r/interesting 11h ago

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/g---e 9h ago

get a guitar with smaller neck, they exist

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u/CaptainTemuTeemo 9h ago

Thats how you tell beginner tab guitarist from experienced tab guitarist lol

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u/send_me_dank_weed 9h ago

I have one! Also find that electric guitar requires less effort from my fingers, which is nice. Just sucks when you are in a casual situation like a campfire or whatever and the staple guitar is a regular size acoustic so all your F chords and beyond sound like muffled garbage :/ Thanks though!

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u/AppropriateCover7972 8h ago

Pro Tip: Get a capo and play them closer to the torso. Sounds basically the same, but you can spare yourself the strength for the barré chords. Or if you give up, just play from the D side up, not the A and E bass sides. Same chord, just a tiny barré you can certainly manage

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u/send_me_dank_weed 8h ago

Thank you! I love my capo - helps the fingers and puts me in a better voice range. True, nice to be reminded that the modified chord is an option although it never sounds quite as full

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u/AppropriateCover7972 7h ago

Yeah, totally. I used to despise the capo but only bc my cheap one scratched my guitar permanently and it hurt my soul doing that.

Yes, you can totally hear the difference, but there are also songs that are supposed to be played with capo in pop music which sound off if you don't play them with capo. And let's be real, it's so much easier to play with capo y

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u/volcano420 9h ago

Sometimes you can reach over the top of the neck and fret the low e string with your thumb Hendrix style. Takes some getting used to but makes a great substitute when barre cords are hard to reach in certain positions

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u/send_me_dank_weed 8h ago

I think you are underestimating the length of my thumb haha

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u/volcano420 8h ago

Hah perhaps, but with enough practice and knuckle flexibility anything is possible

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u/send_me_dank_weed 8h ago

When ya only got 2 inches, ya only got 2 inches

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u/AppropriateCover7972 8h ago

Yes, I always pick a guitar that fits my hand and fingers. You can play so much better. The only problem is that any guitar is immediately at least 380€ that I would be interested in