SurfBandBill
Joined: Mar 15, 2006
Posts: 1487
San Francisco
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Posted on Nov 07 2006 07:21 PM
I just finished watching the Vara-Tones video posted in the "Internet Videos" forum, and I noticed that the guitarist in the reddish shirt wears his strat comparatively low to the rest of his band members, and this got me to wondering - how high or low do y'all keep your guitars when you play?
I am under the impression that I keep mine quite a bit lower than most surf players (and quite a bit higher than most punk players). I know Kenan, original bassist for the Lava Rats, wore his bass kind of like a bow tie, whereas my guitar was more like a belt buckle.
Also, what are your arguments for the height you put it at? I know that personally, I am much more comfortable tremolo picking with my arm in an almost-straight position, I'd much rather do that than keep my elbow at more of an angle, but that's just me. Rory from the Infrareds, for instance, is a MONSTER trem. picker, and I know he wears his guitars pretty high.
Discuss......
~B~
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25540
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Nov 07 2006 07:33 PM
I can't find a strap long enough for how low I want my bass to hang,
but it does have its downsides when being too low, as it makes it harder to play some runs.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on Nov 07 2006 07:42 PM
ok. just a bithigher than the belt buckle. dont wear a belt anymorebutthatseasiest for me. my spacer bar seems to having asenior moment again!
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Wraydar
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 265
San Antonio, TX
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Posted on Nov 07 2006 07:43 PM
Standard height, if there is such a thing.
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butchdelux
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 250
Port Fierce, Florida
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Posted on Nov 07 2006 07:59 PM
I play mine around gut-high. Being 6'6" - it's pretty hard for me to find a strap that sits the guitar where I want it, much less around my knees.
— The Disasternauts
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Kawentzmann
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1058
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Nov 08 2006 04:55 AM
I wouldnât want the guitar hang too low, itâd made me look like I donât know how to push an extra hole in the strap. Having the strings in front of my navel is best on most guitars. Too much above or below is for posing purposes, of course some audiences donât deserve any better.
KK
— The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann
You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy.
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11046
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Nov 08 2006 07:38 AM
when I was young and skinny and played punk rock, I was at the belt buckle too. Now that my wife's been feeding me so well all these years, I prefer to hike the guitar up a bit, say centered on the navel.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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WR
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 3832
netherlands
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Posted on Nov 08 2006 08:18 AM
a picture says more then a thousand words....
WR
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"When in Italy, if the menu says something's grilled, don't assume it is."
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Klas
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 2292
Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted on Nov 08 2006 10:33 AM
I still wear my guitar as I did 13 years ago (maybe just a tad lower today). I'm the one with the white Jaguar.
— T H E ✠ S U R F I T E S
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Jon
Joined: Mar 15, 2006
Posts: 1076
Columbus, OH
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Posted on Nov 08 2006 11:40 AM
I wear mine a bit higher than navel level, which is quite a switch from my punk days. As a teen, I played bass, and it hung down past my belt buckle.
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Dane_Brammage
Joined: Jun 14, 2006
Posts: 203
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Posted on Nov 08 2006 11:58 AM
Mine's just high enough to be in the same place whether I stand or sit.
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Kojack
Joined: Jul 29, 2006
Posts: 110
Menomonie, Wisconsin USA
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Posted on Nov 08 2006 03:24 PM
I still wear mine jacked up pretty high.
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bots
Joined: Jul 05, 2006
Posts: 290
Shwa City
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Posted on Nov 09 2006 03:53 PM
shoot from the hip
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Flowmaster_G
Joined: Nov 09, 2006
Posts: 140
Los Angeles, California
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Posted on Nov 09 2006 06:07 PM
Hey KK
I live in Berlin one month a year (July) for work. I saw the Anacondas play at Wild at Heart in Kreuzberg last July. Were you there?
We should jam when I'm there next July.
cheers from Los Angeles
gerry (lead guitar, The Flowmasters)
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Surfabilly
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 852
Connersville, Indiana, USA
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Posted on Nov 12 2006 10:04 PM
My Precision I play from the hip, while I have my Johnson JG-622-E acoustic/electric more "sitting on my hip." I think the only one I've seen that's bigger than my JG-622-E is the Epiphone El Capitan...either way, it's a big box to get one's arm around. All of my electric guitars I typically have "sitting on my hip," while I play my accoustics higher, but not quite as high as what's considered typical for acoustic playing.
When I first bought my Ibanez Artcore AG75TBS (one that'll be going bye-bye, soon), I had to go with tying the strap behind the nut, since the size of my gut (at the time) and the location of the strap button were sorely incompatible. With the arched back of the guitar against my gut, I would've been trying to play it with the strings facing the floor, and it was then that I realized why some guitar straps also come with a "shoe string." 
Matt
— Fast Cars & Loud Guitars!
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