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Post by Matt on Oct 14, 2012 18:53:18 GMT
Hi all, After far too long sitting on a low sofa or my bed to play guitar, I though it might be time to invest in something slightly more suited to guitar playing. I'm not looking to spend too much, and this looks reasonably priced, I don't suppose anyone has one? www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_guitar_stool.htm?sid=d3c4b33893ace4f5db376d52aa09a276Also, I'm open to any suggestions of reasonably priced alternatives. I could be tempted to spend more if it's really worth it. Cheers, Matt
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Post by snakehips on Oct 14, 2012 21:05:37 GMT
Hi there !
I can't imagine sitting at home on one of these things. Fine for gigs though, as it looks like it is designed for.
Personally, I prefer to stand while playing - as I've always done that. However, having played for 15 yrs with a top acoustic blues guitarist who almost always sits down while playing, I find myself sitting down more and more. ( I think I can only remember seeing him stand while playing TWICE in all our 15yrs playing together !). Fair enough, I sit down when playing boogie woogie piano during gigs - so tend to use my collapsable piano stool to sit on when playing my Nationals these days. Anything else though (Elmore James and Muddy Waters stuff mainly), I prefer to stand up. Means I can jig about and have a laugh with the audience, while playing. I get a bit bored watching musician(s) who just sit down all the way through their gig. Not like I'm expecting to see a dance routine or anything BUT moving around a bit, to the music just adds an air of enthusiasm into the gig, from the musician(s). Elvis couldn't sit still when he sang (and played guitar). Just saying !
A half decent kitchen chair without arms, when at home, is ideal as it places you in a good upright position.
A few years back, while looking for summer garden furniture with my wife, she was wondering why I was making our lives difficutlt, insisting on us finding comfortable garden chairs without arms. Well, sitting on cast iron garden furniture, trying to enjoy your guitar in the sun is difficult not to bash your treasured instrument into the front of the armrest. Either that or you have to sit uncomfortably on the front edge of the chair upright, instead of being able to lean back against the backrest and relax while playing a tune.
Not sure if hat helps much !!!
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Post by Matt on Oct 14, 2012 22:02:17 GMT
I move house fairly often so buying non-portable furniture isn't really on the cards, even kitchen chairs. Standing while playing at home isn't really what I'm after either, like to be on my backside after a day at work.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2012 22:38:49 GMT
I've got an old office swivel chair with arms I bought for £5 from work, and a dining room chair that had been dumped. Both are fine. Have a look on EBay or in charity shops.
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 14, 2012 22:53:22 GMT
As someone who prefers to sit with acoustic guitars, on stage I am quite fussy about what chair is provided by the venue. It just has to be the right height. Sometimes I have a folding chair in the car. It is to do more with lap steel playing than regular Spanish style, and playing lap steel sitting down without a guitar strap.
Drummers, pianists, pedal steel guitarists, cellists, classical guitarists....all require chairs and stools that are the correct height for them to play.
However, at home I am the opposite and sit on anything and everything...chair, sofa, arm of chair, stairs, amplifiers, coffee table, the dog,...anything, I even spend quite a lot of time playing kneeling down!
The guitar stool looks good, but I couldn't use it as I like to be nearer the ground when I play.
Shine On Michael
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Post by Bob Stockton on Oct 15, 2012 9:29:02 GMT
Michael, what breed of dog do you use? If I got the same dog but changed the collar for studded leather would it mprove the sound?
sorry, having a bad morning - can't find the dried frog pills.
Bob
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 15, 2012 10:03:06 GMT
Shine On Michael
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Post by Mark Makin on Oct 15, 2012 10:24:43 GMT
Hi Michael/ Bob I prefer this type as a footstool! Sorry!(slapped wrist) - Now we'll get pages of dog pictures
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Post by Stevie on Oct 15, 2012 19:56:54 GMT
Someone, if not yourself, is going to trip on that stool! How's about a shooting stick..... You can't get much more portable than that! I bought one of those Fender Custom Shop stools, more because it fitted in with the whole ethos of having a "music" room than anything else, but it has proved to be fantastic for the purpose. I can choose to use the footrail or otherwise. In the spirit of no lists, there will be no snapshots of her majesty, which should chime perfectly with MM! But there's no shortage of piccies of her neither on my dslr, nor on my phone.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2012 20:13:47 GMT
From the sole of my foot to my knee in a sitting position is about 22" height (25" if can ever find some platforms). The resting area for the guitar has got to at least be horizontal, if not angled down towards the crutch to prevent the guitar falling off. My thigh is about 5" thick from seat to where the guitar would be, so the maxzimum height of the stool should be should be a shade under 17", the precise height of my current stool. ;D TT
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Post by Stevie on Oct 15, 2012 22:34:33 GMT
Quod erat demonstrandum!
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Post by gouranga on Oct 16, 2012 5:49:52 GMT
Gerry... Where do you get the dried frog pills?? Are they male or female pills? Do you ever wake up in the morning with them bullfrogs on your mind. Got the bullfrog blues.
Take care and best wishes to all.
Ahm just walking the dog.
Gouranga
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Post by Keith Ambridge on Oct 16, 2012 16:22:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2012 17:47:17 GMT
If you do one keith, it would need some optional extras: beer holder, cigarette lighter, DVD player etc.
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Post by Stevie on Oct 16, 2012 19:15:27 GMT
It would also need to double on sax.
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