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Topic: Stripes on the Arm |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 1 Sep 2008 6:46 pm |
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No, not corporal's stripes, but ten parallel stripes on the right arm.
After only a short time playing on the E9 neck my right arm gets sore from the C6 neck. Is it bad practice to rest your arm on the C6 neck ? |
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 1 Sep 2008 7:18 pm
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 12:31 pm Everyone knows that!
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YES! Yes! yes!
Bad habit!
Unnecessary!
Controversial!
Pickup covers ARE NOT arm rests and the C6th neck is not an upper torso resting place.
Think how Rick Alexander's stomach must look when he plays his QUAD FENDER!
On second tho't........forget I metnioned that. |
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 4:38 pm
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You mean Rick might have a new nickname: "The Zebra"  Sorry Rick I just had to throw this in!! |
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Zeek Duff
From:
Longmont, Colorado, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 5:15 pm Re: Stripes on the Arm
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[quote="Alan Brookes"
No, not corporal's stripes, but ten parallel stripes on the right arm.
After only a short time playing on the E9 neck my right arm gets sore from the C6 neck. Is it bad practice to rest your arm on the C6 neck ?[/quote]
Hi Alan,
I doubt you'll find many D-10 players who don't rest their arm there, I did too, but I put a folded towel over it to protect the strings AND my arm. However, I decided that was a poor way to use the guitar, so I swapped the D-10 for a U-12 and don't plan on ever looking back. I'm not great at it yet, but I can make music more than noise, and I love the extra options I didn't have on the D-10. But, I do have to watch how much I use the wrist lever, tends to make my neck sore after an hour or so. That's only 30 min more than I'm medically "permitted" to do anything repetitious, so... That's probably mostly due to 50+ years of 6 string, more hours than I care to think about. YMMV - but I DO love that BIG sound!!! 
Best regards,
...z
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 5:29 pm
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Zeek,I spend about 40% of my playing time on C6th but I have those stripes on my right arm that never go away. They will be visible in the morning when I first wake up. OK or not, I gott'em.
Jerry |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 6:18 pm
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I see I'm not the only one with the habit. Maybe at the next convention we should ask everyone to roll up their sleeves and see how many have lines.  |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 6:28 pm
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Alan, I think 54 years of playing has left a lot of marks on this old body. 
Jerry |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 8:27 pm
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| i've never had the full set, but definitely a partial. i wouldn't 'fret' about it! |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 2 Sep 2008 10:28 pm
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| No need fibbing about it Alan, we all know you've been cutting the cheese. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2008 8:48 am
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fwiw, This is how the Lloyd Green model came about.
A quote from Lloyd from another thread:
"As a point of fact, and although no one has asked me, I do NOT rest my left hand on the pad, only the right.
This idea of a padded steel was my idea of a more expedient and comfortable way to do my job of cutting records and what that idea became from that point on was largely out of my control. The euphemistic "Loafer", which came years later was Ron Lashley's Emmons guitar version of the Sho-Bud LDG.
I never suggest any player use single, double or anything else. Everyone must find their own comfort zone with playing and it serves no good purpose that I can see to criticize those who don't follow others concepts of right or wrong playing. Ultimately, you have to play music on the thing.
Regards,
Lloyd Green" |
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Mark Treepaz
From:
Hamburg, New York USA
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Posted 3 Sep 2008 10:06 am
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Thanks Pete - for that posting from Lloyd Green.
After reading some of the responses to Alans initial post, I sort of went into panic mode for a few moments thinking, "Oh no! ANOTHER bad habit that I'll have to work on breaking?". I do rest my right arm on my pad but not my left (well, sometimes). Then again, I have an LDG and not a D10.
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