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  • #31
    Re: Stool or chair for playing

    Originally posted by Demanic View Post
    Well, I guess that that's the next level.
    I look forward to the day when I can play anything while holding a conversation about nothing related to what I am playing.
    A long way forward, indeed.

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    Well, I didn't say I did that or a conversation was the goal, or even say I was good at it -but I definitely want consistent freedom of movement on the fretboard without studying and shoegazing the fretboard while I'm playing a gig.
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    • #32
      Re: Stool or chair for playing

      Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
      Ha -I remember that - I thought it was Robert Fripp, but I could be wrong. Mincer will know if I'm right.
      Even if you said the guys name I probably wouldn’t remember who he was. Lol

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      • #33
        Re: Stool or chair for playing

        Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
        Ha -I remember that - I thought it was Robert Fripp, but I could be wrong. Mincer will know if I'm right.
        Fripp has always played sitting down since 1969. I've done tons of gigs sitting, too. I use the Gator stool with the back that ehdwuld posted above. It works fine, but won't last. It doesn't fold well, and it isn't as heavy duty as a drum throne. Good for the living room, but not in the back of a van for gigging.
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        • #34
          Re: Stool or chair for playing

          You need not pay this much for one, but these or the like work fine. I use an older one that's been around forever. No padding on it, but if buying new, I might get padding. They fold up, they're durable, they'e not over-engineered, they don't have arms to get in the way.

          https://www.modernofficefurniture.com/vipastfoch.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopp ing&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm _campaign=&utm_creative=416851518916&gclid=EAIaIQo bChMIsefW0_Kk6QIVjh6tBh0QawSrEAQYECABEgK7TvD_BwE


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          Last edited by ItsaBass; 05-08-2020, 12:31 PM.
          Originally posted by LesStrat
          Yogi Berra was correct.
          Originally posted by JOLLY
          I do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.

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          • #35
            Re: Stool or chair for playing

            Originally posted by ItsaBass View Post
            You need not pay this much for one, but these or the like work fine. I use an older one that's been around forever. No padding on it, but if buying new, I might get padding. They fold up, they're durable, they'e not over-engineered, they don't have arms to get in the way.

            https://www.modernofficefurniture.com/vipastfoch.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopp ing&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm _campaign=&utm_creative=416851518916&gclid=EAIaIQo bChMIsefW0_Kk6QIVjh6tBh0QawSrEAQYECABEgK7TvD_BwE


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            I've actually got several of these in the building I use for cookouts, etc. Hadn't even thought about it. I'm going to try these, a drum throne, my wife's office chair, and whatever else I can get my hands on to see what works and is most comfortable. Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
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            • #36
              Re: Stool or chair for playing

              Originally posted by ehdwuld View Post
              I linked one from amazon like that in post #16
              Ok


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              • #37
                Re: Stool or chair for playing

                Originally posted by The Dali View Post
                Ok


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                Yours look much nicer though
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                • #38
                  Re: Stool or chair for playing

                  Originally posted by v8stang289 View Post
                  I've actually got several of these in the building I use for cookouts, etc. Hadn't even thought about it. I'm going to try these, a drum throne, my wife's office chair, and whatever else I can get my hands on to see what works and is most comfortable. Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
                  My only issue with these types of chairs is that the cheap pop metal they are made from snaps at the crimps pretty regularly -I've sat down on one before with a guitar and the chair either twists and breaks or snaps at once and I go back first into the ground clutching my guitar.

                  and I'm not fat but I am tall and heavier than the average dude, so I don't know if others have had this happen....

                  looks like the one he posted may be a stronger version -so that may do the trick.
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                  • #39
                    Re: Stool or chair for playing

                    Have a wooden stool that I use at Church. Have played 4 to 5 hours without a break at times so---.
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                    • #40
                      Re: Stool or chair for playing

                      Depending of the wood...
                      Smartphone Zombies won't shred

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                      • #41
                        Re: Stool or chair for playing

                        Now seriously : for me anywhere. This includes sitting on the floor, on a bed, a chair (bit no armchair !) or standing helding the guitar on a knee and the foot on whatever...

                        Remember it is good to also practise standing. If you play in in a band you stand (with some exceptions like Robert Fripp for example).

                        Stool choice is more important to pianists actually (think of Glenn Gould).
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                        • #42
                          Re: Stool or chair for playing

                          Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
                          My only issue with these types of chairs is that the cheap pop metal they are made from snaps at the crimps pretty regularly -I've sat down on one before with a guitar and the chair either twists and breaks or snaps at once and I go back first into the ground clutching my guitar.

                          and I'm not fat but I am tall and heavier than the average dude, so I don't know if others have had this happen....

                          looks like the one he posted may be a stronger version -so that may do the trick.
                          I don't know the quality of that one I posted. I was just illustrating the basic design.

                          The one I have is built very well. I can't imagine it breaking unless pitched off a skyscraper or smashed at with a sledgehammer.

                          With better build comes more weight, of course. But even so, I wouldn't call a nice one "heavy" by any means.

                          They're very common yard sale or swap meet chairs. Probably the older they are, the better built they are, in general...and old ones will be cheap. To get a brand new one of comparable quality, it will probably be many dollars in comparison (and you can't even get a proper feel for the quality until it arrives in the mail).

                          I always referred to them as "Samsonite folding metal chairs," but I'm not sure if Samsonite is actually the originator of that design.
                          Last edited by ItsaBass; 05-11-2020, 12:16 PM.
                          Originally posted by LesStrat
                          Yogi Berra was correct.
                          Originally posted by JOLLY
                          I do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.

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                          • #43
                            Re: Stool or chair for playing

                            Originally posted by ItsaBass View Post
                            I don't know the quality of that one I posted. I was just illustrating the basic design.

                            The one I have is built very well. I can't imagine it breaking unless pitched off a skyscraper or smashed at with a sledgehammer.

                            With better build comes more weight, of course. But even so, I wouldn't call a nice one "heavy" by any means.

                            They're very common yard sale or swap meet chairs. Probably the older they are, the better built they are, in general...and old ones will be cheap. To get a brand new one of comparable quality, it will probably be many dollars in comparison (and you can't even get a proper feel for the quality until it arrives in the mail).

                            I always referred to them as "Samsonite folding metal chairs," but I'm not sure if Samsonite is actually the originator of that design.
                            I have seen those chairs take a beating on WWE week after week without failing
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                            Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
                            Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
                            Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
                            Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
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                            • #44
                              Re: Stool or chair for playing

                              I practice standing, too...but when I sit, I use a strap as well, and the guitar doesn't rest on my leg- this is so my back can remain straight. When I stand up, the guitar is in the same place on my body, and the angles of the wrists and arms are all the same...I don't want to learn 2 ways to hold my body.
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                              • #45
                                Re: Stool or chair for playing

                                I prefer a chair, but one without arms.

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