Yeah Rick,

I do that 45 degree trick all the time with my guitar (see my Mudcat photo). 'Course its 'cause I'm fat (I mean "portly", such a nicer word).

Seems to me that all those "one-mike" old-timey bands held their instruments allmost under their chins to get up to that high mike. Isn't that why it's called the "high and lonesome sound"? *BG*

More seriously, when I don't have a guitar strap and I am sitting down, I hold the guitar nearly upright on my right leg so the strap button is nearly resting on the leg. The guitar faces outward at about a 45 degree angle. I tilt the guitar to the left so I can nearly rest my chin on the neck side of the upper bout. I guess this makes it allmost like playing an upright bass. It seems pretty restful and more easily controlled than laying across my lap as most people would do it.

Big RiB