Q for those who play standing with a stand

Christopher Blood · Post by **Christopher Blood** » 11 Jan 2023 9:23 am

Do you angle the fretboard away from you (towards the audience) when you play standing?
Seems like I'm able to have flatter (more comfortable) wrist angle thst way.
How about you?

Peter Jacobs · Post by **Peter Jacobs** » 11 Jan 2023 10:15 am

When I use my Supro on legs, I do give it a little forward tilt. I also move the peghead end a little bit forward — it’s closer to how I would play it on my lap or standing with a strap

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 11 Jan 2023 11:09 am

If anything, I tilt it toward me slightly.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 11 Jan 2023 12:09 pm

I try to set mine up as flat as a tabletop.

Bill Sinclair · Post by **Bill Sinclair** » 11 Jan 2023 7:38 pm

Jack Hanson wrote:I try to set mine up as flat as a tabletop.

Me too. Mainly cuz it drives our obsessive compulsive drummer nuts if I don't.

David Matzenik · Post by **David Matzenik** » 12 Jan 2023 1:25 pm

Flat. And I switch between standing, and a bar stool, which makes the VP easier.

David Soreff · Post by **David Soreff** » 13 Jan 2023 10:59 am

I tend to lean my steel forward a bit, and I also "lower" the headstock side...much like Casey Olsen, one of Hawaii's steel guitar greats.

Tom Snook · Post by **Tom Snook** » 13 Jan 2023 12:00 pm

Jerry Byrd angled his console steels slightly.
Aloha

Tim Whitlock · Post by **Tim Whitlock** » 13 Jan 2023 12:42 pm

Christopher I angle my consoles slightly forward for the exact reason you mentioned.

Jean-Paul Bataille · Post by **Jean-Paul Bataille** » 14 Jan 2023 6:34 am

I angle all my instrument to ease the wrist. I play the instruments on my lap, so I velcro something under the body to that effect. You can see one example on the modified Blackbird Rider carbon guitar on my You Tube channel.
I installed a wooden contraption under the National also.
For the puppet show the weissenborn is put slightly angled on a stand (I sit on a rolling stool because I have to move from playing to manipulating and back).
I always found the flat position ergonomically wrong.

Jean-Sebastien Gauthier · Post by **Jean-Sebastien Gauthier** » 15 Jan 2023 11:09 am

I do! At first simply to do like Jerry Byrd (can't only the thing to do!) and after I realized that its more comfortable and look better for the audience. Probably something between 5 and 10 degrees.

Dom Franco · Post by **Dom Franco** » 16 Jan 2023 12:51 pm

I keep my steel guitar perfectly flat, front to back and side to side. That is exactly why I use a stand because playing on my lap (especially with a volume pedal) makes the steel wobbly and tilted across my knees.