-nastrum
performance tricks
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
-nastrum
# 1
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.
Oh, and a tip..don't trip over the cable, now that its in front of you.
Electric Guitars are the inspiration for cries of "Turn that damn thing down"-Gibson website
# 2
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)
# 3
# 4
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE STRAPLOCKS
i've heard some bad stories from people who did it without them
i've heard some bad stories from people who did it without them
To improve technique and of course trying to keep all as clean as possible. I know my own limits and speed limits and so on I never play anything I'm not capable of. That wouldn't make any sense. After three years of playing I tried to play everything as fast as possible and that sounded, I would say, like shit, and I didn't realize that if I'd play bit slower things than I was capable of playing then everything would sound much better.
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
--Aleksi Laiho - Advice to Play By
# 5
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]
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]
# 6
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.
Electric Guitars are the inspiration for cries of "Turn that damn thing down"-Gibson website
# 7
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.
# 8
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?
If I couldn't laugh at myself how could I laugh at someone less ridiculous?
# 9
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.
# 10
