Where do you sling your ax?

[mshilarious]

Poll to follow . . .

 

[Roguetitan]

I'm A bass player... you pick

 

[Tadpui]

The bridge is usually even with my belt line. I just can't bring myself to do the necktie thing, even though it could only help my ever-aging hands and fingers.

 

[Mike_J]

When I was a kid, I used to sling it low Jimmy Page style and worked out years later why I couldn't play all my notes as fast as I wanted. hahahaha.
The shit you do when you're young. Love it!!

 

[mshilarious]

I wanna see a band with their guitars right in front of their face, walking around bumping into each other, etc. I don't think that's been done yet

 

[WhiteStrat]

I wanna see a band with their guitars right in front of their face, walking around bumping into each other, etc. I don't think that's been done yet

Or maybe it has--at least in animated form. Find an old episode of the Archies...

 

[Jouni]

Pretty hard to say since it's in an 45degree angle.... Pretty much protecting the jewellery I'd say. Or a beerbelly hanging in there..

 

[Dani Pace]

I had to vote for the belt buckle location but not for the scratches. Actualy I rest the body on my right hip bone, with the bridge just about right over the bone. I play with about a 30 degree incline toward the headstock. This may not be the coolest looking position, but at my age it's more about comfort than looks.

 

[rayc]

At gut level - or just a bit lower with the neck swung out at about 45 from my body so that it's against the right side of my gut & not embarrassingly tilted up by that same protuberance.
Gone are the days of low slung Ramones style with legs akimbo - I'd not be able to see the strings for tshirt covered flesh if I did it that way now.

 

[stevieb]

Yeah, I went with belt buckle, too, altho I try to never wear a belt, or turn the buckle to the side, when I play. I must be pretty good at it, too- I don't think ANY of my guitars have much in the way of BB scratches.

 

[legionserial]

I can't play standing up anymore. Not metal anyway. It's been so long since I used to stand up and play that I suck when I do.

 

[castlerock]

I can't play standing up anymore. Not metal anyway. It's been so long since I used to stand up and play that I suck when I do.

oh man, that must be depressing. at 42 i still stand up and jam and act like an idiot just like i did when i was 20.

 

[guitar junkie]

around my chest

 

[Tadpui]

Yeah, I went with belt buckle, too, altho I try to never wear a belt, or turn the buckle to the side, when I play. I must be pretty good at it, too- I don't think ANY of my guitars have much in the way of BB scratches.

Any time I play when I'm wearing a belt (mostly on my lunch break), I always tuck a hand towel into my pants waistline to cover the belt buckle. I've always been very careful to do this but my LP still has a little bit of a tattoo on its backside. Nothing that's gone through the clear coat or finish, but a noticable rash in the finish anyways.

 

[MatchBookNotes]

I used to play belt buckle style but then i noticed my hip bone was getting bruised(lots and lots of beer still doesn't help this!) and as i figured out having it just a little higher on the gut made it easier to play faster without looking like a friend of mine who plays with it jacked up to his titties.

 

[Zaphod B]

Pretty much at waist height, a bit lower than if I were sitting down with the guitar in my lap. The center of the back of the guitar lines right up with the brass rivet on the watch pocket on my Levis.

Speaking of which, does anyone know where I can buy Levi's that don't have rivets?

 

[DrewPeterson7]

Just above my belt buckle, I think, though I'll check again at home tonight. Not quite prog-dork, but not far off. Basically, the length of a Dimarzio cliplock strap if you choke it up all the way, right up to the logo, which is kind of a fortuitous coincidence because I hit upon this as the most comfortable height for me well before I bought my first cliplock. :lol:

 

[didgijimmy]

I voted underneath my chin, because its pretty far up there. I play more jazz than anything live so it doesn't relle matter how cool I look, but at home when I play other shit I leave it there just so I can reach stuff easier.

 

[punkin]

I don't play often standing up ( I don't get out much these days). I spend most of my practice time sitting on a stool and the guitar in my lap so, I'm accustomed to having it fairly high. Somewhere between my "Man-boobs" and my "Gut".

As I'm getting older, form is more important to me due to arthritis in my thumbs. Reaching over the top of the neck and positioning is much easier when held a little higher.