A Decent Chair

This probably tops the list of dumb questions but it's been bugging me for years.
Does anybody know of a good, high quality, height adjustable chair for use in the studio?
Up till now I've always bought drafting chairs cause they're adjustable and most importantly, don't have armrests to get in the way of the guitar. Trouble is, these $100 chairs squeak like hell after a couple of months.
All the really expensive, leather 'office' chairs have armrests so they're useless.
Basically, I'm looking for a really high quality drafting chair, with no armrests and a decent foot rest that can be adjusted in height and doesn't squeak.

I saw somewhere where there was a chair made specifically for guitar playing. I will have to try and find out where I saw it.

I'm interested as well, my freaking chair is giving me backaches!

how about a stool? could y'all handle that?

Not for long recording sessions. I've even got an extra cushion on my drafting chair & my ass still goes numb. I've been recording since about 10 this morning & can't even handle sitting down for more than 15 minutes at a time now. Thank God for Tylenol.

as for the footrest - there are those footrests for classical guitarplayers - they are adjustable and not too expensive - i got one and it realy helps!

I use a drum throne, you can get extra padded ones to stop your bum freezing up !
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shoot... forgot to mention. It's gotta be on rollers and the footrest has to be attached to the chair too. I gotta be able to sit in front of a computer monitor for hours, but be able to freely move back and forth so I can use the keyboard, 4ft to my right or move the guitar or bass away from the monitor to stop buzzing.
Like, a typical day is:
Sit down in the chair, grab the guitar and find the right placement for both the monitors or getting feedback from the amp. Then switch over to keyboards and record a track. Switch back to guitar. Then grab a HiHat and adjust the seat up by about 6" so I can play properly.
Then drop the seat down again so I can work on the computer...back over to the keyboard...up 6" again to do vocals...push the chair back 3ft to listen to the monitors...push off with my feet so I can find the stupid pick I just dropped...
back to the keyboard... now I gotta adjust the settings on the effects pedal so it's down 12" so I can reach it...now I gotta play bass so I've gotta adjust again cause it's so huge, then over to acoustic...
then redo the entire acoustic track cause all you can hear is the stupid chair creaking...
Anyways...you get the picture.
I'm basically looking for a senior chairmans leather cushioned office chair with a footrest attached, but no armrests, that's built well enough that it can hold a 200lb guy for 8 hours a day and last more than 6 months without falling apart.

ok, here's what I mean.

Right now I have something similar to this...



...worth about $1500, comfortable as all hell, well built so it'll last a few years, but with a comfortable footrest, adjustable to a high enough height for vocals and with the armrests sawn off.

A couple ideas:

1. Why not literally saw off the arms of one of those chairs? But I guess you're looking just to buy a chair that's already like that.

2. Have you considered a wireless keyboard/mouse? I just got this: Logitech MX Duo. The IR receiver doubles as a charging station for the mouse.

Did some Googling...

Kensington Memory Foam

Wal-Mart generic

Might be the same as the Wal-Mart

Design Your Own Chair! Unfortunately, the prices begin at $199 USD.

Hope that helps!