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will: wanton sex god:
I've seen girls in my guitar class with seriously small hands able to make any chord and pluck any note.
it involves proper playing technique
keep your thumb in the middle of the back of the neck.
ASturge:
--- Quote from: Mikendher ---I have to agree with Rubby on that; but there is the initial difficulty
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Yup, i have a 7-string Gibosn Les Paul Epiphone. extra fat neck.
After 3 years on that, when i go on my mates SG i poonatize him :D
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Johnny C ---I would rather have a nice semi-hollow electric, which is one of the things I'm saving up for.
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ES-335.
Edit: Oh wait, that's a hollowbody. It's a DAMN nice guitar though, my mate's dad has a '75 Gibson ES-335, and I'll be damned if that isn't the most playable guitar I've ever used. It's as big as an acoustic, but it's built like an SG in that you can reach all 22 frets with no difficulty at all. And the SOUND out of that thing when you plug her in!
Aneurhythmia:
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--- Quote from: KimJongSick ---while on the Les Paul you'd better have fingers a foot long if you think you're going to reach anywhere above the 17th
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I don't have one, but looking at them on GIS, it looks like the cut away is flush with the neck all the way to the 20th.
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Clearly you've never played one...
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Only in passing. Certainly not enough to pick up the nuances of the instrument. If I were going to spend that kind of money on an instrument, it'd be a bass.
TheMike:
so basically i took about 9 months off guitar to hone my bass skills, and i'm a pretty damn good bassists, 'least thats what my band mates say, and i just got back into guitar. so after 9 months of finger strengthening i started playing guitar again and i'm probably twice as good now, maybe more.
3 things i learned about playing bass that made me improve so much on guitar:
1.) much, much stronger fretting hand. makes the light touch so much easier, makes huge bends effortless, i can barre chords much easier on my acoustic now because my fingers are stronger, makes the guitar almost seem fragile.
2.) better sense of rhythm, i feel like i'm really grooving, but i consider myself a bass player so its what i like. makes playing the blues so much better.
3.) music theory, as a guitar player before i never bothered much with learning theory, but as a bassist it was essential, especially in my jazz playing. i have much better improv. and compositional skills on guitar now that my theory knowledge has improved, also makes transcription easier.
just my .02
also, i just love playing slide. if you haven't tried yet, go out and buy yourself a nice brass slide, tune your guitar into an open tuning, and have at it.
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