I get a few humorous comments about wearing my guitar up high. So, here’s why I do it. A long time ago I slung my guitar low. But then I started noticing that I was having problems playing stuff on the gig that I practiced at home.
It dawned on me that when I practiced at home, which was sitting down, my guitar was positioned very differently relative to me than when I was standing on the gig. I realized that in order for my hands and guitar to feel the same, regardless of whether I was standing or sitting, I needed to either stand up when I practiced or sit down when I was on the gig.
Well, neither of those things was going to happen, so the compromise was to first sit down, then get my guitar in a comfortable position relative to me, then adjust the strap so it would hold up the guitar as if it was on my knee, and then stand up.
Well, when I stood up, my guitar was not in gun-slinger position anymore. It was riding kinda high. But, that’s where it is and I’m stickin’ to it. I guess that’s ergonomics.
If it was good enough for George Harrison, it’s good enough for me.
