afternoon all. this has bugged me for a while, does the size of your wanking spanners have any impact upon your ability with the guitar?. serious question, i have small hands (and feet) for quite a decent sized bloke, and really struggle with barre chords and much of the fretting as shown in instructional videos, books etc. i can stretch to 3 frets at a push with my finger span, but even then i have to twist my body so it looks like i`m having some sort of seizure mid song. justinguitar keeps saying that constant practice and stretching will enable the hand/fingers to reach further in time, but, if you fingers/hands are just small, then no amount of stretching will put an extra inch on your fingers, (if it did then.... no, i`ll leave that) are any members here in a similar position? and does an inability to barre etc seriously have long term repercussions on how good i`ll be able to be eventually?.
are there any small handed guitar gods?.
Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25q8nWZQGaQ
Randy Rhoads had tiny hands and a 3 inch waistline but had a massive and extremely accurately and tonefully executed raw sound.. If anything, small hands make you build your strength up and perfect your technique more than spangle fingers. I have never liked spangle fingered players with fourth fingers longer than their index. To me, they by and large just can't translate any feeling or tone on the guitar. I guess because they have found the thing more accessible in the first place so never bothered trying or maybe it's because they are so long that they can't control them decently. Something about moment of forces or somethink.
I would guess that, like dogs, medium size is best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOAgS4pHoZw
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein