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Is this weird or has anyone else had the same kind of problem?
I've played telecasters for years and can happily sit for hours playing one on my knee.
I bought a PRS last year and can't sit playing it for more than 15 minutes without getting a pain in the neck.
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You've reminded me, I had forgotten, I had a similar problem with a Yamaha SA2200 (ES335 shape).
The PRS thing seems weird because the offset doesn't appear to be that different.
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Yeah, you may be right, but why the SA2200? Where does that sit on the Cool Wall?I've tried playing in that classical position but the damn guitar is so shiny and slippery I struggle to keep it between my legs ">
Standing up is the answer, but I'm a lazy b
Then I tried a chair.
:-)
Actually - the shape of a Jazzmaster makes them even better than a Strat for sitting playing
The whole guitar feels like it's 3"to the left of where it should be.
Thing is, I love the look & sound of them so buy another... After a couple of weeks my left shoulder starts to ache & it's back to the LP.
I found 22-fret PRSs fine, but couldn't get on with 24-fret ones at all - even that difference of about 3/4" is enough to mess up the position of the neck.
The relationship between the neck, the front strap button and the waist are all critical to comfort, for me.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
As @ICBM said, a 24 fret PRS may be worse than a 22 fret one as you are having to put your hand further to the left as well. My first PRS was a 24 fret guitar and I had some wrist problems. I think that was partly down to the wide thin neck profile, but it was probably partly down to the playing position. I didn't get the same problems with a 22 fret PRS. None of mt 22 fret PRS had a wide thin profile so how much was down to playing position and how much down to neck profile I can't be certain.
Neck, shoulder, wrist are all interlinked. When I have had wrist problems in the past, I've got my wife to massage my shoulder and the wrist feels a lot better.
About 5' 10"
I should play standing up and if I get in a band again it would make it much easier.