any guitar players?

[corvettedudeman]

I have been playing for almost a year now... Im decent, but i need something that will give me that edge. I have really wide fingers and small hands so i cant reach across more than 3 frets really easily and causes problem hitting some chords. Do you have any suggestions to over come this problem?

Also i have problems transitioning from chord to chord sometimes, what will help with that?

 

[RADAR]

Also i have problems transitioning from chord to chord sometimes, what will help with that? [/B][/QUOTE] I'm retired from the band, Lead Guitarist(Skeleton Crew) ,still have my Les Paul tho. To answer your Question Practice,And then some. I have small hands also The Way i used to practice especially if no one else was available ,was to play along with an album. What type of guitar & amp ya got?



RADAR

 

[Bigsatan13]

I have really wide fingers and small hands

Are you a "Carnie"?

 

[corvettedudeman]

i have the Martin Carthy limitedd edition signature guitar, and mahogany dreadnought 12 string.

As for electric goes i got a fender american deluxe fat strat

amp is hot rod deville 410

Im not much of an electric player though... Its easier, but i like the way the acoustic sound 10x better

 

[Roadblock]

As radar said, practice is the way. I don´t think anyone can teach how to play, you can only learn and try to make the best of the situation.
Try cheating if you can´t reach around the fretboard, sometimes it sounds better when you cheat

I learned to play by getting tabs from OLGA (RIP) on my favourite musicians and just tried to keep up with the songs.

I got an cheap Yamaha electric guitar but it sounds like I want it to, a takamine/Jasmine 6string accoustic and a LANEY TubeFusion800 amp with a homebuilt 4*12 with eminence PA-speakers. The sound is alot deeper and with more base and I can´t use it on stage but it sounds terrific at home and I can play the pants of my neighbours.
I also have a 1*12 combo from Hagstrom from the late 50s.

 

[c-sharp minor]

I started from tabs way back in the early 80's and progressed from there.

Just do a search for guitar lessons in any search engine. There is a huge amount of info out there.

Joe Satriani has an excellent exercise for chord transitions.......do a search at Guitar One for Joe.

 

[RADAR]

yall making me want to get together for a jam session.


RADAR

 

[Mildot]

I've been playing for 15 years.
I'm running a Jackson RR-4 and an ESP LTD H-300 into a Peavey 5150 half stack at the moment.

 

[RADAR]

I love the mello sound of a tube amp- on stage i use a Peavy Duece hooked to a Peavy musician cabinet 6 12" woofers followed by a rockman and for the 60-70s sound corporated with a Big Muff Box,Dean Markly light guage strings,specially made Left handed Les Paul Gibson. During Peactice i play thru a Peavy Backstage Amp!



RADAR

 

[Pebcak]

I learned to play by getting tabs from OLGA (RIP) on my favourite musicians and just tried to keep up with the songs.

FYI the OLGA is alive and well at OLGA or try Harmony-Central's Tab's

Those are the 2 I use.

Pebcak