How high do you wear your guitar?

gibsongretschfan

and does it vary from guitar to guitar?

evwn after all this time I struggle with strap lengths. I really want my guitar at "guitar teacher" height but I also don't want to look an absolute dork

I also find that certain guitars need to be a little higher than others for instance a custom 24 needs to be about 2 inches closer than a Les Paul etc 

what avout you guys?

Roland

It varies with guitar. I guess it's partly body shape, and partly neck radius. I wear a 335 quite high, with the neck angled upwards putting the machine heads level with my eyes, and always barre with my first finger. A Telecaster wants to hang horizontal, with the neck pointing out in front, and is much more "thumb over" territory. 

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richardhomer

Roland said:

It varies with guitar. I guess it's partly body shape, and partly neck radius. I wear a 335 quite high, with the neck angled upwards putting the machine heads level with my eyes, and always barre with my first finger. A Telecaster wants to hang horizontal, with the neck pointing out in front, and is much more "thumb over" territory. 

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I agree about 335s - they need to be worn high.

I wear Strats lower - but not so low that barring is difficult. If the angle between the left forearm and hand when barring is less than 90 degrees - the guitar is too low for me.

Not very rock and roll - but after 45 years of playing I have no hand problems.

guitarfishbay

All the same height, all the same height as they'd be sat down with the guitar on my fretting hand leg with my foot on a footrest (always wear the strap anyway).

usedtobe

Somewhere between where I should, and where it would look cool!

TonyR

Where it feels comfortable, which these days seems to be higher than it used to be.

I tend to play my acoustics and  Gretsches quite high - although not quite in the Nick Heyward stylie!

The Strat and Rickenbacker a bit lower.

How anybody can play their guitar with it down by their ankles (a la Peter Hook) is beyond me - they must have bloody long arms!

TTBZ

I tend to have fenders higher and gibsons lower. A LP looks and feels wrong played up high, needs to be belt buckle kinda height. I don't really like my SG up too high either, have it a bit higher than I'd have an LP and it always hangs to my side a bit rather than straight on if that makes sense. 

mudslide73

Lp at belt height and Strats at tummy height. They've both got higher over the years. I used to have my LP at Page 73 height

rico

I have my LP so that my belt buckle is exactly in the middle of the body. That's fairly low but I'm a short arse. 

Sassafras

High enough that it's all but strangling me.

DavidRees

the height changes as my belly gets bigger ...

ICBM

With the neck more or less horizontal and the strings at belt-buckle height.

Bridgehouse

ICBM said:

With the neck more or less horizontal and the strings at belt-buckle height.

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ICBM

Bridgehouse said:

ICBM said:

With the neck more or less horizontal and the strings at belt-buckle height.

You are Simon Cowell and I claim my £5

lol

That would make me Nick Heyward too .

No, I wear 501s with the belt to stop them falling down too far .

proggy

I wear mine quite high. Probably something to do with starting out as a bass player in the 80's.

Who knows.

Christophe

usedtobe said:

Somewhere between where I should, and where it would look cool!

This ⬆️

skunkwerx

ummm... Am I doing it wrong then?

Sassafras

Like many others on here, I wear mine at belt buckle height.

Jack_

Higher than George Michael.

57Deluxe

it varies from strap to strap as is the size of your fat gut that dictates height.

I have had to purchase some ne straps as the vintage Fender that came with my Strat in 70s is now too small for me/it

Bucket

Varies from guitar to guitar - anything I'm likely to be playing particularly technical stuff on goes higher up.

I have quite long arms so if I'm not shredding then I can get away with having it quite low.