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Topic: Short People...and new guitar builders..Dallas show??? |
David Biggers
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2011 6:37 am |
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Short people got nobody...short people got no reason to live...HA!
Heard this all my life.
I am 5'6" tall with short legs. I hope the guitar builders think ahead a little and bring some 1" under legs and rods so short people can get an idea of what thier guitar will feel like played at our proper height.
All the guitar at the show are too tall for me to play.
Carter always had one or two guitar under height for me to play. That is why I bought 3 new Carters at the show.
This may not be in the right section. If not you can move it. |
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Wayne Quinn
From:
Cape Breton.NovaScotia
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Posted 3 Mar 2011 7:31 am
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| Hi guys i'am new to the form here.and i love ever day of it that i'am here.such wonderfull talented people.and David i half to agree your right on with your idea.i spent 10 years playing a guitar that was to high for me.lol.thanks to Al Brisco at steel guitars canada we changed mine to proper height for me and it's a world of difference i even play a little better now.thanks .Wayne. Canada. |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 3 Mar 2011 7:51 am
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| I have the same problem with set ups at the show,,,I play universal set up exactly like Jeff Newman,,,Day set up with Es on right knee,,,you'd think Jeff set up would be fairly standard,,,but,,,alas,,there is no standard in PSG,,,,,have to live with and make the most,,,be like Johnny Cox,,,or Reece,,,play ANY tuning,,,LOL |
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Wayne Quinn
From:
Cape Breton.NovaScotia
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Posted 3 Mar 2011 5:46 pm
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| Yes i guess your right sonny. just sit down grinn and bear it and.play and if i could play like Reece i would play it on my lap lying in bed .lol |
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Billy Murdoch
From:
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 8:30 am
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David,
Fred Justice has a post in "Announcements"
saying He will have some short legs and rods for people to try His guitars.
Billy |
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 9:54 am
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Hey Dave...guess what I got in my trunk...?>..A Blue SD10 G2....Yep, and its 1" lower than standard...Wanna bring your pale and shovel and play in the sandbox?...LOL (PS I wasnt talking down to you!)...ROFL
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 11:13 am
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At least vertically challenged players can get under the guitars. I have the opposite problem, I have to raise all my guitars 1 1/2" - 2", so I can't play the show guitars either.
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David Biggers
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2011 3:29 pm
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Bragger! HA! HA! My guitar player is 6' 6" and if I wasn't sitting down we would look like a couple of odd balls on stage!
Mickey....sounds like a lot of fun. But playing in the sandbox? I don't know!!!! HA! HA!
Just who were you talking down to?
HA! HA! HA!
I am very think skinned and being a sales rep I get razzed all the time. |
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Rick Winfield
From:
Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
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Posted 5 Mar 2011 4:53 am short people
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At a lean mean 5'7", 
I'm in between, 1" shorter, and standard (26"??), but I've decided to extend the Levers a little bit.
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Mark Shuda
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2011 3:08 pm Steel guitars for Midgets
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Hey its not just little people that need guit fiddles!!
How about kids startin out early.
Sorry if I offended anyone. Been doin a little cocktailin' out of boardom.
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Wally Taylor
From:
Hardin, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 5:41 am
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| I am by far, no mechanical type of guy, but is there a reason that the legs could not be made simular to mic stands that are adjustable and a turnbuckle type ajustment for pedal rods to adjust length? This way, perhaps each player could adjust the steel for their particular comfort? |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 13 Apr 2011 5:47 pm
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| I wonder if they're building 'em closer to the floor? I can't get under a Zum (I'm 6'5"), and unfortunately, can't get under my new Desert Rose, either. |
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David Biggers
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2011 5:12 am
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| close it up please |
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