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That’s an interesting chair. I have never looked at guitar chairs before. I’m sure it will last a long time.
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I Really like the chair……I have to “do It Right” when sitting in that position….
I have to make an effort to use it…. I’m so used to laying back or hunching over in my TV chair…..but the chair is far more comfortable. I can play longer with less back/shoulder discomfort
I can raise up the sheet music stand so I don’t have to bend over to see my music.
All in all I like the chair very much…..
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So one has to wonder which guitar goes best with white wine?
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Bert, That was my FIRST thought also….but, it’s more stable than I first thought.
I’ve never been able to play anywhere near “clean” standing up. I grew up watching the Old gods playing in the coffee houses and bars of Chicago in the mid 60’s and they all played what we would call “Half-Assed” standing.
In places like “The Gate Of Horn”, ” Mothers”( in the early years) the early Second City and many others on Rush St. and the Near Northside the Old gods would play.
The set would start with the player having one “Cheek” on the stool and the opposite leg to the floor with the foot on the stage.
As the night progressed the old gods would place both “cheeks” on the stool and rest both feet on the cross bars of the stool and “Leannnn” into the song…while looking with, hooded eyes, at the Coffee House (Stoned, Hip, may I say Beatnik) crowd (well maybe 8-10 paying customers).
I guess I always thought that was how one played the guitar in front of other folks………Fun to recreate that memory with some degree of comfort.
I’m a Very Lucky Man.
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Hank,
That’s how Chet Atkins usually played. One foot on the floor, one foot on the cross bar of the stool.I know several excellent players in the UK who stand up to play and sing then sitdown to play instrumentals. Sitting just makes the whole instrument more stable. And it’s easier to play difficult passages if you don’t have to hold up the neck while you’re moving your fingers.
Daniel
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