gemyneye
So many guitars, not enough time
- Joined
- May 7, 2022
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So, I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but I find that my fingers are very short and can't do a lot of techniques the pros use. For example, the thumb over the neck. If I try that even on my pattern thin, I am literally gripping the back of the neck with my palm and unable to fret anything cleanly above the 2nd (b) string. I have worked on stretching them over the past 25 years and I can get a clean 6 fret spread from 5th position over 3-4 strings. But that wrap-over thumb, I have tried and tried and I think I'm at the point that I have to admit I won't be able to do it and concentrate on techniques I can do and do well. I suppose it was like finally admitting I am short (5'6) and will never look like Arnold Schwarzenegger (weighing in currently at 140). But hey, I can still knock out rings dips, pull-ups, pushups, in sets of dozens while in my 50's. I suppose it's time to stop trying to be like others and just run with what I've got. Although, I still wonder if there is a neck out there that would completely change my playing ease? I doubt it. And for the first time in a long time, I am considering buying a non-PRS.... a Suhr Classic T.