Size of left hand

[eganbass]

Folks,

I've been browsing through all the past advice/discussion/arguments on thumb position for the left hand, but I've missed seeing anything on how the size of your left hand affects the thumb position.

I have a large hand (two in fact!...) and the only way I can line up my thumb at a 90 degree angle to the neck, opposite my middle finger, is to bend my wrist quite a bit.

If I let my thumb point slide up somewhat toward my index finger, and point more toward the nut, then I can keep my wrist relatively straight, which is what I think I want to do to avoid carpal tunnel and other maladies?

Make sense?

Thanks.

Bruce
North Carolina

 

[stagger lee]

you might want to adjust your strap length. i have big hands like you and used to get some bad pains from playing too high or too low, but now i've got it at a good height where my hand is comfortable and in the proper position.