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I have one of these - yes, very versatile. I usually play with right leg over left, but for long sessions the Guitarlift gets the neck up to a nice angle without the nut being too far away...
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As I’m reading this thread and looking at the photos, I’m realizing that one of the advantages of my cross-legged position (knee over thigh rather than ankle over thigh) is that it lifts the guitar and makes it natural to tilt it backwards a bit so the top back edge is resting against my chest. This mitigates the “leaning over the guitar” issue, because the guitar is leaning toward me. It doesn’t mind, because it doesn’t have a spine.
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Smaller acoustics/electrics I play on my right leg/with right leg elevated by placing on footstool or crossing my legs. If I'm playing my Lowden O35, I have to play classical position, with a footstool. Otherwise I was getting pain in my right shoulder because of how massive it is!
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I found this video by Michael Chapdelaine on guitar position very informative.
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He doesn't mention it in the video (although there's a reference in the linked text), but his preferred position is traditional for flamenco guitar. I play several styles of music that way (on the same nylon-string guitar) and it works well. Nowadays, you see a lot of flamenco guitarists playing in the cross-legged position, but the traditional position is still very popular, especially when accompanying. Typically, guitarists will use both, switching as needed to remain comfortable.
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I was exacerbating back problems using a footstool (not classical style however) because I still bent slightly over the guitar. As we get older it doesn’t take much, especially if you play every day as I do. Now I use a regular guitar strap set relatively high with all my guitars and try to keep a straight back when playing. This seems to have solved the problem for me.
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However, with some of the guitar supports that are available, you can be in that exact position with the guitar perfectly balanced.
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