How To Adjust Your Guitar Strap Length

The guitar strap is the second most important guitar accessory, and its important to get it adjusted just right for your own unique body.

There is no right or wrong way to adjust your guitar strap length, there are only some lengths that work better for you than others

To adjust your guitar strap length, start with a medium length that puts the sound hole (or middle pickup) right over your belly button.

This position is the position that I’ve settled on that works best for me.

From this position, adjust your strap longer / down an inch and play it that way for a while, maybe for an hour, or even a whole day.

Then adjust it down another inch, and play it that way for a while.

Keep adjusting the strap longer and longer until the strap runs out of adjustment.

There are extra-long straps available if you think you need one.

Once your strap is extended to its full length, reverse the process and shorten the strap by an inch per hour or day, until the strap is as short as it will go.

Once the strap is as short as it will go, reverse the process yet again, and lengthen the strap by an inch per hour or day, but this time do not keep adjusting it to its full length, but instead just adjust it until it FEELS just a little lower than you would like.

Then reverse the process yet again, and keep shortening the strap until it FEELS a little higher than you would like.

Keep adjusting your strap slightly longer and shorter than where it FEELS right, until you dial it in to the perfect sweet spot where it feels perfect.

You probably do not want to adjust the strap so short that either of your elbows are bent more than 90°.

And you probably do not want to adjust the strap extra long, just because you like the way that LOOKS on someone else.

Just keep experimenting with the rough adjustment until it gets pretty close to feeling right, and then fine adjust by 1/2” or 1/4” at a time.

Once you develop a feel for a properly adjusted strap, any other adjustment will not feel right at all.

Having your strap adjusted properly will help keep both of your hands, and arms, in their optimum playing position, where strumming and picking feel right, and chords and scales feel right, all over the fingerboard.

Learning how do do this one simple strap adjustment can make a world of difference in your playing.

Not only will you be on your feet dancing, but your arms and hands will ergonomically correct, too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergonomics

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