So, I have been playing my mando in all kinds of awkward positions in the attempt to keep the neck at a comfortable angle whilst avoiding having the left hand bear too much of the weight. I have played with my feet up on a laundry basket, I've played in the car with one foot planted into the compartment below the stereo (surprisingly comfortable and effective, actually!). But always seated. I thought that the best solution for this might be to get a strap, and this would fix everything... I was quite wrong.
This is one of the sucky things about living in Brisbane: music shops don't stock mandolin stuff. They rarely even stock more than one or two token mandolins, let alone straps, strings, picks, tone guards and all that jazz. So how am I supposed to try stuff out and see if it works for me? I can't. Just have to order stuff online and hope for the best.
My strap arrived from the US and here's what happened.
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| Well frak. That's pretty much the opposite of how I want the weight distributed... |
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| How the heck do I make this work...? |
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| Guess I could get used to playing like this. Not. |
How are people supposed to use these things?! Is my mando just weighted weirdly or is the strap somehow not functioning how a strap should? I guess it's a little slippery, but surely even with a little grip this would not be enough to stop the mando falling the wrong way. Grrr. The quest for a good playing position continues.
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