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Location: closely held secret | My problem is probably more with blood circulation. It's been weak in my right arm since I was 19, when I busted it in a MC accident.
Having it lay across the edge of a wood box pretty much cuts it off. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
No. It's the Jumbos and Dreads. I've got no issues with my swallower body O style Resonator either. I agree....it is why I only have a couple of dreads and they are both slope shouldered. In theory that shouldn't make any difference since the size problem is the lower bout but for some reason they seem more comfortable to me.
I am in the process of getting a Collings CJ and I am not sure how the size of the lower bout compares but it was damn comfortable to play. Other than that all my guitars are going towards the OM size or smaller. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I mainly play standing so O-roll isn't an issue, but every different shape/position requires adjustment.
Right now the strap on my Reso guitar is tied above the nut like folksingers and old cowboys used to do. This requires bracing the back of the upper bout with the forearm to keep the heavy end from heading to the floor leaving you strumming the nut.
Leaves short armed people like me looking like we're telling a fish story; "and it was THIIIIIS big!" |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Maybe this will help. I took these awhile ago.
I never had the face of my guitars point to the sky, I have a gut. Box or Roundback, sits on my led exactly the same, top at a 90% angle from the floor.
Please excuse my gut hanging over. Also, these pictures were taken to make a point, but I usually play with the guitar on my LEFT knee, which relaxes my arm even more. I do not have particularly long arms, and this is a deep bowl.
I'm with those that never understood the "slide off knee" comments, I have a much harder time playing standing up, so I don't.
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Being a woman, of course I go IN where the bowl comes OUT. But I think if you guys who play with the guitar on your right leg would pick up a foot stool (the kind classical players use under their left foot) you will elevate that right leg and I believe it will eliminate the problem. If you don't want to spend the money without trying it first, a tackle box or tool box will give you an idea of how it owrks. Of course the foot stools can be tilted to make them even more comfortable, but you'll get the idea. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
elevate that right leg This is my most comfortable playing position. I very rarely play standing. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I think Dave's first post intrinsically answers the question...
It didn't happen before. Now it does.
The guitars haven't changed. His technique or habits have. |
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Location: Jet City | Flat or round, I play standing. I just seem to have more range of motion, and less issues with my carpal tunnel. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Besides, it's hard to get a running start for a knee-slide from a sitting position. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I think Dave's first post intrinsically answers the question...
It didn't happen before. Now it does.
The guitars haven't changed. His technique or habits have. Or his bowl. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Or his bowl. Another dropped 'e'! 
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Location: Portland, OR | Kind of like getting used to brakes that pull, but I would echo the strap and mainly the elevated foot. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Two words: Guitar Strap...
Two More: Cheap Insurance... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'm with Dave, I NEVER had that problem.
But you get away from them a bit and then it slides a little. Just takes a little while to get back in the grove and then the slide goes away. My Collings never slide though. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | This isn't a huge deal and probably wasted too much bandwidth already. It just struck me as odd when I came back to ovations recently that it took a bit of practice to get the guitar at 90 degrees. No issue with the contour bowl, it sits at 90 naturally. |
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Location: Flushing, MI | I jammed last night with two other guys, and all of us playing O's.
I was playing on my buddy's Elite while he played his Adamas, and our sax player was jamming on my old beat up Legend. I always use a strap when sitting down with an Ovation, due to them sliding away. This time there was no strap to be found, and I didn't have a problem all night.
I don't know what I did that was different, but it was nice and comfy. No problemo. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I always thought it was the difference in the bottom of the bowl, but got to thinking maybe it's the top. I find the top side much more comfortable and tend to lean into the curve. The edge of a box guitar cuts a line in my chest. Maybe people who have the problem squeeze the top toward them, which causes it to slide. |
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Yes they DO slide off your knee ...
