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Topic: Who uses a back rest? |
John Neff
From:
Athens, GA
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Posted 15 Mar 2009 4:07 pm |
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| I understand the importance of good posture while playing. I'm wondering if having a seat with a back rest would keep me behind the guitar for longer practice sessions, if only to "take a load off" every 10 - 15 minutes instead of slouching down on the pad or getting up and planting myself on the couch. I would assume that leaning back while playing isn't the best idea for everyone, but maybe for some. Any leaners? |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2009 4:13 pm
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| 'Zackly. I'm a fan of the backrest for a lean in between songs, to stretch the muscles now and then, and to be able to change stresses on the back to keep from getting sore. Good thing. |
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2009 5:28 pm Bach Rest
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Me I suggest a blonde about 20 to 45. to rub you baack and masage you fingers that pick the strings and hand that holds the bar. She doesn't have to be a real intellectual as you don't want a lotta uselessbanter to distract you from your main task. IMHO Of Course. If this offends any blonded insert the color of hair you like or thank you can get away with
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 15 Mar 2009 8:17 pm
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I use a seat with a backrest for shows. It's an Elite Seat.
Brett
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Dwight Lewis
From:
Huntsville, Alabama
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Posted 15 Mar 2009 8:44 pm Backrest
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I use a TAMA drummers throne with adjustable height and adjustable back rest. It is the business.
Dwight
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 2:58 am
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| Just played my first gig with my new seat with a back rest this weekend. I was great! Why didn't someone think of it 30 yars ago! |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 5:02 am
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I've used steel seats with backrests since the late 80's. Only way to go.
I currently have a Steeler's Choice "sidekick" model with backrest. |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 2:46 pm
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I have a great SteelSeat.Com chair with back rest, but honestly I scoot forward when I play and don't even use the back rest when playing. I DO use it and love it when NOT playing, relaxing and talking with the band, club customers, students in my teaching studio, etc. For live gigging I could generally live without it, honestly.
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 3:00 pm
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I love the back rest... but beware!... if you fail to latch the seat cushion to the main body of the seat... and decide to lean back to stretch those musles, you'll look like a complete idiot as you fall backwards off the seat.
Only did it once. :-)
I still however, take a double take to make sure the lid latches are connected so all the gear doesn't fall out of the seat when you pick it up to load out. Done that more then once <g>. |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 3:23 pm
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SteelSeat.Com backs are some sort of boat-seat hinge, it goes back to one location and can go no further, so they don't have that same problem, thank goodness. They have a little strap and button that just keeps the backrest in closed position.
I have, like Jeff, inadvertently dumped the seat contents by forgetting to close the lid latch, dang!
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 6:03 pm
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| I don't like pack-a-seats with backs. I've had 4 different seats in the years I've been playing. One of those was an Elite seat with a back-rest. Not only did I not like the way it carried when folded up, I was constantly scraping my arms (on the backrest) to the bleeding point/ This was when reaching behind to adjust something or grab something. The folding metal rails that hold the back on the Elite have sharp ends and will cut you if you're not careful. (BAD DESIGN) Also I could never find leg tips that would fit the Elite properly, and as the result that bare metal scratched our hardwood floor in the house and made my wife very upset. I only used that seat about 2 months then went back to my old Cushcase seat without the back. I'm now planning on getting a new Steelers Choice seat without the back as well. My vote here is for NO BACKRESTS. They don't work for me. |
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Damien Odell
From:
Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 8:40 pm
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| I use a seat with a back-rest. I couldn't get by without it - just don't do what I did at a gig once and lean back to stretch your muscles between songs and tip the seat over, it's no fun at all. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 9:02 pm
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Exactly what john McClung said.
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2009 11:34 pm
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| How quickly we forget the days when finding a clean fold-up metal chair at the gig was the seat of choice. I still own my original SHO~BUD padded seat. I thought I went to heaven when I first got it back in the 70's. We're lucky to have such a nice choice to pick from these days.... back or no back. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 17 Mar 2009 4:48 am
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Jeff,
I do remember those days, bought my own padded metal chair, later graduated to a pacseat. I just recently installed a back on mine...Don't know why I waited so long, my old wore out back loves it.
Bill
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 17 Mar 2009 6:08 pm
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| After using my ShoBud packaseat for 25 yrs, my wife bought me a Walker Seat for Christmas 3 yrs ago. I've been using it exclusively, now. But, I rarely lean back when I'm playing, so, I'm not aware of any support from it. I use the backrest between songs, though. I'm thankful for that. |
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2009 6:21 pm
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| Bill... ditto on the back support. In the cold months, its also a nice place to hang my winter jacket. :-) |
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