Hang em high or hang em low….. straps ^_^

[The~Kid]

Noticed a lot of players hang em low…..



But I like em high…..



SRV and others did low, EVH and others like em high.



What say you Rig Talk?

 

[DanTravis62]

medium low. No sense in playing guitar if you're gonna look like a dork XD

 

[Floyd Eye]

I voted low. Not Ben Shepherd low, but low.

 

[Floyd Eye]

medium low. No sense in playing guitar if you're gonna look like a dork XD

I think Tom Morello wears his up on his chest.

 

[rsm]

When I was younger and in bands, my guitar was Jimmy Page low. I would combine two straps to get them longer since I'm 6' 5"

Now, it's whatever is most comfortable.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

Somewhere in the middle where it's comfortable.

 

[The~Kid]

Put an option for medium.

 

[cardinal]

Medium.

It definitely looks cooler slung down low, but my arms just do not reach the higher frets.

Too high is uncomfortable imho. It shifts the guitar to the left and is fatiguing to have to reach up to the guitar.

 

[SgtThump]

Used to wear it lower'ish for looks. Now I wear it higher'ish and it's a million times easier to play.

I'm thinking medium.

 

[saxxamafone]

Low enough to get laid.. high enough to still play

 

[rushcentrale]

I wish I could go low, but I need to hang high. So I compromise with medium.

 

[DanTravis62]

I think Tom Morello wears his up on his chest.

yeah. Tom Morello is a giant dork.

HERR DURR CAPITALISM SUCKS BUT BUY MY 50000$ COACHELLA TICKETS

 

[MetalThrasher]

Being 6'3" I hang them low. I would look ridiculous if I hanged them high.

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

Mostly medium, sometimes medium-high, depending on the guitar.

 

[Bad Brain]

 

[Eazy-ESP]

Lucky you clarified straps. I am getting older now. Can’t beat gravity.

Medium. I recently bought a new strap and went to an open jam night. Didn’t have time to try it. Assumed at my height, leave two notches. I’m tall, but not giant. That would normally work.

Well, fuck me was I wrong. This is the longest strap ever. It was so low I have injured myself for the first time ever playing guitar. Too much compression and angle on left wrist.

Possibly I looked really cool, but I sounded like shit.

 

[Eazy-ESP]

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Imagine putting on that little outfit, with your little badges. Why do they all become weird and contrived when they get success?

I don’t want to be an Alex Jones. But I swear, I look at that image and it looks like some kind of propaganda band. Like, they are really CIA or something. It’s too lame. And I loved Dookie when it came out!

 

[Bad Brain]

We need to determine an objective standard: Bridge at/below balls = low. Around bellybutton = medium. At sternum = Morello.

 

[Floyd Eye]

We need to determine an objective standard: Bridge at/below balls = low. Around bellybutton = medium. At sternum = Morello.

I’d say strings at about ball level.

 

[cobrahead1030]

I prefer the lower end of medium.