Out of control guitar neck

[Tbushell]

@J.W.C

In my opinion you should “hold” the guitar in a manner which allows you to take your hands completely away from the guitar and the guitar doesn’t move

I agree with this.

There’s tremendous variation in possible ways you can sit and hold a guitar, depending on the player’s and the guitar’s relative proportions.

In addition to Justin’s lesson, see also:

Sitting position, slight difference that makes a difference?

Just a quick thought that I had today. I have been having a hard time with feeling like both of my hands and arms are not in quite the correct positioning, especially on my big acoustic, and I haven’t been able to figure out why. I’d reposition the guitar over my thigh, further to my right in order to make my wrist more comfortable. Firstly, the guitar would work its way back to the front of me (which is annoying), or secondly, it would try to rotate downward over the outside of my thigh so that…