OK so I have determined that I need a chair that is about 22 to 24 imches high for my best posture and plying comfort. I have seen drum thrones that adjust to that high. Wondering what ohers use. Do you prefer a drum throne, or one with a back rest ? Have you found a great chair ? what is it.
I have lost significant weight this year and this has prompted changes in quitar posture.
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My guitar stool is adjustable with a backrest and a foot rest. Similar to one of these. Wish the footrest was also adjustable
I tried an Amazon drum throne. It didnāt work because the cushion was as hard as a rock. So I was off drum thrones until I found a Roland one at Guitar Center that was like a cloud. I bought that. However I also liked the height of a 24 in barstool seat and foot ring. So I bolted the Roland cushion to the barstool frame. Then I wanted a back rest. I had a Fender guitar chair that I bought two years ago, I took the back rest off of that and bolted it to my chair. So I have a Frankenstein chair but itās got all the features. Comfy seat, swivel with backbrest, with 24in height.
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Great subject Dean, Iāll be watching closely. I am thinking of changing my chair at the moment but just canāt find anything that looks like it might fit the bill any better than what I have 
Might have to just make myself a footrest.
Hi Dean
I have a special custom-made kĆ¼schall 
ā¦ and for a year+ with a removable armrest, armrests are bad for your guitar sitting position (the left armrest I still take off way too little), and the cushion I have makes me feel like Iām āThe Princess and the peaā
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I just play on a wooden dining table chair (it has no arms) as my house is too small for extra furnitureā¦ although I suppose I could go all in with the guitar and chuck out the dining table, itās rarely used for actually eating meals!
I play on a 40 year old typing chair with no arms or standing up.
I got me a gaming chair.
It has the folding arms which was the reason I got a new chair a bit ago. The old one had fixed arms. Agree with others. Arm chairs are a hindrance. But the ones with folding arms are just dandy.
It goes up and down, swivels + has them folding arms. It also tilts back and forth and is adj. for tilt stiffness.
I think itās a rather ridged, stiff sitting chair but it really is what I need.
Itās also my this chair for my work. When Iām doing paper work or computer work.
Multi purpose is good I think.
I also watch my netflix or whatever in it. Itās my all around chair. Pretty much the only chair I use in my house.
I donāt game so was a bit Leary of getting a gaming chair. But it really is just perfect for many uses and works perfect for playing guitar on.
Indoor chair ($75 swivel typist chair), outdoor chair (patio chair with thick pads added). I have little meat on my old bones and a wonky lower back, so so sitting comfortably and proper posture are key.
I wanted a āperfect heightā chair so my thighs would be perfectly horizontal when I sit, so I bought a used, well-padded drum throne with a backrest from someone on Craigslist. Although I donāt lean back onto it, the backrest helped me keep good posture and did relive some lower-back discomfort.
This is what it looks like:
Now I find it just as comfortable to sit on a 24ā barstool (like the oneās at guitar stores with āFenderā or āGibsonā logos on the seat pad) and set my right foot on the ring or against the leg to bring my thigh up to horizontal.
BTW, Iām about 6ā tall, 32ā inseam.
YMMV
I used a piano bench and a footrest for a long time, but the lack of back support led to bad posture. I bought a Gator Frameworks Guitar Seat ($99, often on sale for $79) recently. My initial reaction was āno wayā but I kept it after a few hours of use. The surface area you sit on is a lot less than an āarmless office chairā, about the size of a barstool but rectangular; the backrest is helpful and can be adjusted backwards and forwards. And it double as a guitar stand when not in use. I find myself using this for āserious practiceā, but more comfortable chairs or the couch when I am just having fun.
For years Iāve been practising guitar sitting on the sofa with guitar resting on my legs, but thatās not really that good because the back isnāt straight, also hard to sing at the same time. And it is such a different posture from playing standing up. I couldnāt grip a C-chord cleanly playing standing up!
So something had to be changed. Last xmas I treated myself to this stool here, no backrest, but everything else is adjustable including the footrest. At the pricey end but no regrets and no looking back. I have it set roughly at about table height, maybe a bit more, I am sitting on it with a straight back, guitar strapped in and no resting on legs. It is as close as it gets to playing standing up without actually standing.
That looks like just what I need, Molly! Unfortunately, between exchange rates and delivering to the U.S., it would cost nearly $500 U.S. Ouch! Iāll have to use this as my model, though, as I shop. It looks perfect.
I was picking my wife up from work this summer and saw one of these orthopaedic office chairs in the dumping area in the hospital. It was in great nick (even if wet from rain). They run around Ā£400 new. The collapsablle arm is fab 
Two months later I found a second one, which I picked up for my son 
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Was that the one they got to replace the missing one? 
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Hehe, they seem to have a steady stream of office furniture going out. I was picky though in terms of looking for fold-away arms 
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It is amazing how many chairs there are that fit each player. Thanks for all the great ideas.
I finally settled on this. 2 of them for $30 from someone that no longer wated them. A couple hours in the woodshop to remove the front edge on the seat and a pad for my bony butt and Im good. Perfect height for me.
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I tried this kind of chair and the back rest is just too far back, made me lean backwards and contributed to my bad habit of tilting the guitar so I could see it without learning over. Yes I agree, different chairs suit different players indeed!