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Old 03-26-2019, 08:25 AM
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After this thread popped up I thought I'd pay attention to the weight of the resonator and acoustic when I played both sitting down. Most of the pressure I felt on my leg came from my arm draped on top of the guitars.
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Old 03-26-2019, 02:10 PM
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One problem that I've had with metal-bodied resos is that they tend to be heavy in the butt. That is, the metal lower bouts tend to make the guitar a bit unbalanced sitting on my right leg, and the bottom of the guitar tends to dive, pulling the neck up. A corresponding problem is that many do not have a very tight waist, and so when playing classical position (guitar on the left leg, body between the legs) the guitar wants to slip between the legs. Which is not a problem that I seem to have with my Rayco, which is a wood-bodied 00 size.

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Old 03-26-2019, 06:46 PM
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After this thread popped up I thought I'd pay attention to the weight of the resonator and acoustic when I played both sitting down. Most of the pressure I felt on my leg came from my arm draped on top of the guitars.
Oh right, I forgot about that, but that's always going to be there. I wonder if anyone has ever put an arm rest on a metal resonator... although I guess the amount of pressure transferred through the guitar body onto the thigh would be the same any way, with only the player's arm and shoulder benefiting from the armrest.
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Old 03-26-2019, 06:51 PM
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One problem that I've had with metal-bodied resos is that they tend to be heavy in the butt. That is, the metal lower bouts tend to make the guitar a bit unbalanced sitting on my right leg, and the bottom of the guitar tends to dive, pulling the neck up. A corresponding problem is that many do not have a very tight waist, and so when playing classical position (guitar on the left leg, body between the legs) the guitar wants to slip between the legs. Which is not a problem that I seem to have with my Rayco, which is a wood-bodied 00 size.

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Yeah, that's what roylor4 was saying. I guess if the left leg is elevated on a stool, then the right thigh / knee can get underneath the guitar a bit, so that the butt is pushed up?

They should make a metal reso with a helium chamber in it. Or hydrogen!
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Old 03-26-2019, 11:03 PM
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While I prefer to play sitting down, I can and do play standing, with the strap attached to the headstock. I have a NRP 12, steel. Its heavy, not as heavy as a german steel or brass (I think)
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Old 03-27-2019, 09:39 AM
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Yeah, that's what roylor4 was saying. I guess if the left leg is elevated on a stool, then the right thigh / knee can get underneath the guitar a bit, so that the butt is pushed up?

They should make a metal reso with a helium chamber in it. Or hydrogen!
And you'd get all those chipmunk-y high notes too!
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