The Steel Guitar Forum

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?

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

If anything, I tilt it toward me slightly.

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

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.

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

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.

Jerry Byrd angled his console steels slightly.
Aloha

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

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.

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.

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.