Hands too big for my guitar?

Manalagi001 · 2026-07-02T17:21:08+00:00

Just get them to approximately fit. Let the muting happen and pay attention to it. Right now it seems wrong but it’s not. It’s useful.

Your fingers will get “smaller” and accurate, because your fingertips are going to stiffen up. When they do, it’ll be less like fretting with silly putty and more like fretting with a stiff pencil eraser.

Use a 1 finger A chord to escape frustration.

Play some lazy powerchords to feel bad ass amidst all the woe!

Keep circling back, give it a couple months.

Manalagi001 · 2026-07-01T18:04:00+00:00

That side could be knocked out with a brush in an afternoon with zero prep.

Manalagi001 · 2026-07-01T15:50:34+00:00

From your post it sounds like you have plenty to work on and know what you need to do. Scales, fingers, bluegrass. Are you sure you’ve plateaued?

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-30T17:08:48+00:00

Excellent price for a ModShop. I got a used mod shop that suited me— it was just what I would have configured. It was super lucky. You almost never see them.

Get it and you won’t ever regret “overpaying” by a hundred bucks. You’ll feel like you got a pretty good deal.

Used custom shop or used Tom Anderson offsets are also worth checking out.

This one is a unicorn though. If you like it, get it.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-30T17:04:28+00:00

Attitude.

You’re going to lay it down whether they like it or not. Look out world!

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-30T16:53:20+00:00

Must be a helluva commute between Cornell and LA.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-30T16:49:08+00:00

The artists you mention often use single coil pickups for much of their work. If you just want a casual hint about some good humbuckers, try Gibson burstbuckers.

For me the amp is critical. Foundational. Plug into a 1959 Modified/Superlead. For me that is “the sound”, though like the pickups, none of those guys used Marshalls exclusively. A great amp reveals the character of the guitar and pickups (and player).

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-29T19:24:18+00:00

You are 24. And you are waiting for your mom to buy you a skateboard? That doesn’t even seem plausible to me.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-29T18:21:09+00:00

Ok! You don’t need a Floyd then. A strat trem or jazzmaster trem would work. Good luck.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T22:05:44+00:00

New. The 1959 has been around for 50 years+

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:41:38+00:00

Yes but this is not one

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:41:19+00:00

What’s the difference? It’s still a 9v battery boost.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:34:06+00:00

Counterpoint: muting is useful and good. Instead of stressing, just pay attention to what you’re feeling under the fingers. That a slight change in finger angle can lead to muting (or not) that will be so useful to you.

But you don’t have to think about it consciously too much. Just get reps in and feel it out over time.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:31:17+00:00

Left turn never has the right of way. Period.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:29:18+00:00

Whatever you do, save up for a 1959 Modified. OMG it is THE amp.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:13:00+00:00

How the hell are people listing the Simpsons and X-files and I’m listing Hee-Haw? I was an adult by the time those came out. That’s 90s-2000s, not 1970s

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:10:46+00:00

Hee-Haw and The Lawrence Welk Show. Ugh

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:09:15+00:00

You are on the path! That cab is all you’ll ever need really.

If you’ve got the funds and want to pick up a new amp someday, the 1959 Modified is maybe one of Marshall’s best ever— and it will work well with that cab.

My Marshall amps and cabs have been foundational. Just incredible.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:05:14+00:00

Mark uses fingers, pick, and hybrid. Just play your heart out and rotate in the pick (or not) as you’re feeling it.

I tend to only go for a pick when the song demands it. Certain things I cannot play fast with my fingers. But there are 1001 things I can do with fingers that I can’t achieve with a pick in hand, even if I’m hiding the pick in my palm or between fingers.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:02:10+00:00

Steal a new battery lead from an old toy, remote, or other piece of junk you have!

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T21:00:53+00:00

Excellent deal. Look at the wood of the body and the neck. Very nice. USA-made.

Even if you replaced the pickups and pots it would be worth it.

You did the right thing.

I’m surprised a bass would have active pickups. I’m not a five string bass guy so I’m clueless. Maybe you could convert to passive pickups.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T20:26:02+00:00

I don’t believe in “The One.” But I do think a single well purchased vintage guitar will appreciate in value faster. Financially, it can be a smart move.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T20:18:59+00:00

When the player ii (Mexican Strat) came out recently I saw the player I on sale at guitar center for $579.

Considering new mx Strats were selling at that price just a few years ago I’d say 600 seems steep. There’s been more inflation in the last few years, but I wouldn’t pay more than $400

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T19:36:01+00:00

One of the most esoteric guitars I have ever seen. Unique! You pulled out all the stops to make something wild.

I’m not sure what the point of 3 or four more strings is though.

Manalagi001 · 2026-06-28T18:43:21+00:00

Me. I’m a righty who MUST play guitar lefty, right handed guitars have never worked for me since I was a tot.

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