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Heads up Firebird and SG players

J T

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Wow pack on two pounds of lead weight and that head should pop right up
 

veeman

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How silly is that? If your playing the guitar, the neck goes where you put it. Get a 4" wide leather strap, that will solve the problem too.
 

stevek

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I duuno, I tried playing a Firebird V one time using a nylon strap while wearing a shiny shirt. One song worth of wresting the headstock off the floor and it was back on the stand! ;)

I went out & bought the strap with the highest friction backing on it that I could find and made a mental note to leave the silk shirts in the wardrobe when I take the 'bird out to play :D
 

mc5nrg

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Homemade approaches similar to that aren't unusual. I could use one of those straps I bet.
 

jsamans

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The poses in the pictures are hilarious. Whoever is making/selling these has a good sense of humor.
 

Elliot Easton

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I don't know about you guys but I never take both hands off my guitar. Straplocks, whatever; I don't give a shit. I don't think I could ever get use to taking both hands off a good guitar for more than a few seconds and even then it makes me nervous!
 

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I don't know about you guys but I never take both hands off my guitar. Straplocks, whatever; I don't give a shit. I don't think I could ever get use to taking both hands off a good guitar for more than a few seconds and even then it makes me nervous!

Same here. I saw a bandmate's R8 bounce off of a concrete floor one night several years ago and I've never taken both hands off of a guitar since.
 

DHBucker

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I agree. NEVER EVER take both hands off your guitar IMHO. It just ensures that your headstock won't get broken while on stage. Now guitar stand swan dives are another issue or the wayward jackass that isn't paying attention..
 

Overdriven66

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As a 60's T-bird player for years and years, you just learn to balance your axe out of habit. Like Elliot, I never take my hands off of my instrument. I have never played a Firebird/Thunderbird/SG that was so neck heavy that it took my attention away from playing it. Hands off...sure...neck dive.
How often do you stand there with your guitar hanging from your neck with no hands on it? Never. Not to knock the concept on the strap. I have just learned over the years to compensate for it without really thinking about it.
 

stevek

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My "balance the axe" reflexes were calibrated for a Moderne (I have one of the 70's Ibanez copies), never had an issue there as my right forarm can sit on the body edge and counter balance the neck dive, but the Firebird on that occasion was beyond a joke. I was supporting maybe 2-3 lbs with my left hand while I was playing and it just made it damned hard work.

Not as hard as the time the Dunlop straplock failed on my Les Paul and I had to get to the end of the song by adopting a semi-crouch and supporting the guitar in a vertical position on my right thigh.

The crowd thought it was showmanship, I was sweating blood :D
 

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Even if you're playing another instrument like a keyboard or the harmonica while your guitar is strapped on, when you switch back to your guitar you just grab it no matter where that neck is and start in. The neck is always within reach for the two seconds it takes to move your hands there.
 

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Yeah - a wide quality strap from leather will solve this issue...mind you, the cost is similar.
 

Elliot Easton

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The last thing I need is to add weight. With chronic neck and back pain from a lifetime of playing guitar this weighted strap just may not be the solution for me. ;)
 

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I don't know about you guys but I never take both hands off my guitar. Straplocks, whatever; I don't give a shit. I don't think I could ever get use to taking both hands off a good guitar for more than a few seconds and even then it makes me nervous!

Amen!
 

jcs

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Yep, a wide leather strap is the solution when i play my 65 Special.

I agree, i never take more than one hand off the guitar out of habit.

I commonly drop my fretting hand but always position the SG so its braced under my picking hand arm so it never slips.
 

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:applaude :applaude
I don't know about you guys but I never take both hands off my guitar. Straplocks, whatever; I don't give a shit. I don't think I could ever get use to taking both hands off a good guitar for more than a few seconds and even then it makes me nervous!

:applaude :applaude :applaude :peace2 :3zone :3zone
 

27sauce

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If anyone is considering one of these just send me 25 bucks. You'll regret it a little less than spending 50 bucks on one of these.
 
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