UG Community @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Logout

UG Plus Favorites

Profile Music

Welcome home, Stranger
Please Sign in or Sign up

you can also use

Facebook Google

UG plus: remove banner

		UG Community @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com > UG Community > The Pit
Guitar causing stress on my back?

Page 2 of 3

11-26-2012, 06:23 PM	#21
theogonia777 Kristen's gonna eat you. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: I don't know	Your guitar weighs 15 pounds? What kind is it? That seems awfully heavy. __________________ To die without leaving a corpse... That is the way of us Garo. Tranny Stuff (May 2nd) \| Soundcloud \| Now you have no excuse... \| Just a thought...

11-26-2012, 06:39 PM	#22
MrDo0m Blessed Sisyphus Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Palm Beach, America's Wang	Yeah, wow, my Peavey T-60 weighs 14 pounds and I thought it was one of the (if not the) heaviest guitars ever made.

11-26-2012, 06:52 PM	#23
MrDo0m Blessed Sisyphus Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Palm Beach, America's Wang	Just out of curiousity, what kind of guitar does the TS play?

11-26-2012, 07:04 PM

#24

CodeMonk

UG's Old Fart

Join Date: Apr 2004

Location: Earth

Check these out:
http://slingerstraps.com/

__________________
Programming is an art form that fights back.

Making your own PCB tutorial

[Pedalboard Thread Native: King Whore Of The Fuzzes]
WTLT

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmolteratx

Nope. If I buy anything this year, it's gonna be a guitar.

My friends call me Rob.

11-26-2012, 07:06 PM

#25

beau05

UG Senior Member

Join Date: Jul 2005

Location: new zealand

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danjo's Guitar

Well if you're holding your guitar with your arms straight out, theres your problem.

I have a similar problem. I hold my guitar relatively high (not quite like Paul "machine gun" McCartney, but just below that), but I tend to lean to the left a bit while playing solos. Consequently it has brought back an old shoulder blade injury that I got while doing house removals a few years ago.

From what everyone has been saying, keeping your back straight seems to be the best remedy

__________________
Nullifier - Check it, biaarrrrchh!

11-26-2012, 07:10 PM

#26

H4T3BR33D3R

UG's Poison Mist

Join Date: Nov 2007

Location: The laaaaaaand of the rising sun

Quote:

Originally Posted by theogonia777

Your guitar weighs 15 pounds? What kind is it? That seems awfully heavy.

Probably a Norlin era Gibson with a bunch of maple.

Or a double neck.

Or a rosewood strat/tele

__________________

Quote:

Originally Posted by eGraham

I'm not artsy at all. At least not in the visual sense.

But, I did just eat some pizza so I am quite fartsy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axelfox

Dude i like rap and stuff. Im a furry and I also have a wolf plush with a hole that i use at times.

Only at times, though.

11-26-2012, 07:38 PM

#27

Spaztikko

UG Board King

Join Date: Apr 2011

Location: hmu if u agre yeh

Don't have your guitar around your nutsack. It might help slightly.

Look to pertucci's position. I wouldn't (and don't) hold it any lower.

yes it's a gif.

__________________

Quote:

Originally Posted by austenxmetal

James turned around and looked at me, still jerking, and screamed, "GET THE TOWEL!!" He cummed all over the floor.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axelfox

One thing i've noticed on the internet is that people seem meaner than IRL.

11-26-2012, 08:35 PM

#28

Quizy

That Guy

Join Date: Aug 2009

Location: somewhere

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spaztikko

Don't have your guitar around your nutsack. It might help slightly.

Look to pertucci's position. I wouldn't (and don't) hold it any lower.

yes it's a gif.

Dat vibrato.

__________________
I'M EXPRESSING MY INNER ANQUISH THROUGH THE MAJESTY OF SONG

soadamy <3

I saw it on the internet [Pit], so it must be true!

ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

11-26-2012, 09:16 PM	#29
Alexi_hammett what up wit dat?! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Oklahoma	SO what kind of guitar is it??? 15lbs???? __________________ For your sake I hope heaven & hell are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Guitar & skateboarding. Do what you want.

11-26-2012, 09:22 PM

#30

RealGuitarHero

Just Call Me Zacch.

Join Date: Jan 2007

Tom Delonge is about 6'2 and used to play really low. It really messed up his back and now he's fat and sucks.

__________________

Quote:

Originally Posted by barden1069

A "tubescreamer" is a person paid by a guitarist to stand behind the amp and scream at the tubes. This terrifies the tubes into overdriving and delivers a thick, harmonic-rich tone.

11-26-2012, 10:13 PM	#31
Robfreitag .... Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia	Just work on it. have good posture, then if you start to get tired, take a break. But don't get into the habit of hunching, with a guitar, at your desk, wherever. It takes resolve. If you don't have the strength to stand up under the weight of your guitar, either get a lighter guitar or get stronger. But I think it's probably a bad habit of yours. as for straps, nothing will make you hunch less, they can distribute the load more over your shoulder, but the weight on your shoulders is just the same. Man up. __________________ ---

11-26-2012, 10:18 PM	#32
Tempoe . . . ∆ . . . Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: On an Island	My 1570 is heavy to me, my jackson is way lighter. I'd never get a LP for that reason. Anyways, a wide strap, at least wide at the shoulder is what helped me. Still, I think I;m gonna get a much lighter guitar soon, probably a Parker

11-26-2012, 10:22 PM

#33

beau05

UG Senior Member

Join Date: Jul 2005

Location: new zealand

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alexi_hammett

SO what kind of guitar is it??? 15lbs????

I think its a Scheceter C-1 Hellraiser (not sure on the specific model)

Mine is about 14-15 lbs, it is seriously a heavy beast, and comes with complimentary back problems right out of the box

__________________
Nullifier - Check it, biaarrrrchh!

11-26-2012, 10:32 PM

#34

Spaztikko

UG Board King

Join Date: Apr 2011

Location: hmu if u agre yeh

Dude, Thrill-house =/= TS.

Lol you all need muscles and shit.

__________________

Quote:

Originally Posted by austenxmetal

James turned around and looked at me, still jerking, and screamed, "GET THE TOWEL!!" He cummed all over the floor.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axelfox

One thing i've noticed on the internet is that people seem meaner than IRL.

11-26-2012, 10:52 PM	#35
AxeToFall UG's Necrophagist Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Oak Park, MI	I don't get back sores. Although, I sit down when I play and the top of my guitar digs into my sternum, so it usually feels like I have a bruised sternum.

11-27-2012, 02:51 PM	#36
gui8tar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012	Its a mockingbird masterpiece. I saw that some sites wear listing shipping as 15lb but latter found out its 13lbs, still heavy. Last edited by gui8tar : 11-27-2012 at 02:56 PM.

11-27-2012, 02:52 PM

#37

gui8tar

Registered User

Join Date: Aug 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spaztikko

Don't have your guitar around your nutsack. It might help slightly.

Look to pertucci's position. I wouldn't (and don't) hold it any lower.

yes it's a gif.

Thats how i have all ways played.

11-27-2012, 02:55 PM

#38

gui8tar

Registered User

Join Date: Aug 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodeMonk

Check these out:
http://slingerstraps.com/

WOW this is hilarious. Not practical at all. I cant reach all the frets when my guitar is at my waist. It transfers ALL the wight from shoulders and uper back to your lower back witch is more sensitive. Nice try thanks for the post.

11-27-2012, 02:59 PM

#39

gui8tar

Registered User

Join Date: Aug 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danjo's Guitar

Well if you're holding your guitar with your arms straight out, theres your problem. Just stand up straight. If the guitar was actually heavy enough that you couldn't stand up under its weight, you wouldn't be able to hunch over with it either, you would fall down and be exhausted in minutes. If your shoulder gets tired thats a different thing, but its actually more work for your back to hunch over, because hunching over is exactly like holding the guitar straight out in front of you. Stand up straight, and adjust your strap so that the guitar is in a comfortable place.

You missed my point....
Whats keeping your back straight up? Your spine? NO your muscles witch can strain if you keep wight on them.

11-27-2012, 03:52 PM

#40

Spaztikko

UG Board King

Join Date: Apr 2011

Location: hmu if u agre yeh

Quote:

Originally Posted by gui8tar

You missed my point....
Whats keeping your back straight up? Your spine? NO your muscles witch can strain if you keep wight on them.

What the hell do you want? Come asking for help but then turn into an asshat.

Regardless of your guitar, observing proper playing position is vital and it is your fault for not doing so and ****ing your back in the process.

__________________

Quote:

Originally Posted by austenxmetal

James turned around and looked at me, still jerking, and screamed, "GET THE TOWEL!!" He cummed all over the floor.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axelfox

One thing i've noticed on the internet is that people seem meaner than IRL.

Last edited by Spaztikko : 11-27-2012 at 04:00 PM.

Page 2 of 3

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Thread Tools	Rate This Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts vB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 02:32 AM.