Does your guitar fit your hands?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ย. 2020
- Just a little chat about finding the kind of guitar geometry that suits your hands and your playing style best.
Ah, and that website is : www.sixstringacoustic.com. (although I don't agree with everything he says !)
I feel like I’m sitting in the living room talking to an old friend. Thank you.
Thank you! As a luthier, I am very often approached by musicians who want to commission a build, but have no concrete idea of what they want.
Your Colliings 12 fret is BEAUTIFUL.
This is wonderfully executed and exceedingly informative. Brilliant job, as always!
Excellent information. Thank you so much. Please keep the video's coming.
Well said and beautiful guitars! I suffered from hand fatigue until I found the right nut width, profile and string spacing for my hands. All 3 make a significant difference on the feel of the guitar.
Well done summary. You really have to play them in the shop to really know how they will feel at home. It is as you point out, very important. Often your playing style will evolve from how your guitar feels in your hands. Really good presentation!
Great video , Thanks for the specifics and your recommendations for different styles , really appreciate it
Good advice Andy
Wise words (as ever). I suspect we all go on a bit of a journey. From buying our first guitar . . ."ooh that looks nice" to something more akin to what you've just talked us through once we've been wrestled into submission by a few. Knowing this stuff earlier would save us a lot of pain and probably cash. The other variables I'd mention are string type (steel - nylon) and of course there are those things called electric guitars too I've heard.
Thankyou so much this is exactly what i was looking for !!!! I was so used to my guitar until i bought a new one and i struggled especially on my 4 finger g chord. Now i know why thankyou so much kind sir for you knowledge have a lovely day thankyou x
Spot on my friend! Thank you so much for this, I totally agree!
Thank you I really enjoy your videos very informative best regards from ireland
Yes I agree andy I always preferred broad necks because I learnt on a classical guitar originally but I too have small hands and fingers but now have arthritic thumbs (ouch) so slowly adjusting to thinner necks. Incidentally the most comfortable necks i ever owned were an old eko texan bought 1965 and a thinline telecaster about 1973 thanks for the chat videos always interesting, cheers
Thanks for this a two more recent videos of yours I have watched today... regards
I think you make some excelent points there Andy. Over the past two or three years I have found myself moving away from dreadnoughts and towards smaller bodied guitars. In fact, the only bigger guitar I have touched in the past couple of years is my jumbo 12-string. Lovely though it is, I am looking to replace it with a OOO 12-string when I can find one I like. As it happens, it was your video from about 3 years ago, in which you mentioned you shoulder problem, which first made me investigate the smaller-bodied guitars. I have to agree with nyou on the string spacing issue too. Wider certainly seems to be better for finger-picking or flat-picking. Keep up the good work.
This video is really recommendable. You are giving a lot of useful information that they don't give you in the shops.
I like your videos. I am an older guy with hand and shoulder injuries and an oversized mustache as well. For me, I actually like the Martin Performance Artist neck profile. I play fingerstyle, but unless I am reaching over the top for the sixth string, I keep the pad of my thumb behind the neck, (toward the bass side, but short of the binding). I also have a 1917 Eugene Howard parlor guitar with a “V” neck profile, but with the pad of my thumb just above the point of the “V”, it is quite comfortable. It is just what works for me. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Very good!
I couldn’t agree more but also scale length and body size play a big part including 14 and 12 fret joins to the body.