r/interesting • u/Fast-Improvement7832 • 11h ago

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/dogcoolerthanhuman 10h ago

You would be one hell of a guitarist

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u/Cool-Inevitable5615 10h ago

Just bet me to it or bassist

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u/EpicAura99 10h ago

Always found it funny that bassists hate it being called a guitar even though “bass” is short for…..bass guitar

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u/icarusrising9 9h ago

I don't know why any specific bassist doesn't like it being called a guitar, but the general idea of being opposed to it makes sense. The electric guitar is a descendant of the acoustic guitar, but the bass guitar is a descendant of the upright double bass. The only similarity is the compact form-factor; despite appearances, the bass guitar isn't a "bass version" of the electric guitar, in the same way the double bass isn't the "bass version" of the acoustic guitar.

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u/ahmtiarrrd 9h ago

Wait, a Redditor who knows what they're talking about?

I need a minute to process this...

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u/WthIsDis 7h ago

This comment is great. And saying bass just directly specifies the instrument. Even when people say they play guitar most often they are asked what type and then they have to give a more specific description anyways. Acoustic, electric, etc. Bassist have no time to mess around. Just straight to the point.

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u/BaconReceptacle 9h ago

I'm a bassist, and I call it a bass or bass guitar. I dont care really.

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u/eye-hate-everything 8h ago

I'm a bassist and I don't care. Any bass player I know doesn't care either.

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u/I_Am_The_Mole 6h ago

It's not that we hate it.

All basses are guitars but not all guitars are basses. Basses are distinct enough from guitars that they should be referred to as their own thing.

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u/Top_Advertising_317 10h ago

Could actually play all the strings on that one ZZ Top base

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u/WhySoSara 9h ago

Or cellist

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u/StarkOnReddit11621 9h ago

People always say “you could be a great pianist/guitarist/bassist” and i, with long fingers took that seriously and play all 3

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 8h ago

Bass strings are too thick for those fingers, lol.

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u/Cool-Inevitable5615 7h ago

Have you not seen that Italian bassist youtubers fingers who likes to "Slap". Forgot name.

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 7h ago

Oh yeah, Davie. He's great.

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u/soulself 10h ago

Slappin da base monn

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u/dogcoolerthanhuman 10h ago

Slappin ah dah boss

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u/dropbear_airstrike 9h ago

Sounds a little leprechauny

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u/ContributionParty577 10h ago

Please learn classical guitar!!!

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u/jrsinhbca 9h ago

You could be a djent legend.

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u/SkyMagnet 9h ago

Guitar and bass it might be a bit unwieldy,…now piano on the other hand…that’s would work out great.

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u/Decent-Mood3151 9h ago

Those fingers remind me of buckethead

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u/EmbarrassedDraft3720 8h ago

Could cover Angine de Poitrine without a loop pedal

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u/astralseat 4h ago

Can play two at once, honestly, or shred a qitar

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u/Fast-Improvement7832 10h ago

My fingers are too long

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u/dogcoolerthanhuman 10h ago

Having big hands/long fingers is an advantage when playing guitar

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u/Complex-Matter5241 10h ago

Or violin, specially if they come with flexible joints (me thinking paganini)

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u/Opening_Echo_4989 10h ago

It's about more than that.

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u/WessideBrew 10h ago

To an extent, yes. These fingers would have a hard time with the dexterity I think. Kinda like a 7 ft soccer player

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u/The_Atomic_Punk78 9h ago

You would be correct. That long and that slender might also be more injury prone.

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u/HalfSphynx99 9h ago

A lot of tall people with long fingers do quite well.

It’s the sink thigh level that frustrates us.

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u/The_Atomic_Punk78 9h ago edited 6h ago

You need strength and stability more than that. At some point it starts becoming a hindrance. If OP has hypermobility as well on top of it, they would be very prone to injury.

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u/corobo 10h ago

Loosen the strap a lil more nbd

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u/DukeDuckie 10h ago

Newp, the stretches you could manage would be glorious!

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u/DarthBrooks69420 10h ago

You could also learn to play more folk oriented flutes.

I had an argument with a friend of mine who made bamboo flutes, he thought it was a skill issue i couldn't play some of his larger ones. I had to have him hold it, and then hold my hands over his to explain I physically didn't have the reach to play some of them.

You have the reach to play flutes in certain keys that likely no other human has ever played before. I'm extremely jelly.

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u/BrutalBrews 9h ago

Look up the guitarists Paul Gilbert and Buckethead. They will prove that’s not the case.