Thin body electrics?

grungebob

Philly_Q said:

Might something with a very small body work?  Steinberger type?

Possibly, I even thought about say Flying V and how really there’s no body to get in your way when playing etc, not so sure Explorer would work the same though. 

Musical_Mystery_Tour

If you play seated, try not to do so on a sofa or armchair, it causes your shoulder to hunch up and that's the cause of a lot of problems like this.

Philly_Q

grungebob said:

Philly_Q said:

Might something with a very small body work?  Steinberger type?

Possibly, I even thought about say Flying V and how really there’s no body to get in your way when playing etc, not so sure Explorer would work the same though. 

I was going to say a Flying V  , but since the Ibanez is a bit too "metal" I thought the same would apply.  Absolutely right though, it's a big body (and bangs into things if you're not careful), but there's nothing in the way of your playing hand or forearm. 

EricTheWeary

Philly_Q said:

Might something with a very small body work?  Steinberger type?

The Spirit versions are relatively low budget and at a similar price the Traveller guitars which have, if anything, even less of a body.

jasonbone75

Music Man Majesty 6. Lightweight, ergonomic, thin at the edges. most comfortable guitar I have ever played by some margin.

EDIT: have read through the responses and should add I have owned or played Gambale, Sabre, Parker Fly Deluxe and Strandberg and none of them come close to the comfort of my Majestys. I acknowledge they are not the most budget friendly of options...

DavidRees

Strandberg NX6 Original - very light [but well balanced] and very comfortable. sounds fabulous too ...

scrumhalf

I used to have a Pignose travel guitar with not much in the way of a body.

Or you could take the John Mayall approach and get a non-trem guitar and lop off the bits that are superfluous. 

steamabacus

How about an old Gibson L6S? A friend has one and the body is pretty thin - there's some dimensions here that state 1¼" body thickness, how does that compare to the Ibanez S-Series?

TTBZ

Strandberg Boden might be worth a look if you can stomach the looks. Comfiest guitar I've ever played! SG at the hip works nicely too though.

grungebob

Just for reference here’s the thickness and profile of the Ibanez

Sesh

Wow, that is thin. The only thinner guitars I've seen were made from old skateboards. 

jasonbone75

@grungebob I am about to clean up one of these as part of the collection I am selling. No idea if this is more "you" as far as non-metalhead looks go. I haven't taken photos yet because I need to clean and setup but this is the same model. I think the 12 fret inlay is a different style but colours and headstock are the same:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/135483/reduced-trades-fs-ibanez-prestige-s-series-s1540fm-2002-transparent-turquoise-rare

grungebob

@jasonbone75 cheers but I don’t do Floyd’s or trems at all really. 

jasonbone75

no problemo. that rules out my suggestion of Majesty as well

lucky

Very not metal- the Hofner verythin? 

(if this was QI this is where the buzzer goes off)

barnstorm

Marmite, but the other big-ish brand that’s done some very thin designs is DBZ/Dean Zelinsky, e.g.:

The mass-produced DBZ ones are (or at least were) inexpensive.

PLOP

Have you considered a different type of strap? I seem to recall maybe Matt Heafy from Trivium has a strap that goes over both shoulders like a backpack. 

pt22

I can vouch for this guitar. It’s lovely!

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/257227/

Roland

grungebob said:

I get massive pain in my shoulder after I stop playing guitar and go to put my arm back to a normal position. 

I know this is a diversion from talking about guitars, but might the solution be to change your playing position? Have you tried adjusting how your guitar sits against your body so that you can play with your right arm in a “normal position”? Something with a strap re-positioned to the back of the body will push the neck forward and bring the bridge closer to your body

grungebob

Roland said:

grungebob said:

I get massive pain in my shoulder after I stop playing guitar and go to put my arm back to a normal position. 

I know this is a diversion from talking about guitars, but might the solution be to change your playing position? Have you tried adjusting how your guitar sits against your body so that you can play with your right arm in a “normal position”? Something with a strap re-positioned to the back of the body will push the neck forward and bring the bridge closer to your body

Appreciate the suggestion but it does seem to be all about how far my elbow is away from my body and the strain on the long bicep tendon from strumming. The thinner the body the more natural my arm lies. 

I’ve basically got to have the bone shaved and the tendon cut away to have no pain.