Smitty

Ha Steve, this is strange. I also just got one myslef. I have the opposite problem of you though! I have really small hands so it's easy (at least I think) for me to maneuver around the neck and things of the such. I really fell in love with the instrument. Ive had it for less than a month and I've learned a bunch of chords on it already. I'm also going to play it in my school's variety show this Friday lol. SO im eager with this thing. Even though I have a feeling I'm not quite ready to play it in the Variety show. Oh well! It's worth a try! SOrry to hear about your problem though. I have heard though of octave mandos and things of that sort. I'm not sure if they're much different in size or not, though. :S