How do you wear it. Up to the Chin or Gunslinger

Rabs

You get the almost up to the chin high players

https://i.imgur.com/KVBZ3Ew.png

https://i.imgur.com/Wpr3GCQ.jpg

Then the Gunslingers at the opposite end

https://i.imgur.com/KzhHygb.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vghSqx8.jpg

So how high do you wear your guitars?

I generally set them so the middle of the guitar is about belt height maybe a tad lower which just feels right to me..   So im low compared to some people I see play, but not like Slash and Page... 

Strangefan

I a chin player with guitar and bass, I find it really comfortable and alot easier to play, my wrists just dont understand the lowsliging. 

Rabs

Strangefan said:

I a chin player with guitar and bass, I find it really comfortable and alot easier to play, my wrists just dont understand the lowsliging. 

Yeah I have tried it and my wrist has to bend so much down there it hurt..  I do have to wonder if they do it more to try and look cool  than anything else ?

Each to their own I guess 

underdog

Rabs said:

Strangefan said:

I a chin player with guitar and bass, I find it really comfortable and alot easier to play, my wrists just dont understand the lowsliging. 

Yeah I have tried it and my wrist has to bend so much down there it hurt..  I do have to wonder if they do it more to try and look cool  than anything else ?

Each to their own I guess 

Looking cool is always the most important thing surely

JerkMoans

I don't know how they do it down by the knees.  Slash must have arms like an orang-utan.

MattFGBI

I've always played with a guitar pretty low. If they are too high it looks silly. 

Philtre

Frippian:

OnTheRopes

Voxman

This height:

simonk

Higher than this:


Around waist height is comfortable for me. Any lower and I struggle to hybrid pick.

MartinB

A couple of inches below where Tom Morello has it in that picture.  I guess that's high by rock standards, but I get troubles with my left wrist below that and don't like my right hand position with it any higher.  

normula1

Somewhere in the middle for a Strat, PRS fans semis feel more comfortable a touch higher up with Tele and LPs a touch lower.

richardhomer

335 - pretty high

Strat - much lower but not stupidly so.

Too low makes bar chords difficult and is a recipe for hand problems. I’m not - and never have been cool - so that aspect doesn’t bother me....

MartinB

335s are almost a special case, I reckon - the body is so wide that it can be up under your armpit and the neck still doesn't feel all that high. 

TTBZ

I have fenders high but not tom morello high, gibsons feel better slung low to me. I have my SG a bit lower than normal and to the side a bit which puts the neck at a bit more of a normal position. Can't have it high otherwise the neck is way too left.

NPP

I prefer it rather low for purely rhythm playing as it gives me a more relaxed feeling, and more space, for my strumming hand. For lead I need it higher up. 

Phil_aka_Pip

Waist (paunch) height for me.

Lestratcaster

In the middle so around the midriff area, makes it comfortable to do rhythm and lead work.

Sassafras

Pretty much at eye level.

tampaxboo

twixt belly button and mons pubis, thank you for asking. neck parallel with floor.

axisus

Not high cos that looks gimpy. Don't know to be honest, I'll have to go look in the mirror!