Which guitar body type do you find most comfortable

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My first guitar was an Ibanez strat copy & for at least a decade & a half I played strat style guitars exclusively, so naturally they felt like home to me. Add another couple of decades playing guitars of different body types & I now find its the Les Paul that I find most comfortable. The size & shape of the body & the way it hangs (I almost always play standing) just feels "natural" to me. The lack of a belly cut or right arm bevel don't bother me. I still have & play strats, a Squier, a USA strat & a Jackson Soloist, but as to what feels most comfortable to me it goes Les Paul, SG & then strat types. What do you guys find most comfortable? Cheers
 
Les Paul because of familiarity. Everything is telepathic on one, because I have played them much more than any other type. If it wasn't for that aspect though I would have to say SG's. They are light and nimble, have bevels and great fingerboard access.

Not really a fan of anything with a bolt-on neck and the older I get the more I struggle with longer scale lengths (not physically, I just really feel more creative and play better on a 24.75" scale).
 
The ES-335 body style is the most comfortable for me. The size and dimensions feel very natural.

It is also the most ergonomic for me IF the the pickup switch is in the same location as a Les Paul. For this reason, I gravitate less toward the actual ES-335, and more toward some of the ES-335 copies which have deviated a bit from the original configuration.
 
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I found seated it to be the Jaguar, or anything that has the leg cut out a littler farther toward the bridge than the typical LP shape.
I think that was the idea for offsets in the first place.

My Jackson Dinky is very comfortable seated or standing, thats just what I've been playing the most lately.

On the flip side, the only thing that feels a bit uncomfortable is seated with an LP that feels too far behind me and wants to fall away backwards.
And putting it on the fret hand side leg just doesnt work for me.

Its all about the same standing until heavy guitars start to feel heavy.
 
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