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Stupid question - what is a 'couch guitar'?
The obvious answer is a guitar you can play while on the couch. However I can easily sit on my couch and play a dread as easily as my parlor. Now if I try to actually sit cross legged on the couch (feet not touching the floor) a parlor is a must.
What does the term mean to you and how are you seated when you play on the couch? |
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.....Mike |
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hey mike, you have one too! what are the odds...
i think a guitar shaped like a sofa would be cool. the chesterfield deluxe. seriously, paul, i couldn't play a dread on my couch. the lower bout would push into the cushion forcing the neck to point towards the floor. i think that is what a couch guitar is, something smaller bodied that is easy to play while sitting on a couch. |
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That's too funny. ......Mike
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I'd say it has to do with the stature of the player. I'm a stocky (bordering on overweight) 5'7" and a dread isn't super comfortable sitting down, but a 000/OM totally is. I can definitely sit and play a dread, but a 000 or smaller for me lets me sit back, put my feet up, etc and still have a good playing position.
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Hi Paul, a couch guitar is a guitar that is comfortable for a player to play on the couch. Usually it's a smaller guitar but if you have no problem playing a dread while relaxing on the couch watching tv, then that's your couch guitar.
Are you playing the dread sitting back in the couch or on the end? |
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Yes, it suggests a guitar we might play without 'assuming the position,' doesn't it, which probably means a smaller and cheaper model.
It's also an excellent excuse to buy another guitar! |
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To me a couch guitar is one that lives out and about in the home, always within reach as opposed to a guitar that spends it's down time in a case. If it gets dinged up, who cares? It's a couch guitar. All that matters is that it plays well, feels comfortable and sounds good enough.
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...maybe a couch potato
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Check my signature and guess which one is the ranch guitar. Nope. Not the Martin... There's a reason the ranch guitar is named "Brute"...
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Hey All,
Scallywag said it for me - that and out on the deck or in the back of the jeep... -Ed-
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...Spent all I had to buy this Martin An I been richer since I did Even though I can't afford to change the strings... from Blaine Larsen's Song "If Merle Would Sing My Song" |
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Don't forget your matching bed guitar. Couch guitar to me is a good small and sweet noodling guitar kept by the couch for good low volume practice, usually no electronics on it unlike the ones you find on my stage guitars. I'm 5'3 so parlors and 000s are the ideal. I used to have an art and lutherie nylon parlor which was the perfect couch guitar and I stupidly sold it.
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If it's found in the hands of a couch potato, it's definitely a couch guitar.
Otherwise, it's one of those person/environment fit relativities. |