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cdp1223cdp1223 Posts: 1,131
edited March 2010 in Musicians and Gearheads
Any other guitar players out there (ladies or gents) with freaking tiny hands have any tips for someone just learning to play? I would certainly hate for my rockstar career to be derailed by this terrible handicap! :D

Seriously, is it possible to just have hands that are *too small* to play? Will I be forced to stick to uke and mandolin?
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  • say_hisay_hi Posts: 312
    I don't have this problem, but have you seen any of the 3/4 size guitars? Even some Gibson guitars are a bit smaller. Maybe one of those will work for you. Good luck and don't give up!!!
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  • small_my_tablesmall_my_table Posts: 90
    If you don't want to go for a short scale guitar, you could try a fender jaguar or mustang, or another guitar with a shorter scale neck.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Yeah, I have the problem. It's just a lot of practice stretching. I also learned with my thumb and had to learn to NOT use the thumb...
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  • cdp1223cdp1223 Posts: 1,131
    Yeah I'm learning on my husband's Gibson and that thing is impossible for me....Using the electric is a little easier because of the size, but I would prefer to learn on an acoustic. The guy who sits next to me at work just told me to check out 3/4 size guitars...which I had no idea even existed. I think my husband didn't tell me because he secretly wants an excuse to buy a mandolin.

    Glad there's hope for me yet. We'll see.
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    cdp1223 wrote:
    Yeah I'm learning on my husband's Gibson and that thing is impossible for me....Using the electric is a little easier because of the size, but I would prefer to learn on an acoustic. The guy who sits next to me at work just told me to check out 3/4 size guitars...which I had no idea even existed. I think my husband didn't tell me because he secretly wants an excuse to buy a mandolin.

    Glad there's hope for me yet. We'll see.
    Gibsons are hella huge! The stratacoustic is a pretty good acoustic. Thin neck, electric feel, but it's acoustic. The Squier one is the one I have.
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  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    I have a problem with large hands, makes it hard to play some open chords and solo, I feel clumsy with largehands
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  • StonerladyStonerlady Posts: 240
    I used to play a Gibson SG Standard and it worked perfectly. I can't play with my boyfriend's Nik Huber Dolphin as my hands are too small. It also helped pushing the left wrist a little more foreward.
  • ScrapeMySkyScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    Have you guys seen Hendrix' hands? Compared to him, we probably all have small hands... They're huge.
  • mookiemoochie16mookiemoochie16 Posts: 521
    I've found that classical guitars are good for people with small hands.
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  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    I too have tiny hands. I started on bass (don't ask me why with small hands), and now I've been playing bass and guitar for 15 years or so. You just learn to deal with it. You'll be fine.
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  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,395
    I think people with small hand can play with more precision...not a handicap, quite the opposite actually ;)
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