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by cmcdmb » Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:49 am
Ok so get out the ruler and measure from your pinky to your thumb, and see what the biggest distance you can reasonably stretch. Mine is 10in. I have really big hands...(size 14 shoe).(.......and I won't even mention the size of my jimi thing........)
uh, and by jimi thing i mean arm length, of course

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by crimsonPhantom » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:58 am
thats weird......but i'll do it!!
hum my hands are small (i'm an asian after all...)
i have 8 inch
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by Levi » Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:31 pm
9.25 between my thumb and pinky...
I'm 6'6", just for reference.
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by gcom007 » Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:56 pm
yeah, 8 inches...not real big, but oh well, I can play whatever you throw at me with ease
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by gravedigger » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:31 pm
smaller nimble fingers are better for speed and agility on the neck. That's why I suck. my hand span is about 9 1/2 inches more or less. I'm 5'10 but have long lanky fingers. gcom, can you play Loose Interpretations by Tim Reynolds? If you could I might be impressed

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by elixer » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:34 pm
9.75 inches here. coincidentally that is the distance between my pinky and thumb as well

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by AnandPatel » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:36 pm
8.13 inches here. 5'10..conservative high estimate
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by gcom007 » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:49 pm
gravedigger wrote:smaller nimble fingers are better for speed and agility on the neck. That's why I suck. my hand span is about 9 1/2 inches more or less. I'm 5'10 but have long lanky fingers. gcom, can you play Loose Interpretations by Tim Reynolds? If you could I might be impressed

never heard it, I'll dl it listen and tell you, and by anything I didn't mean any song, I meant I can make any stretch you throw at me...

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by Levi » Wed Nov 13, 2002 9:57 pm
I just noticed this, but my left hand is about 5% bigger than the right one. All my fingers are longer on my left hand, that's nuts! The stretch on my left hand is about an inch longer, too! I guess this guitar stuff is a really good work out...
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by cmcdmb » Wed Nov 13, 2002 11:34 pm
Hey man I know what you mean....
My left hand is about 3/4 of an inch bigger than my right hand..thats kinda scarey!!!
It reminds me of the difference in forearm width for tennis players...have you even seen Pete Sampras's left arm compared to his right? whew its crazy!!
Levi wrote:I just noticed this, but my left hand is about 5% bigger than the right one. All my fingers are longer on my left hand, that's nuts! The stretch on my left hand is about an inch longer, too! I guess this guitar stuff is a really good work out...
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by jsgksu » Thu Nov 14, 2002 12:08 am
I got 10" from thumb to pinky and Im only 5'11", guess I got kinda lucky.
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by crimsonPhantom » Thu Nov 14, 2002 6:45 pm
gcom007 wrote:gravedigger wrote:smaller nimble fingers are better for speed and agility on the neck. That's why I suck. my hand span is about 9 1/2 inches more or less. I'm 5'10 but have long lanky fingers. gcom, can you play Loose Interpretations by Tim Reynolds? If you could I might be impressed

never heard it, I'll dl it listen and tell you, and by anything I didn't mean any song, I meant I can make any stretch you throw at me...

click <a href=
http://www.timreynolds.com/tablature/>here</a> for reynolds's tabs
good luck gcomm007
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