performance tricks

[nastrum]

does anyone know how to slingshot a guitar around yourself? i've seen it done a few times (blindside, static x) and it looks like there's some technical trick to it... not just tossing it one direction then catching it. so if anyone knows, i would appreciate the info.

-nastrum

[Tele Master]

Make sure the strap is only around your neck, because it won't work to well if its still around your arm.

Oh, and a tip..don't trip over the cable, now that its in front of you.

[SRVPlayer14]

I've seen Stevie do alot of stuff but idk how he does some of it (i've tried and surprised I still have a guitar in one piece, lol)

[Auron]

Yngwie malmsteen does it a lot too.

[zepp_rules]

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STRAPLOCKS


i've heard some bad stories from people who did it without them

[nastrum]

Tele, thanks for the tip. I tried it that way a few times but I must have the strap too loose. I have it holding the guitar out far enough to almost touch the ground when leaning over (leaves about 4 inches). Anyway, it slings out of control with it just around my neck. It randomly does one of these: comes loose from my neck, strap disconnects, strangles me, or hits the ceiling.

There are really only 3 problems when i try it with the strap in its normal place:

1. The strap comes loose and the guitar takes off into a wall.
2. I can't get the right trajectory to form a smooth circle and come back around, so there's too much force at a point and it loses momentum and ends up behind me.
3. The strap is sometimes cohesive to my shirt.

Obviously, problem 1 and 3 can be solved by a new strap, but I have a feeling that I'm going to break something trying to figure out #2.

Straplocks... good idea. I'm probably just going to get a new strap with integrated locks. Thanks for the tip.


-nastrum

[Edited by nastrum on 11-29-2003 at 11:54 PM]

[Tele Master]

When Stevie does it, he doesn't actually sling it around though. He kinda holds the guitar in one place, and turns his body around.

[SRVPlayer14]

Yea that's true, one thing he does to get the guitar from front to back is unhook his strap and then take it behind his back then rehook it (fast!) I've tried it but can't get it reconnected fast enough.

[u10ajf]

I've heard it called a "windmill" before. How does the jack lead not lead to a problem? Do performers of this action use radio jacks instead of leads?

[nastrum]

I've only seen two guitarists do it, Tripp Eisen from Static-X and Simon Grenehed of Blindside... both use radio-jacks. I don't think it can be done with a lead.