 How Tall Are You And How Long Are Your Hands? |
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 Aug 7 2008, 01:01 PM
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Hey all at GMC,
I am not sure if this thread already exists, but if not I'm going to start it. My questions are: 1. How tall are you? (feet & inches or metres & centimetres, or convert and post both if you can just for the sake of making it easier for everyone to understand) 2. How big are your hands, from the line on the underside of your wrist to the tip of your middle finger? Also, any discussion on the pros and cons of big hands and long fingers in regards to guitar technique and what level of stretches etc you can physically do is also welcomed. If anyone has any information of the hand size of famous guitarists this might also be interesting to look at. Doesn't have to be measurements, maybe you've shaken the hand of a famous guitarist or something. To get started: My Height: 72.5 inches/Just over 6ft 184cm/1.84m My hand Size: 19.5cm/7.7 inches So there you go. I don't consider my hands to be very big, but I can make some big stretches with what I've got and without pain. For example, all of John Petrucci's "Rock Discipline" stretches and some crazy diminished stretches that Rusty Cooley shows in this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRWnUApF52U&mode=user&search=). This post has been edited by Starry Manhattan Rain: Aug 7 2008, 01:03 PM --------------------  |
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Aug 7 2008, 01:20 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: 27-July 08 From: Goirle, The Netherlands Member No.: 5.587 |
1 m 85 cm here. 6'1''
18.5 cm, dunno about how many inches that is. but length and hands don't make much diffrence when playing guitar. more important is how well your hand muscles are trained and how well your fingers are adapted to playing guitar. |
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Aug 7 2008, 01:22 PM
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 Instructor  Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 15.166 Joined: 22-June 07 From: Sarajevo,Bosnia Member No.: 2.159 |
188cm tall, 19.6cm hand
 But once you get certain level of technique it doesn't matter that much. Take Yngwie per example, kind a small hands and pretty fat fingers nowdays but he plays best shred in his life. 
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Aug 7 2008, 01:37 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 6-July 07 From: Huizen, Netherlands Member No.: 2.256 |
heigth: 1.90 m
hand: 21.5 cm don't think it matters a lot if your hands are small or not... -------------------- Gear:
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Aug 7 2008, 01:41 PM
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 Learning Apprentice Player & Challenge Star Group: Members Posts: 1.435 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Albany NY USA Member No.: 4.521 |
I am 193 cm / 6'4" tall and my hand is 20.3 cm / 8".
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Aug 7 2008, 01:41 PM
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 Singing Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.391 Joined: 23-January 08 Member No.: 3.960 |
186.5 cm or 1,86,5m tall
22 cm fingers(yeap,I haw big hands )
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Aug 7 2008, 01:54 PM
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 Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 2.537 Joined: 27-May 07 From: Gothenburg, Sweden Member No.: 1.927 |
heigth: 178 cm
hand: 18,5 cm -------------------- |
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Aug 7 2008, 01:59 PM
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 Learning Apprentice Player - SI Lick of the Month Winner Group: Members Posts: 1.902 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Member No.: 5.298 |
QUOTE (Marcus Lavendell @ Aug 7 2008, 02:54 PM)  heigth: 178 cm hand: 18,5 cm We're the small ones here appearently 178 for me too and exactly 20 cm. |
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Aug 7 2008, 02:01 PM
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 Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 16.873 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia Member No.: 3.341 |
height 178cm
hands 19cm, big hands in relation to the body = I can swim fast 
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Aug 7 2008, 03:10 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 2.569 Joined: 20-February 07 From: Trondheim Member No.: 1.226 |
Height: 185 cm
Hand size: 20cm Hmm, I had bigger hands than I thought. -------------------- |
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Aug 7 2008, 03:13 PM
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Learning Apprentice Player - SI Lick of the Month Winner Group: Members Posts: 1.902 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Member No.: 5.298 |
I was quite surprised that my hands were 20 cm. My pinky is short though
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Aug 7 2008, 03:19 PM
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 Get to da Chopper!  Group: GMC Senior Posts: 2.693 Joined: 18-March 07 From: South Wales, UK Member No.: 1.374 |
Height: 6'1'' / 185.4 cm
Hand: 18.9 cm (reall short pinky tho  )
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Aug 7 2008, 03:24 PM
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Learning Apprentice Player - SI Lick of the Month Winner Group: Members Posts: 1.902 Joined: 14-June 08 From: Copenhagen, Denmark Member No.: 5.298 |
QUOTE (DeepRoots @ Aug 7 2008, 04:19 PM) Height: 6'1'' / 185.4 cm Hand: 18.9 cm (reall short pinky tho )I just meassured from the line under the palm to the tip of my pinky and that only adds up to 16 cm. Of course where your fingers are attached is slightly curved, so the difference between pinky and middle is only about 2 cm from bottom of the finger to the tip, where as the difference from the bottom of the palm to the tip is 4 cm.
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Aug 7 2008, 03:50 PM
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 Learning Rock Star  Group: GMC Wiki:er Posts: 3.277 Joined: 22-October 07 From: Molde, Norway Member No.: 3.108 |
I feel small
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Aug 7 2008, 03:58 PM
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 Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 2.936 Joined: 14-April 08 From: Buenos Aires, Argentina Member No.: 4.895 |
heigth: 1.82 m
hand: 21 cm hahahaha.... I never measure my hands
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Aug 7 2008, 04:06 PM
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 Learning Tone Guru - Community Coordinator & Moderator Group: GMC Senior Posts: 5.710 Joined: 24-September 07 From: Sittingbourne, UK Member No.: 2.860 |
QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Aug 7 2008, 01:22 PM) kind a small hands and pretty fat fingers nowdays that cracked me up! hmm, what is it with you lot, are you all giants!!!! 5`8" no idea what that is in cm`s, 172cm`s (ish)?? hand : 18cm -------------------- |
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Aug 7 2008, 05:40 PM
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 Moderator - The Dark Canuck Group: GMC Senior Posts: 2.256 Joined: 22-March 07 From: The Great White North Member No.: 1.395 |
I'm 5'8 and my hand is almost 18 cm but not quite, off by about 2 mm.
rok This post has been edited by rokchik: Aug 7 2008, 05:40 PM --------------------  |
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Aug 7 2008, 06:03 PM
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 Instructor (former GMCer Hammerin Hank) Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 718 Joined: 1-May 08 From: Boston MA Member No.: 5.018 |
Interesting topic.
height 5'11 I think that's around 180cm, hand is slightly under 8' I think that's about 20cm. My fingers are a bit chub I remember first touching the guitar when I was younger and it was hard to stretch my fingers between 3 & 4 frets. Keeping the first finger on the 1st fret I can comfortably stretch to the 7th, uncomfortablly 8th , & not even close to the 9th. Most of the time my thumb hangs over the neck for the bass notes of chords and I find my hand size fits well on the neck of my guitar. I wish my finger were just a bit thiner though This post has been edited by Henry Dietzel: Aug 7 2008, 06:15 PM -------------------- |
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Aug 7 2008, 06:27 PM
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 Born of NWOBHM, Moderation Team Leader Group: GMC Senior Posts: 7.349 Joined: 9-January 07 From: Stockholm, Sweden Member No.: 1.062 |
183 cm
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Aug 7 2008, 06:44 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 1.255 Joined: 12-April 07 From: Sweden Member No.: 1.545 |
180 cm
19,5 cm -------------------- |
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