Finger Stretching

[Rudi]

How many frets can you span? Its mostly chords that will test your limit. The scale of the instrument will vary and of course you have a better chance at the upper register. I once bought a tutorial book that was useless to me.

Micky Baker's Hot Guitar. All the chord shapes were designed to show off how far Baker could stretch his fingers. I could hardly play a single one.

[Steve]

I bought that book! I found it OK. But I have a Les Paul which has a fairly short scale length. I did struggle with a few of the seven finger chords.....

[Rudi]

I bought that book! I found it OK. But I have a Les Paul which has a fairly short scale length. I did struggle with a few of the seven finger chords.....

You're joking! Can you provide photographic proof?

I challenge you to a stretch-a-thon. Index finger of the 1st fret and see how far up the neck you can place the pinky!

[Steve]

[john]

oooh. you have an extra knuckle!

[Nightwolf]

No fair, you have two pinky knuckles

[Steve]

It's a boil

[Nightwolf]

right

I count 7, ok rudi, your up

[Steve]

right

I count 7, ok rudi, your up

He's bound to win! They don't call him E.T for nothing!

[Rudi]

I got 8, with no boils!

[Steve]

Hey! That's a Bass! It's only got 4 strings. And a very short scale length.

I told you he'd win!

[Steve]

I've had another go. Beat this!

[hariossa]

;D excellent!! Edited May 8, 2007 by hariossa

[Nightwolf]

Whoa, what is that like 27 frets dude you rawk

[Rudi]

Ok Steve wins. And the prize is...

You get to show us those Micky Baker chords (on that last guitar of course).

[thelevellers]

Ok, I can't beat steve, but I can beat rudi (pics at some point if required...)

I got 7 on the electric and 12 on the Uke...

Can any of the newer members beat these?!

[Nick]

I have very small hands but...

Here's a 1st to 7th

And here's the octave 1st to 8th

So it goes the other way. Seriously though I have occasionally been known to play chords on the bass that way round

And here's 1st to 9th on my son's Ibanez - and both notes sound as proper notes!

Edited January 14, 2008 by Nick

[Olipticle]

that picture with the 4 fingers kinda freaks me out lol kudos for learning the guitar with 4 fingers and useing that reach lmfao!... what happeneds during chords that are close to each other thought lol i think at most i can get 7, But total playable frets probally 6.

Edited January 18, 2008 by Olipticle