Ok, now I understand LP weight complaints

[DrewJD82]

Right around the 2.5 hour mark last night I started feeling the burn and all the years of laughing at people complaining about 9.5lb guitars came rushing to my head.

Definitely not enough of an issue to make me NOT want to play it, I’ll GLADLY deal with the weight because it sounds so damn good, but damn….I wasn’t expecting that!

 

[la szum]

Yup. It's an "Am I really past 40?" realization.

 

[DrewJD82]

Yup. It's an "Am I really past 40?" realization.

A double whammy at that as I never even gave a sh*t about LP’s until after I turned 40!

 

[jellodog]

Sold off the Les Pauls here... weight was one of the contributing factors.

I'll probably get shit for typing that. Then again, this ain't that other place.

 

[la szum]

The weight is real. I never gave a shit until I gave a shit.

 

[jellodog]

My Cutlass on the other hand... it has a little chain anchored to the body which is secured to a bag of lead shot on the ground. Stops it floating off when I put it down.

#tips-from-the-pros

 

[Sleezy E]

Sold off the Les Pauls here... weight was one of the contributing factors.

I'll probably get s**t for typing that. Then again, this ain't that other place.

Not heavy at all sitting on my lap...

 

[DrewJD82]

People are gonna be thinking I keep my straps so low for a look when it’s entirely because I need my hips to support the guitar instead of my lower back.

 

[fretworn]

 

[TubeStack]

9 and I'm fine. Over that can get uncomfortable. Also matters how it's distributed on the guitar.

 

[DrewJD82]

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Does that do anything for the back, though? I‘m sure it’s all kinds of comfy on the shoulder.

 

[fretworn]

Does that do anything for the back, though? I‘m sure it’s all kinds of comfy on the shoulder.

Stretch your hamstrings … lower back?

Or higher?

 

[spawnofthesith]

 

[Sleezy E]

Stretch your hamstrings … lower back?

Or higher?

 

[fretworn]

Does that do anything for the back, though? I‘m sure it’s all kinds of comfy on the shoulder.

Get one for each foot and stand on it …

 

[Gearzilla]

 

[DrewJD82]

Stretch your hamstrings … lower back?

Or higher?

My lower back is what took the beating, but it’s a big ole tangle of f*cked up in that area to begin with.

 

[-BOOGIEMAN-]

@DrewJD82

 

[fretworn]

My lower back is what took the beating, but it’s a big ole tangle of f*cked up in that area to begin with.

Learn to touch/hold your toes regularly; long stretches … It will relieve the pull on your lower back significantly

 

[DrewJD82]

Learn to touch/hold your toes regularly; long stretches … It will relieve the pull on your lower back significantly

I’m pretty good about stretching in the morning before I start the day as a result of throwing my back out putting on socks one too many times. Gonna have to start yoga classes for LP weight relief.