I don’t know how this happened, but I’m seeing it quite a bit these days. Somehow it has become “cool” or just “the thing” to have your guitar strap adjusted so low that your guitar is swinging at your knee caps. I have no idea how such a thing has infected the guitar community. And no offense metal rockers, but I see it a lot with you.

If you are doing this, it really hinders your guitar playing.

Let’s look at why.

Think about when you practice guitar…

I often practice guitar with it sitting on my lap. My guess is that most of you probably do too. It usually isn’t till a performance or a show that comes up where I throw on the guitar strap.

Now, when you practice guitar, think about where the position of the guitar is in relationship to your body. For me, the body of the guitar rests on one of my legs, which puts the guitar right smack in front of [...]