Hip strap for guitars, any thoughts?

[bry4321]

This morning my old backpacking brain kicked in and thought "what if guitar straps put the weight on your hips instead of your shoulders?" Of course, someone already thought of that. This one requires putting a hole in your guitar for their strap. If I had back problems I might give it a try. 

 

Also found this one, which attaches with SUCTION CUPS to the back of the guitar:

And this one:

 

[Jimbilly]

  I had a back injury 2 years ago, a collapsed vertebrae (T9 iirc), I'm still slowing improving, I bring a stool and sit as needed, which is less and less, little by little.   Lightweight instruments help too.  Something like the above might help but I'm getting by ok, if I was better at doing my pt, that would also help! 

[specialk]

1 hour ago, bry4321 said:

This morning my old backpacking brain kicked in and thought "what if guitar straps put the weight on your hips instead of your shoulders?" Of course, someone already thought of that. This one requires putting a hole in your guitar for their strap. If I had back problems I might give it a try. 

A little extreme, but it makes sense. 

[bry4321]

2 hours ago, Jimbilly said:

 Lightweight instruments help too.  

This is probably the most reasonable approach. 

[crunchee]

For a second, I thought the topic might be about Couch straps again, or whatever else is trendy nowadays: 

 

[Disturber]

[hamerhead]

[Brooks]

I'm not there yet, but its good to know these options are out there.

[kizanski]

If a 10 pound guitar is going to make you reach for the Advil, it's time for some Farmer Carrys.

[MCChris]

On 9/2/2024 at 1:39 PM, bry4321 said:

This is probably the most reasonable approach. 

That approach also gives you the opportunity to reject guitars for sale that you couldn't afford to buy anyway, but still felt like grilling the seller about the weight.

[svl]

He said "reach around"....

[beezerboy]

first thoughts...... hmmmmmm... so thats what happens after the operation