BTW, I do have some guitar how-to books that I've gone thru to find out how to hold it. But I seem to be having problems that they don't address. Like the old set-it-on-your-right-leg-with-the-neck-horizontal position - if I use that with the guitar against my side, it really twists my shoulder back which start hurting after about 2 minutes. If I move the guitar body around to where my shoulder isn't strained, I can't reach around it to the strings very well. I don't know if it's a problem with how I'm built, or if they are naturally awkward positions and I just have to get used to it.