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Topic: Backrest on pac-a-seat or not? |
Dave Manion
From:
Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 4:09 pm |
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Hi there,
About to splurge and buy a new pacaseat. Will I be kicking myself down the road if I don't get a backrest?
Pros or cons to having one?
Thanks for any thoughts,
Dave |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 5:16 pm
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Get the backrest.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 5:19 pm
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I rarely use the backrest when playing, since I address the guitar from the front of the seat with my back upright.
When the backrest is useful is during those moments when I'm not playing, and simply relaxing and not spending energy on keeping myself upright.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 5:22 pm
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I sometimes use the backrest when playing, if my back starts getting sore from poor posture. Then I scoot the seat forward and make myself sit upright against the back. Herb doesn't have that issue because he's smart enough to sit right
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 5:24 pm
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What herb said!  |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 6:05 pm
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Herb took the words right out of mouth. I say, get the backrest.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 7:31 pm
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| I had both. Never again used the one without the backrest. |
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Andy Eder
From:
North Florida, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 7:47 pm
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| I must have the backrest! |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 8:07 pm
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Having owned many seats over the years, starting with a Duane Marrs ShoBud backless seat, I would really recommend the "backed' version. Most people don't use it when actually playing, but the difference in available support and posture, while waiting between songs or sets, when resting over long sound checks, etc. is worth gold in giving you options for the lower back muscles. Of course I'm old… but I've had that opinion since my first seat with a back.
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 8:56 pm
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| I've got two pac-a-seats-an Elite Seat and in 2003, I got my current pac-a-seat, an Out West. The Elite's got a back, but the Out West doesn't. Both are comfortable for me. The Out West is probably my favorite and it's the one I use when I play steel guitar shows in Georgia, at home, and at my church. |
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Jim Cooley
From:
The 'Ville, Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 9:08 pm
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| Backrest-definitely. |
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2016 9:21 pm
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| Another vote for "with". You won't be sorry you got it. |
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Howard Steinberg
From:
St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 6:06 am
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Without the back rest it's easy to adjust your position on the seat. I think that this particularly holds true for tall people. After some years without the backrest, I started having some back pain following 15 minutes of sitting. I broke down and ordered a backrest from the manufacturer of my seat, which helped with my situation. I would say to get the back rest unless you think it's worth a try to go back rest less. Installing the seat back, after the fact, is pretty easy.
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 7:24 am Back rest
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| Others may have a better / cheaper source, but I bought a replacement bass boat style seat at Walmart for $15.00. , just to get the hinges. They are the exact ones that some of the better steel seats come with. Adding a back was easy, as all the holes in the hinges are pre-drilled. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 7:39 am
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I have two Steelers' Choice seats with back-rests.
I'm old and have lower-back pain - the rests are invaluable to me. Quite apart from the time we spend not playing (I, too, do not use the rest when actually playing steel - wrong posture) I've found myself taking one of my seats to orchestra-pit jobs when I'm not playing steel. Playing guitar or banjo during a two hour show I find myself leaning back as I play - I can't imagine the effort that would be needed to sit upright without any help!
I say 'Get that back-rest'.
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 8:33 am
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I guess that I'm the odd-man-out. I removed the back off my seat.
It encouraged bad posture, made the bench "tippy" when unseated and more of a pain to transport. With the back, it's awkward to carry and takes up more space when loading gear. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 8:36 am
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I'm never even tempted to lean back when playing steel - that's just counter-productive - but I spend too much time laying out to not have something to lean on. 
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 11:05 am
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PRO...Backrest
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Dave Manion
From:
Boise, Idaho, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 11:23 am
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Wow, some great feedback here guys! Much appreciated.
I need to keep working in my posture (I tend to favor one hip or the other a little, and do a little slouching), but having the backrest to "give you options" while not playing seems pretty ideal.
I currently have an old Sho bud seat a friend reupholstered with motorcycle seat material. I wish that was offered instead of the cloth I see the new makers using, but they say it's tough and keeps you cooler. I just hope it holds up "in the van".
Thanks again for the advice. Love the forum!
Dave |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 13 Feb 2016 1:02 pm
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| Roger Rettig wrote: |
| I'm never even tempted to lean back when playing steel - that's just counter-productive - but I spend too much time laying out to not have something to lean on. |
I only lean back when I am not playing. I couldn't play with my back against the backrest. I tried because of the 2 herniated disks in my lower back.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 14 Feb 2016 3:41 am
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+1 .....Backrest 
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Norbert Dengler
From:
germany
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Posted 14 Feb 2016 4:05 am
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not for me, i`m 54 but still in good shape, i swap from steel to guitar and 5 string banjo so the simple seat suits better to me.
and it`s easier to carry |
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Bob Blair
From:
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 14 Feb 2016 8:26 am
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| I am in a theatre production this weekend, and I was thinking that a backrest would be a fine thing to have - a lot of sitting listening to the play and waiting for the next song. I don't currently have one and I like the fact that my seat is very compact, but I can see the advantage in a situation like that. |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 14 Feb 2016 8:29 am
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Right, Bob - and it looks better than the alternative: slumped over the steel guitar fast asleep!
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Roger Rettig: Emmons D10, B-bender Teles and Martins - and, at last, a Gibson Super 400!
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