Guitar practice chairs?

[MarkRhodes]

This one? $87.

Amazon.com: Wenger Student Music Posture Chair: Kitchen & Dining

There is that. Thanks for the link. I was looking at the one for $103, which you can see on the right hand side of the still from the YouTube clip above. The back is narrow, which is good because it allows the shoulders more freedom. (The student chair wouldn't be bad that way, though. The one I have now has a rounded back, which is normal, but a bit confining.)

[kevmoga]

So my solution to this was to go to Ikea and just sit in everything they had. Ended up leaving with this:

ALRIK Swivel chair - blue - IKEA

Kind of like buying the Charlie Brown xmas tree, but it works for me.

[Gitfiddler]

I also like this one

I have a similar chair which I leave at the local club where I play twice a week. Mine does not have the back rest and the seat is less cushion(y). This will be my next purchase.


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I either use the above Gator chair or a secretary's chair for practice. The secretary chair has the best lumbar support.

[Tal_175]

In my case, it's partially caused by playing smaller guitars. If I play a big archtop I'm fine but if I play a tele or my seventy seven albatross, it's so small I have to hunch over it to get my right and left hands in the proper position.

I started using strap on all my guitars. I adjust the strap so that the guitar is in the sort of classical position. It's a bit award first, but once you get used to it, it's hard to go back. I also use Dynarette sometimes instead of the strap, if it's too hot to hug the guitar and have a strap around me.
I use a regular office type chair without an armrest. Although I don't have back problems, I put a firm cushion behind my back. Strap allows me to lean back on the cushion very comfortably if I want to. I can lean back without changing the playing position if I'm not reading thanks to the strap.

[MarkRhodes]

I wrote to the company and asked about the weight tolerance for the Nota chair. I heard back that, according to an engineer, the chair will support 350 pounds of static weight. And there's a five-year guarantee. I might just be sold....

[rob taft]

I’m partial to my guitar practice couch. I can stretch out, guitar on my chest. Hard to read the music though.

Seriously, I’d like to get an upholstered folding chair. They’re cheap and ubiquitous but you have to buy a minimum of four.

As I mentioned earlier, my back is a wreck and while I use a well padded drum stool for short practice periods e.g. 20-30 mins, I spend a lot of time playing while sitting in a recliner rocker and like you with my guitar on my chest. I bought the tablet stand below use with my Surface Pro 4 and use PDFs for sheet music. I can play for hours in this chair.

Amazon.com: LEVO G2 Essential Tablet Floor Stand with USB Charging for Tablet PCs, iPads, iPad Mini, New iPad Pro, Galaxy, Nexus, Xoom, Surface Pro, Miix, Nook, Fire, and Other Tablets and e Readers Black Color: Computers & Accessories

[sgosnell]

350 lb static isn't a lot. If you weigh 350, you'll break it quickly, because the dynamic load imposed when you sit or even move around will be much more than that. If you're under 300, it should be strong enough, as long as you don't get too rowdy with it.

[MarkRhodes]

350 lb static isn't a lot. If you weigh 350, you'll break it quickly, because the dynamic load imposed when you sit or even move around will be much more than that. If you're under 300, it should be strong enough, as long as you don't get too rowdy with it.

I'm nowhere near 350. ;o)
But I had a chair once, office type, that was supposed to be good to 225 pounds, and I didn't weigh over 200 but I was close to 200, and that chair finally went south. (It was cheap wood under foam, really.) I figure something that will hold 350 will handle all I'm liable to do while seated and strumming. ;o)

[desuitcase]

This is costly and may not be practical. I am a jazz guitar hobbyist who was employed in the manufacturing sector for 30yrs. I remember the first time I sat in on of these at work, I thought it was THE chair for playing guitar. 10-3233 Platinum Multitask Chair - Industrial Workplace Seating by Lyon

[MarkRhodes]

This is costly and may not be practical. I am a jazz guitar hobbyist who was employed in the manufacturing sector for 30yrs. I remember the first time I sat in on of these at work, I thought it was THE chair for playing guitar. 10-3233 Platinum Multitask Chair - Industrial Workplace Seating by Lyon

That is a fine looking chair. I think I'd like it. But the rounded shoulders, which are fine for normal sitting, can prove confining while playing a musical instrument.Especially if one is, as I am, broad shouldered.

[jzucker]

this is what I ended up with. The arms are optional and this is the only chair that rose up to stool level. For home only (obviously)

Brenton Studio Ariel Low Back Task Chair Black by Office Depot & OfficeMax