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Mar. 11th, 2006 02:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chaobellI play guitar. I also have very tiny girly hands.
This is a minor annoyance, because most guitars are either made for BIG MANLY HANDS or teeny tiny kid hands, with not much in between. Most of the time I don't have so much trouble with this, but on some songs and for some chords it's a big pain in the ass.
Well, okay, if you play nothing but acoustic, that's not so much of a problem. Pretty much every manufacturer of Acoustic Guitars Worth A Shit makes at least one 3/4 scale model. Which is about the right size for me and my tiny girly hands. (and of course I didn't actually get a 3/4 scale, as you may remember, but mine has a fairly slim neck for an acoustic)
Electric guitars are another story. If you want something in between, most manufacturers of Electric Guitars Worth A Shit do not ordinarily make a single damn thing to fit the midpoint between BIG MANLY HANDS and teeny tiny kid hands and your options are basically a) custom (read: $$$$$) or b) Daisy Rock (read: mostly pink).
Or so I thought, until this morning when I was poking through Musician's Friend's "what's new" listing.
OH MY CRAP YES!
Okay, so the website's a little heavy on the new-agey moonstuff (and the Flash), but holy crap, they make female-sized guitars that aren't overly girly! THANK GOD SOMEONE FINALLY GETS IT.
Exhibit A. Which I am currently drooling all over, for more than one reason. Yes, it's gorgeous. Yes, it's girly-hands-sized. Yes, it's non-girly-looking. It also happens to have a tremolo. Which is something I want on my next electric and something that, at present, you will not find on any Daisy Rock guitar ever. Yeah, sure, I could probably have one put on by a trained professional, but feh.
Sure, they've got a few pink-or-pastel models, but those seem to be the exception rather than the rule. The acoustics made me go :O in a good way. So did the Athena models. This is what I was after--fit for my tiny girly hands, kind of feminine and easy on the eyes, but not, y'know, Barbie's Dream Guitar.
They're a little pricier than the Daisy Rocks, and I'd definitely want to go lay hands on one before I even thought about saving up for it, but wow.
...Uh, actually, now that I compare: the actual street price on many of them seems to be cheaper than than on some of the Daisy Rocks. Well, hot damn. Yeah, I think I need to go find a local dealer and feel one up in person.
Also, I can now play the "Discovery" bit of 2112. Mostly. Go me. \m/
This is a minor annoyance, because most guitars are either made for BIG MANLY HANDS or teeny tiny kid hands, with not much in between. Most of the time I don't have so much trouble with this, but on some songs and for some chords it's a big pain in the ass.
Well, okay, if you play nothing but acoustic, that's not so much of a problem. Pretty much every manufacturer of Acoustic Guitars Worth A Shit makes at least one 3/4 scale model. Which is about the right size for me and my tiny girly hands. (and of course I didn't actually get a 3/4 scale, as you may remember, but mine has a fairly slim neck for an acoustic)
Electric guitars are another story. If you want something in between, most manufacturers of Electric Guitars Worth A Shit do not ordinarily make a single damn thing to fit the midpoint between BIG MANLY HANDS and teeny tiny kid hands and your options are basically a) custom (read: $$$$$) or b) Daisy Rock (read: mostly pink).
Or so I thought, until this morning when I was poking through Musician's Friend's "what's new" listing.
OH MY CRAP YES!
Okay, so the website's a little heavy on the new-agey moonstuff (and the Flash), but holy crap, they make female-sized guitars that aren't overly girly! THANK GOD SOMEONE FINALLY GETS IT.
Exhibit A. Which I am currently drooling all over, for more than one reason. Yes, it's gorgeous. Yes, it's girly-hands-sized. Yes, it's non-girly-looking. It also happens to have a tremolo. Which is something I want on my next electric and something that, at present, you will not find on any Daisy Rock guitar ever. Yeah, sure, I could probably have one put on by a trained professional, but feh.
Sure, they've got a few pink-or-pastel models, but those seem to be the exception rather than the rule. The acoustics made me go :O in a good way. So did the Athena models. This is what I was after--fit for my tiny girly hands, kind of feminine and easy on the eyes, but not, y'know, Barbie's Dream Guitar.
They're a little pricier than the Daisy Rocks, and I'd definitely want to go lay hands on one before I even thought about saving up for it, but wow.
...Uh, actually, now that I compare: the actual street price on many of them seems to be cheaper than than on some of the Daisy Rocks. Well, hot damn. Yeah, I think I need to go find a local dealer and feel one up in person.
Also, I can now play the "Discovery" bit of 2112. Mostly. Go me. \m/
