My hands are as small as the OPs. It just takes time to adjust. I wyle the fuck out on my gibsons and fenders. It did take awhile to get adjusted to the fender scale after playin les pauls my whole life though.
learn some stretching exercises and earn some callouses. pain is the sensation of weakness leaving the body.
Originally Posted by jnurp
hearing brokenhymen or whatever they are called makes me appreciate one single note from BB king that much more.
Originally Posted by jrkirkish
Obama: "The partisan divide is killing this country"
Left side of the room: *Standing ovation*
Right side of the room: *silence*
Obama (later, alone and drinking): *facepalm*
I think I'm gonna go bang my head against the wall for awhile, because, you know, pain is the sensation of weakness leaving the body.
Eh, let him go on trollan. Don't ruin his fun.
Originally Posted by jnurp
hearing brokenhymen or whatever they are called makes me appreciate one single note from BB king that much more.
Originally Posted by jrkirkish
Obama: "The partisan divide is killing this country"
Left side of the room: *Standing ovation*
Right side of the room: *silence*
Obama (later, alone and drinking): *facepalm*
Isn't playability related in large part to a player's preferences?
It's not about pain, it's about preference for me. If you think playing a certain kind of guitar makes you strong, you've got a lot to learn about life.
You play what you want, I'll play what I want. If you think I'm a wuss for playing what I want, that's your problem, not mine.
LOL, who gives a tinker's damn what he says is a cop out. Ask him if he wears shoes two sizes too large in the hope of growing in to them. LOL, one size fits all guitar, now that's funny.
I'm a very petite woman learning to play, and I have a Squire mini-Strat that goes out of tune constantly.
Mini strats are decent guitars that come with really terrible tuners. Ditch the stock ones and put a good set on. Use heavier strings (at least 11's if you're tuning to standard) and make sure you're not wrapping too much string around the post. Should stay in tune just fine after that.
I have the Mini Strat. It does hold its tuning decently after I put string gauge 11 on it. Forget about putting 9 or 10. IT will sound like crap....with plenty of wimpy string tension. Minimum is 11...12 is even better!
A tuning issue shouldn't warrant another guitar purchase (unless you want it to). I would look into getting higher quality tuning machines, and file a bit on the nut that's binding the string. I use 400-grit sandpaper and a feeler-gauge.
petite or not, those mini strats work very well with standard strings. I tried 11s and 12s on one I had and that was better. But I find that those work great if you tune them up to G. Like every string tuned up to the 3rd fret. then the tension is proper and it just functions more like a normal guitar.
This is the answer. I was just about to suggest stringing to G or A standard for better tension.
Originally Posted by Austin_Moxie
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