you can stretch farther, keep your pick straighter, and keep your fingertips upright...

yeah,it's sort of like that,I also wear it on my stomach since that way you feel with more room and reach and I need it since I do a lot of climbing and 5/6 string sweeping up in the 17's and 22's.

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My bridgpup is on my nuts, very similar to zakk:

http://www.isound.com/pics/black_label_society.jpg

this mostly goes with every guitar.

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Laarepi? That was a Lappish restaraunt I went to when I visited Finlandi

That is highly possible since I live in Finland (not Lapland, thank God).
Though I've never heard of that restaurant of yours. Whatever.

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Doesn't Zakk have beautiful biceps.....

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At my beltbuckle. I've tried to have it lower but it hurts when you have a les paul......makes you want to puke.......

This is an old ass post. But you know...always a topic that's important -- because everyone plays it different. Once again...Tom Morello height is good for me. The fact is (and I don't care what anyone says) a little higher gives a lot more ability to hit frets -- from 1 to 24+. If you can hit 25 frets with slinging at your waist then you have my respect. I can't do it. And by the way I don't give a shit if you say that when I play at my nips I look like a geek. Bottom line is, for 80% of you I can still shred better at the nips than you can at the waist or lower. It's a fact. Nice to see you all again.

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4 - 5 inches below my chin

E string on my bbelly button

i do most of my playing while sitting on my ass..but when i do bust out the strap..i usually have the guitar at a medium height. somewhere around the top e string near my belly button too. i agree it makes it easier to play the higher up the guitar is..but then again i guess theres always people with different preferences. i can't skate goofy footed for shit..not that i'm a pro or anything hah..but the other way around it feels so much better.

I like to wear mine around my stomach I find it the most comfortable, usualy with the neck slightly slanted up.

and I alternate my thumb position depending on what I'm playing, Chord heavy parts are usualy played with my thumb more towards the top of the neck. And faster parts with more alternate picking and sweeping and such are played with the thumb more towards the middle so I can get full use of all the strings.

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When I stand, the guitar's upper horn is normally an inch or so below my belly button.

Strato shapes usually low-belly high, just enough for the elbow to have proper leverage.

Pointy guitars are much easier to sling lower for me. The wings on Ironbirds, RR's, V's, and warriors make it way easier to tremolo pick just using the wrist. I sport my Ironbird waist height, sometimes higher if I'm gonna be playing extensively.

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i always wondered how people played with the straps so low... that shit hurts my wrist... fuck i had to shorten my strap because of how short i am.

I wear my guitar high. Pickups about 1 and 1/2 inch above the belly button. I find this much more comfortable. Anything higher than 12th fret is far more playable. I really don't care what I look like. I'm more worried about the sound coming from my stack.

i definently wear mine at like my nipples lol it works better for me that way.

I have it so that the bridge pickup is at my belly button

With the upper horn (all guitars of mine are superstrats) just below the left nipple, perfect access to upper and lower frets

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My PUs are just below the belt height

on both my hamer strat shape and my gibson V i have the PUs at belt line...Nothing seems any different for solos, and my wrist seems pretty fine. Maybe i'm wrong, who knows. I like it that way

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to my upper stomach/ chest area

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I play my guitar like a violin so i'd say VERY high

So it's under your chin?

Na, my nuts are on his chin, so a little lower; pretty damn close tho.

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im the same way

if it's too high i get a pain on the outside of my shoulder and if it's too low, my forearm is too short for me to alternate pick.

damn you late growth burst!!!

....well then don't put it "too much" of anything.