Show Your Left Hand

[ebonalley]

I always felt like my left had was better suited for a mallet than a bass. I struggle with 34" scales and hate guys on YouTube with finders like Edward Scissorhands. Consider this the first post of the Short & Wide Lefty Club.

[Bass-Adrenaline]

Your hands look rather average, i wouldnt say small. I have really large hands so thats all i have to compare it to though lol

[Mayers]

You need practice if you struggle with a 34" bass ... I'm only 5'1 and dude ... I play a 6 strings bass.

[Mrdak]

I've got 1 inch on you....... and you know what they say about the size of a guys hands eh?.....

[ebonalley]

Originally Posted by Mayers

You need practice if you struggle with a 34" bass ... I'm only 5'1 and dude ... I play a 6 strings bass.

Yeh, but how big are ya' hands?

[Jjango]

Originally Posted by Mrdak

I've got 1 inch on you....... and you know what they say about the size of a guys hands eh?.....

Big gloves?

[the yeti]

that's nothing:

[OmnitzGarima]

[yamark]

haha...that pic killed me

[J. Crawford]

Yeti, Im still lol'ing.

[billiam5billion]

[fearceol]

Originally Posted by OmnitzGarima

Wow !!! Those calluses are really big !

[pharmakon]

I don't think it's the size of your hand per se, but that your palm area is larger and your fingers are shorter. I have the same issue, and it caused me years of heart ache while playing the cello. I hated all those damned long, slender fingered players!

This is a common thing, I think, as when I buy golf gloves, I have to get what's called a "cadet" glove. It has shorter fingers and bigger palm size

[Nashrakh]

I have similar hands to you, ebonalley, maybe even shorter fingers.

Over here, they call hands like that 'frying pans' lol.

I have no problem with 34'' or 35'' at all though. My short fingers led me to adopt Double Bass Fingering instead of One Finger Per Fret though, and I think it helped me a lot, especially down there where the money's at.

[Jonyak]

Originally Posted by ebonalley

I always felt like my left had was better suited for a mallet than a bass. I struggle with 34" scales and hate guys on YouTube with finders like Edward Scissorhands. Consider this the first post of the Short & Wide Lefty Club.
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mine are the same size, and I have no problems at all with 34" scale. I played a 35" scale lakland 5 for a year and had no problems with it either.

I think your issues migth be with your technique and not you hand size.

[fearceol]

Originally Posted by Jonyak

I think your issues migth be with your technique and not you hand size.

This is a possibility. OP, perhaps you could check out some L/H technique.

I'm sure your hands are larger than Carol Kaye's and she says that her hand's size was never a problem.

[the yeti]

Originally Posted by J. Crawford

Yeti, Im still lol'ing.

i do what i can...

[ebonalley]

Originally Posted by fearceol

This is a possibility. OP, perhaps you could check out some L/H technique.

I'm sure your hands are larger than Carol Kaye's and she says that her hand's size was never a problem.

I consider myself a beginner player and continue to work on smoothing out my thumb pivots. I play a 32" scale right now which has been a happy "medium." I'm still weighing the pro's and cons of a shorty.

[fearceol]

Originally Posted by ebonalley

I consider myself a beginner player and continue to work on smoothing out my thumb pivots.

Depending on how long you have being playing, perhaps you should give your hand(s) time to get used to this new and unfamiliar task they are being asked to do. Once your technique is good, then with time and practice your hands will get used to the bass. It is also a good idea ( a must do, actually ) to do gentle stretches for a few minutes before playing.

Here is a link to L/H technique from a fellow TB'r :

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=VRkS...eature=channel