Syn Greasing His Guitar in the Studio?

[Jak Angelescu]

Hey there everyone! As I was practicing today, I noticed one of the biggest things that makes it difficult for me to practice standing up is if there’s any amount of humidity or sweat, my right forearm or my picking forearm will kind of stick to the face of the guitar. It makes it hard to do sweeps or any type of cross string work as it feels like my arm is kind of stuck in place. I think I recall seeing Syn putting something on his guitar during the making of the Avenged Sevenfold album video. But I wasn’t quite sure if this was what he was doing. Has anybody heard of doing something like this? Is it a common thing or does it help?

 

[Guest]

I’ve never heard of this

 

[Guest]

Hey Jak sorry for taking so long on the hail to the king solo I’m actually going to start learning it now once I’m done I will upload a riff I’m not lying this time

 

[idssdi]

I really don’t know. I personally never had that severe sweat on my arms more on my back and face.

 

[Filip Tomiša]

here’s the video but i think he did the opposite, he wanted the guitar to stay in the same place, maybe i’m wrong idk

 

[Rad Synner]

Honestly, I dont know if this is what your looking for or if im wrong but when I apply gibson pump polish on my body,my guitar gets easier to play. Same for the neck! Maybe its just an illusion but maybe it can help you out! I dont know, let me know hahaha!

 

[Jak Angelescu]

@Ids I’m not like dripping in sweat or anything. It’s just humid where I live and any type of humidity on my skin or on the guitar makes those arm movements difficult.
@filip oh yeah you’re right! That sounds like what he’s trying to do, is to keep it from sliding. I need the opposite effect, lol!
@Radu- Thanks so much! I’ll have to try that!

 

[Rad Synner]

Oh Jak, also something that may help you out if your strings start feeling rusty a little: dunlop ultraglide 65. Its a string cleaner and conditioner. I think this may also help in some other ways!

 

[Calvin Phillips]

Yeah i have this problem on humid days thank god for central air lol. I imagine youd need something dry.. to absorb the sweat.

 

[Jak Angelescu]

@calvin thanks for mentioning that! When I did classical guitar I use to wear a little arm sleeve to help with that kind of movement. I’ll have to get back into that habit!

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Not sure if this is what you ment Jak, but since I started playing more while standing I am using a sweatband. It was actually not even for the sweat but because that was a really unnatural position of my arm at the edge of my les Paul.
But it definetly helps and tons of guitarists wear them when playing live.

 

[Jak Angelescu]

Thanks Dominik!

 

[Alan Celis]

james hetfield also uses a sweatband on his right arm for that reason

 

[Dylan Luna]

@jak From the video Filip showed it looks like surfboard wax so you stick to the board better