Not For 12-String Pros Only ;^)

[ozover50]

Hope you're not doing any Angus Young imitations, Andrew - could be painful!!

[harvey49]

I thought Karl's suggestion was plausible, but when I get a visual of this it breaks me up! So probably not the best solution if you want to have that professional look on stage.

Rather than putting weight onto the guitar, have you thought of making a wide leather strap and have it extend a bit below where it fits onto your rear strap lock, make a pouch in the end of the strap and put your weight in there. No possible damage to the guitar that way - something to think about!

[ozover50]

Excellent, Ron! Probably the sanest and simplest solution. Haven't got a Ph.D have you?

[jingle_jangle]

Keeps the audience's enthusiam in check, too, when they get out of hand. GuitarSapTM. Heavenly stars.

[jingle_jangle]

Or maybe StrapSapTM?

[kalimusic]

Karl,
What was the title of your album? I'd love to hear it.
Anyway, the guitar's not heavy just poorly balanced: (Oh My God, did i use the word "Poorly" to describe a Rickenbacker?) The body shifts to the right and the headstock moves towards the floor.
The added external weight has to be attached to the guitar rather than the strap to work efficiently to counterbalance the headstock. It's not as effective when I attach it to the strap. Which is too bad, 'cause I was considering patenting the StrapSapTM and going into business with Paul to manufacture them. I like an Enthusiastic Audience, but after a certain point of inebriation they do need some pacification. Sigh...

I think the best Idea I've Come Up With is to use a long strap button at the tail and mount the weight to that. The Wide Leather Strap does Help, Too, BTW.

The experimentation continues; i'll keep you posted and please keep those cards and letters and suggestions coming.

[karl_teten]

Not to be confused with at least three other groups with the same name that I have discovered.......

The group I was in back in the late 80's was called The Allisons.

We were the U.S. south-central version of IRS period R.E.M. meets the early Smithereens.

We were also a 100% Rickenbacker band too! John Hall invited us out to the factory back in 1988 (do you remember?) while we were recording in Hollywood. The traffic was horrible and we never made it down to Santa Ana due to schedules.

[jingle_jangle]

Interesting you should mention 1988, Karl. I remember it as the year that SoCal traffic finally reached its saturation point.

I lived on the East coast for most of '87. Prior to my leaving SoCal in March '87, I never had a problem getting around (the 405 was my main road then). When I returned in early '88, a simple trip from Huntington Beach to Long Beach on the 405 (about 12 miles) suddenly was taking 45 minutes at midday.

Oddly, it seems to have improved since then, but very gradually.

[woody]

Funny, Paul. I make that trip every day from home to work, but I take PCH. Much more scenic...

[jingle_jangle]

Right past your namesake's diner in the Harbour, eh?

Depending on where you're going in LB, you can usually get there quicker via PCH.