Anybody else a chest rocker?

Blasphemer · 08-26-2011, 11:12 PM

I just had to get my cliplok modified to get it as short as I need it.
Anybody else in the chest-strap brotherhood?

brutalwizard · 08-26-2011, 11:15 PM

yeah i always play it up pretty high when rockin a strap.

i like to be comfortable, and i thing it makes me look like i am about to shred a bunch hahaha

Fiction · 08-26-2011, 11:30 PM

I have mine a tiny bit below my chest. It's weird cause my rythmn guitarist has his at his ankles and juxtaposed on stage it's very odd looking haha

Miek · 08-26-2011, 11:49 PM

Nipple rocker here, my cliplock strap is either slightly too short for me, or just perfect at its shortest length.

AK DRAGON · 08-27-2011, 01:47 AM

Pretty close to chest rocker myself. I had to recently dump my cliploks for a normal strap/straploks due to comfort. The cliploks new home is on my Ovation

Desi · 08-27-2011, 03:06 AM

Chest rocker out of necessity.

Keeping the guitar up high makes it easier to bat away incoming bottles. The only drawback is having to do a quick step-back before swinging the neck of the guitar in order to deflect any approaching projectiles, because I sometimes knock over the mic stand.

My catlike reflexes have become so, that now, promoters encourage people to bring waterbottles to throw at me at our shows.

Yea, you're probably giggling right now...but you don't know what it's like to be the opposite of all bands out there. Many pray to put on a good show for the fans...but me and my boys...we're ....ED!!

Yea, that's right, we're ....ed whether we put on a good show or not. Because either way, we'll get showered with bottles. I mean, it's hard enough to play and sing, but in addition to that I got to bob, weave, Neo backbend and Babe Ruth my ass to fend off expired waterbottles, too! And who the .... keeps water bottled up for so long, anyways? It's all yellow and shit!

So yea, I ain't embarrassed to rock at the chest. It's either that, or a face full of expired water.

Explorer · 08-27-2011, 04:53 AM

The most comfortable position for me is with the guitar neck almost vertical. My fretting hand is pretty much in front of that hand's shoulder for the most part, and the picking hand is in front of my belly button.

I started using this position when I had hand problems back in the '80s, and it made it so much easier to play that I've never had to change since....

Aaron · 08-27-2011, 05:02 AM

I remember a while back when it was cool to lower your guitar to your knees, hunch over and bang on it.

shitsøn · 08-27-2011, 06:24 AM

almost chest-rockin' here, just a little below my chest really. it's comfier.

JamesM · 08-27-2011, 09:23 AM

Super high here son. Like:

Origin · 08-27-2011, 09:42 AM

Always. Can't really imagine playing any other way.

guitarister7321 · 08-27-2011, 09:42 AM

Hells yeah. I always liked having my guitar high. I could never play low, just makes it a lot harder for me. I can play with ease when it's high.

misingonestring · 08-27-2011, 09:48 AM

I guess I'd be considered a chest rocker. I just can't find out how some people are comfortable with their guitars so low.

AySay · 08-27-2011, 09:49 AM

Double A · 08-27-2011, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Explorer

The most comfortable position for me is with the guitar neck almost vertical. My fretting hand is pretty much in front of that hand's shoulder for the most part, and the picking hand is in front of my belly button.

I started using this position when I had hand problems back in the '80s, and it made it so much easier to play that I've never had to change since....

This is exactly how I play standing up too. It is the closest I can come to the classical position while standing and the most comfortable for me.

Lagtastic · 08-27-2011, 10:26 AM

Very much so. Bottom of the chest/top of the stomach.

JeffFromMtl · 08-27-2011, 10:33 AM

Not chest, but higher than most, I'd say, especially compared to the other hardcore bands I've seen or played with. And I look extra awkward just because this is my live guitar

JamesM · 08-27-2011, 10:34 AM

Not awkward. You're lookin' for the word "unique" son.

Spaceman_Spiff · 08-27-2011, 11:12 AM

I've never thought it was cool to sling the guitar down by your knees, even when I first started guitar and watched Al Pitrelli rip shit up with his guitar well below his waist. I've always put comfort before looking cool. So I am proud to be one of the chest rockers on SS.org

Strobe · 08-27-2011, 11:33 AM

The height I play at is a compromise. I will list several notable heights in descending order:

1. The height at which I feel most comfortable playing (Highest)
2. The height at which it begins looking somewhat silly
3. The height at which I play live
4. The height at which it is low enough to look badass (Lowest)

So, I sacrifice a bit of comfort for aesthetics. I prefer V-shaped guitars in an almost vertical position.

simulclass83 · 08-27-2011, 11:34 AM

i titty rock the guitar, yeah, but not as high as Chris Letchford. Couple inches lower than that.

Hollowway · 08-27-2011, 12:05 PM

Yup! Always have been. I like the guitar to be basically the same height as if I were sitting. And I have no idea how low slung guys do it. Slash definitely has different wrist anatomy than me because the dude can play, but his guitar is so LOW. About the only thing I'm comfortable with low slung is banging out some Green Day chords. Otherwise my technique suffers and wrist hurts.

Explorer · 08-27-2011, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Armada

Super high here son. Like:

How do you play on the lowest frets of the lowest strings without causing wrist issues in the long run? Just looking at that and imagining extending his arm and fingers to play up there hurts, imaging the necessary wrist twisting and the eventual earned ticket to the Carpal Tunnel Express....

TheBotquax · 08-27-2011, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffFromMtl

Not chest, but higher than most, I'd say, especially compared to the other hardcore bands I've seen or played with. And I look extra awkward just because this is my live guitar

You probably look alot cooler than the sceenie-weenies holding their B.C. Rich Warlocks at the floor crab-walking!

JamesM · 08-27-2011, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Explorer

How do you play on the lowest frets of the lowest strings without causing wrist issues in the long run? Just looking at that and imagining extending his arm and fingers to play up there hurts, imaging the necessary wrist twisting and the eventual earned ticket to the Carpal Tunnel Express....

I have long arms, and it doesn't seem to be an issue. Josh Bauman (pictured) does too, so maybe it's a long-arm-guy thing.

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08-26-2011, 11:12 PM	#1
Blasphemer That Guy from Maine Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kittyland Love Center Posts: 1,138 Thanked: 26 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Anybody else a chest rocker? I just had to get my cliplok modified to get it as short as I need it. Anybody else in the chest-strap brotherhood? jrg828 and thatguy87 like this. My band, Capture the Sun. Prog that's not djent! Get my solo albums! They're pretty damn free!

08-26-2011, 11:15 PM	#2
brutalwizard Pretty Your Petunia Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: idaho Posts: 2,805 Thanked: 100 $brutalwizard is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $brutalwizard is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $brutalwizard is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $brutalwizard is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $brutalwizard is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $brutalwizard is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $brutalwizard is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ Feedback Score: 8 reviews	yeah i always play it up pretty high when rockin a strap. i like to be comfortable, and i thing it makes me look like i am about to shred a bunch hahaha Check out my band http://www.facebook.com/ForsythiaOfficial My youtube youtube.com/therealgtarbeast666 I don't think that we ever thought of it as the equivalent of music, as the end-goal was to buy more in-game slut clothes-- schecterwhore on rock band Im a super chill mellow ambient slut. --7 STRINGS OF HATE

08-27-2011, 03:06 AM	#6
Desi You can't handle me! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: München, Germany. Posts: 265 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Chest rocker out of necessity. Keeping the guitar up high makes it easier to bat away incoming bottles. The only drawback is having to do a quick step-back before swinging the neck of the guitar in order to deflect any approaching projectiles, because I sometimes knock over the mic stand. My catlike reflexes have become so, that now, promoters encourage people to bring waterbottles to throw at me at our shows. Yea, you're probably giggling right now...but you don't know what it's like to be the opposite of all bands out there. Many pray to put on a good show for the fans...but me and my boys...we're ....ED!! Yea, that's right, we're ....ed whether we put on a good show or not. Because either way, we'll get showered with bottles. I mean, it's hard enough to play and sing, but in addition to that I got to bob, weave, Neo backbend and Babe Ruth my ass to fend off expired waterbottles, too! And who the .... keeps water bottled up for so long, anyways? It's all yellow and shit! So yea, I ain't embarrassed to rock at the chest. It's either that, or a face full of expired water. kung_fu, TheSixthWheel, BigPhi84 and 7 others like this. Y'all know what time it is!!!

08-27-2011, 04:53 AM	#7
Explorer He seldomly knows... Join Date: May 2009 Location: Formerly from Cucaramacatacatirimilcote... Posts: 3,695 Thanked: 40 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	The most comfortable position for me is with the guitar neck almost vertical. My fretting hand is pretty much in front of that hand's shoulder for the most part, and the picking hand is in front of my belly button. I started using this position when I had hand problems back in the '80s, and it made it so much easier to play that I've never had to change since.... BigPhi84, Aurochs34, Bigfan and 2 others like this. If you don't care enough to research your own question, why should anyone else care more? "Pay no attention to his long winded posts... (Explorer) seldomly knows what he's talking about." Adam Of Angels "Actual knowledge and a google bookmark are very different things." Anonymous neg-repper

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08-26-2011, 11:30 PM	#3
Fiction For Mod Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 2,985 Thanked: 23 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I have mine a tiny bit below my chest. It's weird cause my rythmn guitarist has his at his ankles and juxtaposed on stage it's very odd looking haha

08-26-2011, 11:49 PM	#4
Miek POSTING ON INTERNET Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Warwick, RI (AND I HAVE OPINIONS) Posts: 1,767 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Nipple rocker here, my cliplock strap is either slightly too short for me, or just perfect at its shortest length.

08-27-2011, 01:47 AM	#5
AK DRAGON Guitar Popcicle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 1,770 Thanked: 17 Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Pretty close to chest rocker myself. I had to recently dump my cliploks for a normal strap/straploks due to comfort. The cliploks new home is on my Ovation

08-27-2011, 05:02 AM	#8
Aaron delirium tremens Join Date: May 2006 Location: GUAM Posts: 1,229 Thanked: 52 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I remember a while back when it was cool to lower your guitar to your knees, hunch over and bang on it. My snake will eat your guinea pig

08-27-2011, 06:24 AM	#9
shitsøn (((Ω))) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Berlin, DE/Tampa, FL Posts: 2,690 Thanked: 65 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	almost chest-rockin' here, just a little below my chest really. it's comfier. Check: http://soundcloud.com/mouldermasters Extended Range Guitar Nerds Facebook

08-27-2011, 09:23 AM	#10
JamesM The Armada Join Date: May 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 6,925 Thanked: 86 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Super high here son. Like: BigPhi84 and sexybacon like this. Cloudyhead. Facebook//Twitter//Bandcamp Watch:1,2,3,4,5 Debut Album, Abstraction out now!

08-27-2011, 09:42 AM	#11
Origin Rainbow In The Dark Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,571 Thanked: 10 Feedback Score: 16 reviews	Always. Can't really imagine playing any other way. Praise the sun!

08-27-2011, 09:42 AM	#12
guitarister7321 Ibanez <3 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 859 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Hells yeah. I always liked having my guitar high. I could never play low, just makes it a lot harder for me. I can play with ease when it's high.

08-27-2011, 09:48 AM	#13
misingonestring Bloc Meddle Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Beaver Falls, PA Posts: 463 Thanked: 6 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I guess I'd be considered a chest rocker. I just can't find out how some people are comfortable with their guitars so low. Needs a 7 so bad he's dreaming of them.

08-27-2011, 09:49 AM	#14
AySay Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,944 Thanked: 16 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	thedonal likes this.

08-27-2011, 10:26 AM	#16
Lagtastic Five Align Join Date: May 2011 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 835 Thanked: 9 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Very much so. Bottom of the chest/top of the stomach. Accept the consequence of risk

08-27-2011, 10:33 AM	#17
JeffFromMtl Уродливый, но честны Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, QC Posts: 2,213 Thanked: 116 Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Not chest, but higher than most, I'd say, especially compared to the other hardcore bands I've seen or played with. And I look extra awkward just because this is my live guitar This great blue world of ours seems a house of leaves moments before the wind

08-27-2011, 10:34 AM	#18
JamesM The Armada Join Date: May 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 6,925 Thanked: 86 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Not awkward. You're lookin' for the word "unique" son. JeffFromMtl and BigPhi84 like this. Cloudyhead. Facebook//Twitter//Bandcamp Watch:1,2,3,4,5 Debut Album, Abstraction out now!

08-27-2011, 11:12 AM	#19
Spaceman_Spiff SS Contributor Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Akron, Ohio Posts: 852 Thanked: 16 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I've never thought it was cool to sling the guitar down by your knees, even when I first started guitar and watched Al Pitrelli rip shit up with his guitar well below his waist. I've always put comfort before looking cool. So I am proud to be one of the chest rockers on SS.org "You took the best thing about natural finished guitar bodies and applied it to the neck. I'd compare it to dipping solid chocolate into chocolate mousse, having a lucid dream within a dream, receiving fellatio while having sex, producing energy while burning no fuel. You sir are a genius.'' - in-pursuit "Parker PM 10 trade?" - JackWilliamBellow

08-27-2011, 11:33 AM	#20
Strobe SS.org Regular Join Date: May 2011 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 218 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The height I play at is a compromise. I will list several notable heights in descending order: 1. The height at which I feel most comfortable playing (Highest) 2. The height at which it begins looking somewhat silly 3. The height at which I play live 4. The height at which it is low enough to look badass (Lowest) So, I sacrifice a bit of comfort for aesthetics. I prefer V-shaped guitars in an almost vertical position.

08-27-2011, 11:34 AM	#21
simulclass83 Yes, pancakes. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NJ Posts: 921 Thanked: 19 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	i titty rock the guitar, yeah, but not as high as Chris Letchford. Couple inches lower than that. Check out my band! http://www.facebook.com/eclipsis.us

08-27-2011, 12:05 PM	#22
Hollowway SS.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 6,240 Thanked: 105 Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Yup! Always have been. I like the guitar to be basically the same height as if I were sitting. And I have no idea how low slung guys do it. Slash definitely has different wrist anatomy than me because the dude can play, but his guitar is so LOW. About the only thing I'm comfortable with low slung is banging out some Green Day chords. Otherwise my technique suffers and wrist hurts.

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