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Here's my headless Ibanez :)
(lemmy.nz)
I've been playing this beauty almost every day for a few months now, probably about 30 minute sessions on average. I started to play some today but my fretting hand was giving me some not-so-good feelings when I was playing some bar chord heavy stuff so I decided to wait... This has been happening infrequently, and I had a pretty good session yesterday, so I figure I'm probably still recovering from that.
I was eyeballing that brand too before I pulled the trigger on this one, but holy shit they are expensive! You should do a post about that one if you'd like to.
Definitely agree on the pick fumbling. I've typically been palming the pick with my middle finger after picking, but it's still an awkward little extra movement to have to do. I'll take that tradeoff though 😁
Your comment about your fretting hand giving you problems is kinda why I was looking at strandberg in the first place. I picked up skateboarding as a Covid hobby and my 30 year old wrist didn’t like falling on it, that left me in a similar situation to you where I could get a half hour of low intensity playing before it was just too uncomfortable to keep going. They advertise their neck profile is some hyper ergonomic design, and maybe I drank the koolaid but I swear it made a huge difference. I’m finally back to normal and I still find it more comfortable to play than my traditional necked instruments.
Maybe I’ll do a lil writeup.
Very interesting. Now you've got me wanting to play one. I've watched a few reviews before, so I know about the angular neck design. I wouldn't have made the connection about it potentially alleviating wrist pains though 🤔 I may have to do some more research. I also feel like part of it could be from my posture (I don't think I've ever had 'proper' posture when playing).
Looking forward to it!