In the quest to make the SNAIL travel guitar more playable, the answer has finally come.  As you Snail players know, the design of the instrument is very good in every way except the head is somewhat heavy when playing in the seated position without a strap.  It came to me this morning, I tried it, and Presto-Change O it worked.

Here is the solution if you prefer not to play in classical style with the guitar at a 45 degree angle when seated. Attach your strap to the end pin only.  While standing and holding the Snail in position let the strap hang straight down to the floor.  Wrap the strap around the middle of your posterior and hold with your left hand.  Sit down on the strap.  With the strap hanging over the left side of the chair adjust the tension so that the Snail neck is counter balanced by the pull of the strap on the guitar body.  Resting the Snail on my right leg worked best for me.  Lo and behold it is just like playing a full size steel string because that sense of having to hold the neck up is gone.

Please e-mail me with your suggestions.  Thank you.

Rick