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Originally Posted by stratkid
well after 30 min of practicing standing up, my neck and shoulder start to hurt.
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what kind of posture do you use?
are you slouching forward? one foot in front of the other? do you move a lot when you practice or just stand still? how low do you keep the guitar (chest / waist / knees)? do you have osteoporosis or scoliosis?
if a strat on a strap is causing you pain in your neck and shoulder within a half hour i'm pretty sure the problem isn't the guitar. you either have weak bones and a complete lack of upper body strength or you're posing/grooving in a way that the full weight of the instrument + the force of whatever movement is being channeled and focused onto your collarbone.
as said many times before a wider strap could alleviate some of the issues, same with a minor vertical adjustment (upwards). really though, the average strat is about 8 pounds, something is not right if that minimal of a weight is causing major issues.