@@bogart5131 one can’t just put a wider nut on an acoustic without making the high and low strings too close to the edge of the fretboard. With some electrics, say a strat, or strat clone, one can get a custom wide neck. Myself, I’m recently renting a Seagull S6, and for sure gonna buy it for the extra 2 mm neck width. Besides that, it’s one sweet guitar.
The diagram at 3:18 is describing Nut width on the right but showing "string spacing" mislabeled as "nut width" on the left. Nut width is exactly as it sounds, the total width of the nut. "String spacing" is measured from Low to high E.
Major A chord is tough for me to squeeze my fingers into. I have no problem with Major E but Major A this is how I feel 🤬🤬🤬🤬 fricken buzzing lol. I thought I had skinny fingers but jumble everything into that area is a holy fuck moment for me 😂.
As a begginer I was getting really frustrated with the buzz and this video really helped and gave me a boost to keep going at it. Thank you very much for sharing this.
And this is how a teacher must teach...English is not my first language, so I appreciate the clean pronunciation too. Thank a lot for this key information!
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This is the first video on youtube I've seen that addresses nut width issues. THANK YOU!!!
I've seen the first three videos in this series. Your focus on "fit" is very useful and I don't think I've seen many other guides that address the issue.
You are describing exactly why I've twice given up trying to learn guitar. I will take another look at wide neck guitars and maybe give it another try. Thanks!
That is NOT what's normally meant by nut width. Nut width measurements normally include the entire nut. An e string to e string measurement is normally described as "string spacing at the nut". The numbers you give are accordingly confused. 52mm is a typical whole nut width for a classical guitar it would be unheard of for the nut string spacing.
Totally answered my question! Very clear, very understandable. Made perfect sense. Thanks a lot! P.s. I searched “are my fingers too fat to play guitar” and your video channel came up! Excellent placement! Now I’m gonna go ahead and give this a 60-day effort!
Very good video, but the description of Nut width and the accompanying chart is a bit off. The video defines the nut width as the distance between the grooves for the two E strings. But in actuality, the Nut width is the actual width of the Nut itself...from edge to edge. The widths listed on the video's chart are correct, e.g., Slim 1 11/16 in. (43mm), but that is the total edge-to-edge distance, not the high E groove to low E groove distance.
I would like to add that I practice every day at least 45mim to an hour, sometimes twice a day. Then frustration sets in when no matter what I do just can't get the chords to sound clear.
Thank you; I've been a very amateur, very casual player for decades and still have difficulty getting a consistent clean sound. From your simple point about examining and adjusting wrist, hand, shoulder, and elbow position, I realize that part of my problem is that the rare times I do pick up my guitar these days, I'm almost always seated on a sofa; sitting in this relatively low, crouched position, I'm forcing myself into a very constricted posture that completely sabotages my mechanics.
Many thanks for commenting. Good to know I've helped you see the error of your ways ;-) Hope it leads to a nice breakthrough for you. Learning guitar is difficult enough a task without making it harder for ourselves by these fundamentally physical 'bad habits' !
Fat fingers beginner here, great tips especially moving the arm and shoulder to have the wrist and fingers in the best position. Very helpful, thanks for sharing.
i found out that the old guitar my dad has was for children and the nut size was 38 mm no wonder why i wanted to quit i couldn't even play a single note without muting gotta visit the store and get me a { c } neck guitar with at least 50 mm nut . thanks a lot for saving my hobby i couldn't have seen such an informative video
Thanks so much! The bit from 4:00 - 5:15 is gold. I played around with guitar for a few weeks about 20 years ago and never got very far. (No teacher, pre-RUclips). I always felt like I was tying my hand in a knot 😁 I've spent the last few years learning another instrument and I'm really enjoyed it. I was recently inspired to give guitar another try and bought one this weekend. Yesterday was Day 2 and the difficulty ramped up quick with the D chord. It was very difficulty not to mute one of the strings. I was certain I'd made a mistake and my fingers were just too big for this guitar. What you demonstrated with moving the elbow, shoulder, and wrist helped me to find a position where i could the get my fingers more parallel. It's going to take some practice to ingrain it, but I feel like what you said opened a door for me.
I wish you all the best of luck. I'd never even held a guitar until I bought one just over a week ago, I'm now hating my fingers for being too wide, I can get the D chord after some practice but the 2nd chord to learn was the A and it's almost impossible for me to get. Hope you have more luck than me.
@@8-bitsteve500 Yeah it's definitely a challenging instrument to get started with. The fingering I Iearned for the A chord is slightly different than the standard one. It's meant to easily slide between E, A and D. Maybe that would help? It's from this video: ruclips.net/video/BBz-Jyr23M4/видео.html I also came across another teacher who teaches 2 finger versions of the basic chords to help get started. I haven't used these, but I was considering it as a way to keep moving forward if I get stuck: ruclips.net/video/WGIcfDCWysQ/видео.html Hang in there, you'll get it!
i used to hate the D chord and would avoid any song with it lol,but i learned it in a day and now i can go to it without thinking,the trick is to twist your wrist and play it at an angle,now its the easiest chord i find
I found the thinner neck of the Gibson Flying V guitar is great for my small hand size. Just played last night and so far able to play some chords and notes without issue or pain.
Yup except now I am paying the dues with sore fingers after learning chords and have to build the callus up to avoid pain. Chords are the hardest thing for me as a new guitar player!
The tip about angling your forearm and elbow are good tips, especially when playing a C cord.I twist my elbow right in against my stomach which in turn forces my fretting hand to be almost parallel to the fret board. which in turn stops me muting open strings, especially the G string.
I like your video. Thanks for posting. But I did want to point out that the width of a guitar nut is measured from the outside edge of each side of the nut, not from E string to e string.
Sir, I am a 35 years old guy from Pakistan that has had a passion since my childhood but never really got the chance to fulfill it. Quite recently I got my hands on a Yamaha Acoustic/Electric Guitar that I am learning on. This issue is one that is bothering me the most. I have seen a few videos addressing this issue but wasn't quite satisfied with the material but I have to say your video and the way you presented it, keeping it simple and very well explained MADE ME sign in and press the LIKE button. I am going to practice for now to see if I can learn the right technique before I declare to myself that the instrument does not fit me. Rest assured, I will be referring to your videos in the future as well. Thank you so very much for this. : )
I've just measured my guitar's neck, and it's 43 mm (slim according to this video). I've got a huge hand, One advantage is, that muting, for me is very easy. This video is very nice, but I just do not know how to get these specifications online. I would really like to WATCH a video where specific guitars are mentioned for a bigger hand. I walked into several shops, to try out guitars under 300$ and all of them were slim nuts. So probably they produce a wider range of sizes (as far as the neck concerned) I guess. Please comment on it if I'm mistaken.
thanks meight. I bouth a guitar 2 days ago and had these promblems. And you reashured m that i will overcome them. I will keep your words in mind amd hopefully i can learn to play it because of you. ☺
Thank you sir. Your very simple demonstration of the depth vs. width of the actual finger tip was like a revelation to me (so simple never really considered it I guess), so thank you very much!
Very true!! I am just now beginning and I keep slanting my guitar to face me so I can see the notes I know I am probably doing this wrong I just got a small acoustic at toys r us to experiment on but now I may need to get a bigger neck acoustic for my fingers but I will practice angling my fingers better for now until I can find the perfect acoustic for me thank you so much for this video
I am trying to learn on the half size guitar we bought our daughter years ago. I have trouble with buzz and thought it was just a bad guitar but now I realize it's just me. I think the frets are so far apart that my fingers can't reach very well for a C, but then I compare it to my husband's classical guitar and I realize this one is so much smaller than a classical. The nut width is just 1 and 5/16 which makes the strings closer together than on the classical. I am also playing a concert ukulele and a tenor ukulele as an advanced beginner. It's much easier. The strings are farther apart and the frets are closer together. I just don't know if there's any hope for me with the guitar, but your video has encouraged me to keep trying. Thanks so much.
Even if this channel is dead. I know from college never not take old knowledge especially when it's free will be adding this channel to my guitar learning process.
Thank you so much for the tips. I have owned a guitar for many years and every now and then pick it up and then disregard it because I thought my fingers were to fat and short........now its time to practice..............
Great video, thanks. Just one thing. The nut width isn't measured from the grooves but it's the whole width of the neck at the height of the nut. I just measured the distance between the grooves on my e-guitar to be 35 mm, while according to the manufacturer it has a "width at the nut" of 43 mm. What you mean is usually called something like "string spacing at the nut" or "nut spacing".
Really enjoying this 'sound bites' series of vids, I always pick up little bits of info from you I hadn't previously thought about. More to come I hope.
very good advices Sir....i am an average height indian which is 5'9" but I do have big chunky hands....i am beginner guitar player at 30 and was facing much difficulties till I saw this video that adjustment have to be made to get best results
Thank you for the video.I have watched this video several times and the conclusion is that standard width guitar necks do not and will not work for me which is why I ordered an electric guitar with a 51mm wide nut and 8mm spacings for the guitar strings from China because standard width guitar nuts with standard string spacings just won't work no matter how I try to place my fingers,wrist and shoulder.There are people that have big hands but they also have tapered finger tips and that is not the case for me because my finger tips are thick and will not cooperate.
Extremely...extremely helpful....thank you so much...had my guitar 2 days and wish I had watched you earlier...its an old Air Line ...just says Japan on the inside label.
Great vid explaining the basics in an understandable way, would just like to say that cutting ones fingernails regularly also helps, mine seem to grow so quickly, only noticed since playing about on the guitar. Thanks again.
Ive got really large wide fingers but it helps me play guitar easier using a couple of fingers for some chords instead of three fingers. So its never stopped me playing one bit on all kinds of necks and guitars. If you have fat fingers dont worry you will find its not a problem.
I'm a beginner, but when I measured the width on my guitar from high E to low E, I got 35 mm. That's so far out of whack that I surfed around the web a bit, and came up with the conclusion that the term "nut width" -- and the numbers in the chart in the video -- is supposed to refer to the full edge to edge width of the nut. I agree that's not as definitive a dimension as string to string, but I suppose it does define the width of the neck at the headstock, which could be related to hand size.
Yes, it's worth bearing in mind that neck width can't really be altered whereas string spacing can be quite easily altered by replacing the nut. You can have a problem with overall neck width - in which case the only real remedy is to change guitar. Or the neck width can feel ok but the strings are too far apart or too close together in which case you can buy a replacement nut. Some nuts are loose and some glued into place - if in doubt consult a guitar tech person. 🙂
These video's are just what I needed. I have been taking guitar lessons for about four months and still have trouble getting chords to sound clear. I have a good teacher, I have no doubt he knows what he is doing.. In my experience teachers spend time on teaching you notes on first, second and third strings in the beginning, but spend little time on technique. Why your chords are not sounding clear. Teach you finger exercises to do at home. He moves on to something new when I'm still struggling with the song from last week. Is this common practice. I think if you don't learn the right way you are developing bad habits that will hinder you to improve at a steady rate. Thank you
Hello again Nick... a nice video and just the information I need out there to make people look for wide neck guitars... they are my most regular sellers so I need to do more wide-necks and fewer standard strats etc. ps. one of your 1989 vintage chasers flew over my house two days ago!
very reassuring indeed I've had just 5 lessons so far making some OK tunes bit not getting ahead of myself because I do know its about finding your way around that guitar comfortably and pref. without looking at the frets and tilting guitar :/ on occasions I too have large hands/fingers bit guy not fat lol I find myself catching a string with one of my fingers at times but I'm.sure through practice that won't happen I have a lot more respect for all that can play than before its no walk in the park
Hello Nick... I just stumbled across your video on neck widths... I had been adding a little video on youtube called: playing "To Cyprus" for showing a new wide neck guitar I have on ebay... then I found you here. Cheers from Mark Phillips.......
Thank you so much. My guitars has a 43 mm nut width. So I will be looking for a guitar with a 47 mm nut width. Your table has been very enlightening. Thanks again.....Sal : )
I started playing on a strat but it really was just a pain so I went to the guitar store nearby played a lot of different guitars and ended up buying an Epiphone Les paul because it really was easier to play and just felt better
My finger is the same thickness as the space between first and third string, when i push from top at a right angle its not geometrically possible to not mute both strings even by making sure the palm is also positioned so the wider part of the fingers is tilted.
The guitar that I have appears to be the right one. after listening to your video, I made some adjustments and there were significant improvements. I have been practicing for at least five weeks with a teacher. I trained 40-60 minutes every day. My expectation is a bit demanding and I want to see improve on a large scale, but I'm fine. I will continue to research and learn as much as I can from people like you. When I come across materials that are helpful I will purchase them, because I really want to be good at playing. I love music!
i think my problem with my fat fingers muting the adjacent strings is mainly due to hand placement. I find that I can't seem to have the fingers come down on the string from directly above because as a newbie I constantly move the guitar neck out away from my body to look down & view exactly where my fingers are placed on the frets. I can't just put them in the chord placement locations by memory without craning my head & turning the guitar neck up slightly to make sure they are on the right locations. I think I'm going to have to view my playing in a mirror at least until I get the "muscle memory" to know exactly where to place my fingers to make a chord & then transition to the next chord.
i love the way he describes finger sizes
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My middelfinger kills all surrounding strings
Customize the neck, change it with a wider nut....
@@bogart5131 one can’t just put a wider nut on an acoustic without making the high and low strings too close to the edge of the fretboard. With some electrics, say a strat, or strat clone, one can get a custom wide neck.
Myself, I’m recently renting a Seagull S6, and for sure gonna buy it for the extra 2 mm neck width. Besides that, it’s one sweet guitar.
Get a Spanish guitar they're made for human fingers
Not elvish ones.
The diagram at 3:18 is describing Nut width on the right but showing "string spacing" mislabeled as "nut width" on the left. Nut width is exactly as it sounds, the total width of the nut.
"String spacing" is measured from Low to high E.
Me: tries a C chord
My Fatty fingees: lemme just go ahead and mute 4 of your strings real quick....
Its been 3 months, send help
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Hahhhaahaha
Major A chord is tough for me to squeeze my fingers into. I have no problem with Major E but Major A this is how I feel 🤬🤬🤬🤬 fricken buzzing lol. I thought I had skinny fingers but jumble everything into that area is a holy fuck moment for me 😂.
Bro my gf had the same problem, took her to guitar center and had her grab a classical guitar, nailed the C chord on the first try
I know how you feel. It’s really damn frustrating.
As a begginer I was getting really frustrated with the buzz and this video really helped and gave me a boost to keep going at it. Thank you very much for sharing this.
Thank you for this video. I am a beginner and am struggling with this issue.
I am struggling with this issue and am wondering how it is going 3 yrs later. I hope you continued to practice.
How are you doing now?
@@tanveerhasan2382 also wondering the same... I'm about 2 months in and struggling super hard with fat fingers....
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Excellent information for a total beginner like myself thankyou
And this is how a teacher must teach...English is not my first language, so I appreciate the clean pronunciation too. Thank a lot for this key information!
This is the first video on youtube I've seen that addresses nut width issues. THANK YOU!!!
I just got a guitar for my 55th birthday and have short fat sausages. I am learning to play. Never have before now.
I've seen the first three videos in this series. Your focus on "fit" is very useful and I don't think I've seen many other guides that address the issue.
You are describing exactly why I've twice given up trying to learn guitar. I will take another look at wide neck guitars and maybe give it another try. Thanks!
Most useful video on this issue I have seen, and really helped me
That is NOT what's normally meant by nut width. Nut width measurements normally include the entire nut. An e string to e string measurement is normally described as "string spacing at the nut". The numbers you give are accordingly confused. 52mm is a typical whole nut width for a classical guitar it would be unheard of for the nut string spacing.
Totally answered my question! Very clear, very understandable. Made perfect sense. Thanks a lot! P.s. I searched “are my fingers too fat to play guitar” and your video channel came up! Excellent placement! Now I’m gonna go ahead and give this a 60-day effort!
"nut width" made me chuckle. I'll never grow up.
Damn you, now I laughed when I heard hi. Say it.... lol
Very good video, but the description of Nut width and the accompanying chart is a bit off. The video defines the nut width as the distance between the grooves for the two E strings. But in actuality, the Nut width is the actual width of the Nut itself...from edge to edge. The widths listed on the video's chart are correct, e.g., Slim 1 11/16 in. (43mm), but that is the total edge-to-edge distance, not the high E groove to low E groove distance.
Where were you 40 years ago! I'm going to give playing another chance. Thank you for the information.
I'm in love with the shape of "U"
nice! the diagram of nut sizes was definitely illuminating... wish I'd seen that before guitar shopping.
ive played bass since i was 12(now 33) and i just tried to learn fade to black intro on 6 string, lets just say with my size fingers it didn't go well
I've picked up and put down the guitar many times over the years because of this issue. I have been inspired to stick with it thanks to your video.
I would like to add that I practice every day at least 45mim to an hour, sometimes twice a day. Then frustration sets in when no matter what I do just can't get the chords to sound clear.
This was 5 years ago. Do you still play?
Thank you; I've been a very amateur, very casual player for decades and still have difficulty getting a consistent clean sound. From your simple point about examining and adjusting wrist, hand, shoulder, and elbow position, I realize that part of my problem is that the rare times I do pick up my guitar these days, I'm almost always seated on a sofa; sitting in this relatively low, crouched position, I'm forcing myself into a very constricted posture that completely sabotages my mechanics.
Many thanks for commenting. Good to know I've helped you see the error of your ways ;-) Hope it leads to a nice breakthrough for you. Learning guitar is difficult enough a task without making it harder for ourselves by these fundamentally physical 'bad habits' !
Fat fingers beginner here, great tips especially moving the arm and shoulder to have the wrist and fingers in the best position. Very helpful, thanks for sharing.
Gaaaa thank you - I'm super new to playing and was soooo aggravated- I'll keep practicing and harden my finger tips.
I tried everything from wider fret spacing to dieting. I am excited to try this method!!
Yes you are right. What I meant is the thickness of the neck front to back. I worded it wrong. Thank you for your response.
Frankie
Great common sense video. Thanks. Renews my hope a little...
i found out that the old guitar my dad has was for children and the nut size was 38 mm no wonder why i wanted to quit i couldn't even play a single note without muting gotta visit the store and get me a { c } neck guitar with at least 50 mm nut . thanks a lot for saving my hobby i couldn't have seen such an informative video
Capo on at least the third fret, is my cure for hotdog fingers and arthur itis !!!
Thanks so much! The bit from 4:00 - 5:15 is gold. I played around with guitar for a few weeks about 20 years ago and never got very far. (No teacher, pre-RUclips). I always felt like I was tying my hand in a knot 😁 I've spent the last few years learning another instrument and I'm really enjoyed it. I was recently inspired to give guitar another try and bought one this weekend. Yesterday was Day 2 and the difficulty ramped up quick with the D chord. It was very difficulty not to mute one of the strings. I was certain I'd made a mistake and my fingers were just too big for this guitar. What you demonstrated with moving the elbow, shoulder, and wrist helped me to find a position where i could the get my fingers more parallel. It's going to take some practice to ingrain it, but I feel like what you said opened a door for me.
I wish you all the best of luck. I'd never even held a guitar until I bought one just over a week ago, I'm now hating my fingers for being too wide, I can get the D chord after some practice but the 2nd chord to learn was the A and it's almost impossible for me to get. Hope you have more luck than me.
@@8-bitsteve500 Yeah it's definitely a challenging instrument to get started with. The fingering I Iearned for the A chord is slightly different than the standard one. It's meant to easily slide between E, A and D. Maybe that would help? It's from this video: ruclips.net/video/BBz-Jyr23M4/видео.html I also came across another teacher who teaches 2 finger versions of the basic chords to help get started. I haven't used these, but I was considering it as a way to keep moving forward if I get stuck: ruclips.net/video/WGIcfDCWysQ/видео.html Hang in there, you'll get it!
@@Retro6502 Thank you!
i used to hate the D chord and would avoid any song with it lol,but i learned it in a day and now i can go to it without thinking,the trick is to twist your wrist and play it at an angle,now its the easiest chord i find
Your tutorial for fat-fingered, bumbling beginner guitar players is a lifesaver! Thanks for making it so understandable.
I found the thinner neck of the Gibson Flying V guitar is great for my small hand size. Just played last night and so far able to play some chords and notes without issue or pain.
Yup except now I am paying the dues with sore fingers after learning chords and have to build the callus up to avoid pain. Chords are the hardest thing for me as a new guitar player!
Getting there slowly some callus forming after a week and pain is getting less. Feels weird though.
This is well done, Nick. Thorough and easy to understand.
The tip about angling your forearm and elbow are good tips, especially when playing a C cord.I twist my elbow right in against my stomach which in turn forces my fretting hand to be almost parallel to the fret board. which in turn stops me muting open strings, especially the G string.
I like your video. Thanks for posting. But I did want to point out that the width of a guitar nut is measured from the outside edge of each side of the nut, not from E string to e string.
Excellent tips here!
Sir, I am a 35 years old guy from Pakistan that has had a passion since my childhood but never really got the chance to fulfill it. Quite recently I got my hands on a Yamaha Acoustic/Electric Guitar that I am learning on. This issue is one that is bothering me the most. I have seen a few videos addressing this issue but wasn't quite satisfied with the material but I have to say your video and the way you presented it, keeping it simple and very well explained MADE ME sign in and press the LIKE button. I am going to practice for now to see if I can learn the right technique before I declare to myself that the instrument does not fit me. Rest assured, I will be referring to your videos in the future as well. Thank you so very much for this. : )
I've just measured my guitar's neck, and it's 43 mm (slim according to this video). I've got a huge hand, One advantage is, that muting, for me is very easy.
This video is very nice, but I just do not know how to get these specifications online.
I would really like to WATCH a video where specific guitars are mentioned for a bigger hand.
I walked into several shops, to try out guitars under 300$ and all of them were slim nuts.
So probably they produce a wider range of sizes (as far as the neck concerned) I guess.
Please comment on it if I'm mistaken.
Good advice, thank you!
Yep the guitar that I had has nut width that are far, far too tiny for me. Now I know thank you!
thanks meight. I bouth a guitar 2 days ago and had these promblems. And you reashured m that i will overcome them. I will keep your words in mind amd hopefully i can learn to play it because of you. ☺
Thank you sir. Your very simple demonstration of the depth vs. width of the actual finger tip was like a revelation to me (so simple never really considered it I guess), so thank you very much!
Thanks for the encouragement man. I have smaller palms, hands, and short fat fingers, but I want to play and working for it...
I appreciate the effort. Nice vid mate !
These first few videos are outstanding and cover "fit"information I have not seen in any other beginners videos! Thanks!
Thx!!! Sir
Very true!! I am just now beginning and I keep slanting my guitar to face me so I can see the notes I know I am probably doing this wrong I just got a small acoustic at toys r us to experiment on but now I may need to get a bigger neck acoustic for my fingers but I will practice angling my fingers better for now until I can find the perfect acoustic for me thank you so much for this video
...and finger nails on the fretting hand! Interesting videos. First time I have seen anything going into this sort of detail. Thank you.
This made me realize I had accidently bought a smaller guitar. I will be returning it and trying to get one with a wider neck. TY!
I am trying to learn on the half size guitar we bought our daughter years ago. I have trouble with buzz and thought it was just a bad guitar but now I realize it's just me. I think the frets are so far apart that my fingers can't reach very well for a C, but then I compare it to my husband's classical guitar and I realize this one is so much smaller than a classical. The nut width is just 1 and 5/16 which makes the strings closer together than on the classical. I am also playing a concert ukulele and a tenor ukulele as an advanced beginner. It's much easier. The strings are farther apart and the frets are closer together. I just don't know if there's any hope for me with the guitar, but your video has encouraged me to keep trying. Thanks so much.
I thought I Could find a video that explicates so well my problem thanks a lot you´re very kind.
You make a lot of sense. Thank you
Thanks for your kind comment. Glad you liked it :-)
Thanks!!! New to guitar playing and honestly frustrated with that issue. This has given me some 'workarounds'.
This is so easily explained and straightforwardly comprehended.
Except for the fact that nut width is actually the length of the nut itself, not the distance between e an e.
Even if this channel is dead. I know from college never not take old knowledge especially when it's free will be adding this channel to my guitar learning process.
Thank you so much for the tips. I have owned a guitar for many years and every now and then pick it up and then disregard it because I thought my fingers were to fat and short........now its time to practice..............
Thank you for the knowledge and inspiration. Cheers:) tRace
Great tips! I had No idea about the length of the nut ,and only slight knowledge about c shape, u shape, v shape. Great video, thanks!
Great video, thanks.
Just one thing. The nut width isn't measured from the grooves but it's the whole width of the neck at the height of the nut. I just measured the distance between the grooves on my e-guitar to be 35 mm, while according to the manufacturer it has a "width at the nut" of 43 mm.
What you mean is usually called something like "string spacing at the nut" or "nut spacing".
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Really enjoying this 'sound bites' series of vids, I always pick up little bits of info from you I hadn't previously thought about. More to come I hope.
very good advices Sir....i am an average height indian which is 5'9" but I do have big chunky hands....i am beginner guitar player at 30 and was facing much difficulties till I saw this video that adjustment have to be made to get best results
Wow this is so helpful thank you! I wish more guitar teachers focus on helping student pick right guitar and teach these things.
Thank you for the video.I have watched this video several times and the conclusion is that standard width guitar necks do not and will not work for me which is why I ordered an electric guitar with a 51mm wide nut and 8mm spacings for the guitar strings from China because standard width guitar nuts with standard string spacings just won't work no matter how I try to place my fingers,wrist and shoulder.There are people that have big hands but they also have tapered finger tips and that is not the case for me because my finger tips are thick and will not cooperate.
Thank you Sir
Extremely...extremely helpful....thank you so much...had my guitar 2 days and wish I had watched you earlier...its an old Air Line ...just says Japan on the inside label.
Thanks for this! Number 3 is great, and will use 1,2 for my next guitar
Great vid explaining the basics in an understandable way, would just like to say that cutting ones fingernails regularly also helps, mine seem to grow so quickly, only noticed since playing about on the guitar. Thanks again.
You beautiful man thank you
Ive got really large wide fingers but it helps me play guitar easier using a couple of fingers for some chords instead of three fingers. So its never stopped me playing one bit on all kinds of necks and guitars. If you have fat fingers dont worry you will find its not a problem.
Awesome video. Thanks very much!
thank you very much sir. i am struggling with the same issues. the video was an real insight.
I'm a beginner, but when I measured the width on my guitar from high E to low E, I got 35 mm. That's so far out of whack that I surfed around the web a bit, and came up with the conclusion that the term "nut width" -- and the numbers in the chart in the video -- is supposed to refer to the full edge to edge width of the nut. I agree that's not as definitive a dimension as string to string, but I suppose it does define the width of the neck at the headstock, which could be related to hand size.
Yes, it's worth bearing in mind that neck width can't really be altered whereas string spacing can be quite easily altered by replacing the nut. You can have a problem with overall neck width - in which case the only real remedy is to change guitar. Or the neck width can feel ok but the strings are too far apart or too close together in which case you can buy a replacement nut. Some nuts are loose and some glued into place - if in doubt consult a guitar tech person. 🙂
Thanks. Very informative.
These video's are just what I needed. I have been taking guitar lessons for about four months and still have trouble getting chords to sound clear. I have a good teacher, I have no doubt he knows what he is doing.. In my experience teachers spend time on teaching you notes on first, second and third strings in the beginning, but spend little time on technique. Why your chords are not sounding clear. Teach you finger exercises to do at home. He moves on to something new when I'm still struggling with the song from last week. Is this common practice. I think if you don't learn the right way you are developing bad habits that will hinder you to improve at a steady rate. Thank you
Stellar! Thank you for insight, confirmation, and specific hints!
Hello again Nick... a nice video and just the information I need out there to make people look for wide neck guitars... they are my most regular sellers so I need to do more wide-necks and fewer standard strats etc. ps. one of your 1989 vintage chasers flew over my house two days ago!
Very good Video , thank you so much
I can grab a 12th on the piano, I must have a larger solo cutaway (challenges w/ 22nd-24th frets E B strings)
Other than that, I'm ok.
very reassuring indeed I've had just 5 lessons so far making some OK tunes bit not getting ahead of myself because I do know its about finding your way around that guitar comfortably and pref. without looking at the frets and tilting guitar :/ on occasions I too have large hands/fingers bit guy not fat lol I find myself catching a string with one of my fingers at times but I'm.sure through practice that won't happen I have a lot more respect for all that can play than before its no walk in the park
Hello Nick... I just stumbled across your video on neck widths... I had been adding a little video on youtube called: playing "To Cyprus" for showing a new wide neck guitar I have on ebay... then I found you here.
Cheers from Mark Phillips.......
Very good explaned.
thanks for the video..
Essential information excellently presented. Thank you Sir.
Thank you so much. My guitars has a 43 mm nut width. So I will be looking for a guitar with a 47 mm nut width. Your table has been very enlightening. Thanks again.....Sal : )
Good luck finding a 47 mm nut on a steel string guitar. Even 45 mm are hard to find. My rental Seagull M6 Original is one.
Excellent information and advice. Thank you.
I started playing on a strat but it really was just a pain so I went to the guitar store nearby played a lot of different guitars and ended up buying an Epiphone Les paul because it really was easier to play and just felt better
This was so encouraging! Thank you.
My nut width is 38 mm. No wonder I'm having so much trouble.
Terrific overview on subject.
My finger is the same thickness as the space between first and third string, when i push from top at a right angle its not geometrically possible to not mute both strings even by making sure the palm is also positioned so the wider part of the fingers is tilted.
Thank you for this lesson. I am having some problems with my two middle fingers. I can see minor improvements, but I think this video will help.
The guitar that I have appears to be the right one. after listening to your video, I made some adjustments and there were significant improvements. I have been practicing for at least five weeks with a teacher. I trained 40-60 minutes every day. My expectation is a bit demanding and I want to see improve on a large scale, but I'm fine. I will continue to research and learn as much as I can from people like you. When I come across materials that are helpful I will purchase them, because I really want to be good at playing. I love music!
This video is really thorough, very useful, God bless you 🙌🏾
Thanks a lot for the knowledge and the motivation ..
Love to listen and follow your good advice THANKS !
I like this guy.....good video
Thanks for the advices, sir.
i think my problem with my fat fingers muting the adjacent strings is mainly due to hand placement. I find that I can't seem to have the fingers come down on the string from directly above because as a newbie I constantly move the guitar neck out away from my body to look down & view exactly where my fingers are placed on the frets. I can't just put them in the chord placement locations by memory without craning my head & turning the guitar neck up slightly to make sure they are on the right locations. I think I'm going to have to view my playing in a mirror at least until I get the "muscle memory" to know exactly where to place my fingers to make a chord & then transition to the next chord.
thankyou so much for your beautiful video to help us thankyou
Thanks for your good advises ....!
Best regards from Denmark
Jan Jensen