Recent content by Lady_Mame

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    Very Small Hands

    Thanks for the advice on the short scale basses-- that's really helpful, and it appears to be just what I'm looking for, if I indeed go for a bass guitar as opposed to to a double bass. I'm not decided on which would provide more playing enjoyment in the long run for me, but at least I feel...
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    Very Small Hands

    The issue is not reaching around the neck, it is stretching from fret to fret-- I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. Yes, my hands are much smaller than the woman pictured-- when I put them in the position to play bass they go from about a to h on my keyboard. I played, most comfortably, a 1/2...
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    Very Small Hands

    Dear Talkbassists, I have extremely small hands (part of the reason I stopped playing bass, actually) and would like to get back to playing music, after all. A friend wants to start up a rockband for jam sessions, and I'm really interested. Guess who's been tapped to play bass (because Rock...