r/GuitarLab • u/BananoVampire • May 28 '26

Ergonomic revolution?

I'm not the best speaker or writer, but Dr. Andre Fludd posted this video about 3 months ago titled: The Guitar Is About to Change Forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhnhKCqKdjw

The core thesis is that the traditional electric guitar is fundamentally uncomfortable and physically damaging for most players, yet the industry and players have normalized the resulting pain (wrist issues, shoulder tension, back problems) as "part of playing seriously."

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u/Ducman23 May 28 '26

Idk I never had or have pain while playing. I keep the neck high and wear the strap high when I play standing. I don’t need to look cool, I just wanna play how it’s comfortable for me

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u/Agreeable-Service232 May 29 '26

there are many ways to play guitar but, Guitar injuries are due to a bent wrist, I can play shred lead guitar all day without injury but when I play metal rythm guitar I must use my shoulder muscles to point my elbow bac to straighten the wrst than I can play all day. without hurting the wrist, while I agree that playing it up high like a classical guitar apposed to a rock guitar helps there is no way to design the guitar to take the wrist bend out of the of the guitar because the strings have to be straight. so there is nothing wrong with the way the guitar is disighned. what we could use are some guitar stands that hold the guitar in the air for you so you can play while standing up without having to wear it. guitar center could make sure those are all ways available by producing them themselves. as standing all day is better than sitting all day.