are most guitar parts for albums recorded sitting down?

[CarmenJuandeago]

just noticed then when i sit down my tremolo picking speed went up and just felt a lot more comfortable than i was when i was standing up....

also tom morello always has his guitar slung up pretty high...

 

now i dont even have my guitar slung that low its like... just barely covering the pelvis area a normal slung guitar

 

or is it just a higher guitar is easier to play no matter what?

[michael_B]

the higher the guitar, the less you are reaching, so yes, it is easier to play.

 

Are most recordings done while the guitarist is sitting? Hard to say, but probably more are recorded with the guitarist sitting down than you think.

 

Guitars slung low look cool on stage, but it also makes them harder to play, so you need to balance the dweeb factor with the ease of play factor.

[jak83]

Depending on how you actually like to grip the neck, playing sitting down or with the guitar slung high can make quite a bit of difference in comfort/ease of playing. It has to do with the position of your wrist. I can play leads exponentially easier with the neck high either via sitting down or a tighter strap.

[greatmutah]

Anything I've ever recorded I did my parts standing up. It's like Dimebag said, you don't go to war sitting down.

[Poltergeist]

depends if they were not high enough to be able to stand up:idk:

[lp_junkie]

My rhythm guitar and bass tracks I will do sitting down, leads I almost always stand up to record.

 

I'll do a rough mix of the basic tracks so I can have them blasting over the monitors and I will record leads direct off either of my head's recording out or my processors line outs.

[whyflipoverthefrog]

 

Anything I've ever recorded I did my parts standing up. It's like Dimebag said, you don't go to war sitting down.

 

There is no CTRL-Z when you're at war, either.

 

I'm sure all of his albums are one track, one take, mic to vinyl.

[citizens_X]

i record all my guitar tracks in the nude:thu:

[soundcreation]

Who knows as you can never really know unless you're in the studio. But I did find it interesting that the scenes in some kind of monster always showed james sitting down when he was recording parts for st. anger. I'd be willing to bet that was typical for him. I also found it interesting when they did the vocals to one of the songs james was just belting it out right at the control board with bob rock sitting right next to him. I suppose it could have been a rough take but it certainly looked like one for the album by Rock's instructions too him.

[Surfdude]

 

i record all my guitar tracks in the nude:thu:

 

 

This must be you....

 

 

 

Surfy

[GorillaSalsa]

 

It's like Dimebag said, you don't go to war sitting down.

 

 

But you don't go to war with a guitar/amp/pedalboard either.

[theAntihero]

the higher the guitar, the less you are reaching, so yes, it is easier to play. Are most recordings done while the guitarist is sitting? Hard to say, but probably more are recorded with the guitarist sitting down than you think. Guitars slung low look cool on stage, but it also makes them harder to play, so you need to balance the dweeb factor with the ease of play factor.

 

I seriously disagree with the higher=easier thing here. Are you a T-rex or something? If you sling your guitar where most guitarist do, i.e the waist, you are hardly reaching.

[BydoEmpire]

 

My rhythm guitar and bass tracks I will do sitting down, leads I almost always stand up to record.

That's interesting, I'm kind of opposite. I almost always do rhythm parts standing, but my leads are 50/50 standing vs. sitting.

 

It really depends on the song and what the leads are. I prefer playing standing, but for some more technical stuff or if it's just patching in lead bits and not an extended solo sitting is more comfortable (and if I'm at home recording it's easier to deal with the computer if I'm sitting right there). If I'm not getting a good vibe I'll switch it up - sometimes standing up lets you get into it more, sometimes sitting down lets you focus more. I think I did all the solo on my last album standing. Slide solos I almost always do sitting - I just have a lot more control.

 

I would expect there's a good mix out there, and it really depends on the genre.

[twotimingpete]

I think for virtually everyone, playing sitting is at least a little bit easier to play. so if you're making an album and no one can see you, you may as well be sitting down.

[milosch]

I play sitting down and pee standing up. I guess that's enough detail.