Fret hand longer than strum hand.

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Fret hand longer than strum hand.

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Anyone noticed after you play alot and play for a long time that your fret hand is at least a little longer if not considerably longer than your strum hand. Mine is and a couple of the people I play with are... Weird eh :/. I'm def not complaining considering i have slightly undersized hands
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definitely. 'tis the truth.
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Uh, i hope you arent trying to say your fingers actually get longer. Thats not true. If you mean they stretch out and become more flexable than your strum hand, then ill agree.
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Never said either, just awknowledged the fact that my left hand is physically longer than my right.
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Davey45 wrote:Uh, i hope you arent trying to say your fingers actually get longer. Thats not true. If you mean they stretch out and become more flexable than your strum hand, then ill agree.
Nope, they get longer.
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Post by DRMusic »

same effect explains why my right wrist is longer than my left
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dmbguitar718 wrote:
Davey45 wrote:Uh, i hope you arent trying to say your fingers actually get longer. Thats not true. If you mean they stretch out and become more flexable than your strum hand, then ill agree.
Nope, they get longer.
Id like some proof, until then im very skeptic.
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Davey45 wrote:
dmbguitar718 wrote:
Davey45 wrote:Uh, i hope you arent trying to say your fingers actually get longer. Thats not true. If you mean they stretch out and become more flexable than your strum hand, then ill agree.
Nope, they get longer.
Id like some proof, until then im very skeptic.
pictures shall come in the future.
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Yeah, but regardless of if its you, I really cant ever imagine any medical reason why your fretting hand would grow from playing guitar.
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DRMusic wrote:same effect explains why my right wrist is longer than my left
i just wasnt feelin it man
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Well looking at it now i can see that some fingers are still the same length right now but my middle finger is about an 1/8th of an inch longer or so than the adjacent one on my right hand. I'll try and post a picture of this when i get home.
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Holy shit I just checked mine. Thats the coolest ever.
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holy shit it is longer, never noticed that before
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Post by Brock »

HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK

MY MIDDLE THREE LEFT FINGERS ARE ABOUT A QUARTER-INCH BIGGER THAN MY RIGHT HAND
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Post by catho »

Maybe I'm just imaginging my left being longer because its on the topic but it really looks like it.

But you know, its all about perception.. and thats in the head.
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