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I know this may sounds like an excuse, and people would say it's just the matter of practicing and getting use to it. True, I agree, practicing takes the most part, but aside from that, does the size of your hands / fingers length really makes a difference in your playing? In other words, obviously people who have longer fingers can stretch and reach out further to hit notes faster that are further part away? Personally, I have a really small hands and short fingers. Most often when I compare my fingers length to others, mine is either shorter than the boys or the same length as some girls....sigh.

Furthermore, I found that people like to wrap their thumb around the neck and have it reach to the front side of the fretboard while doing solo to mute the unwanted notes, and also for helping bending notes. However, I found it a bit difficult to remain my thumb in the front side of the fretboard. My thumb tends to move to the backside of the neck, especially when I have to bend the notes far. It seems like I can bend the notes much further only when my thumb is at the back of the neck. The fat neck seems to stop my small hands from bending far when I squeeze with my thumb in the front, and there's no more space left, but the note still haven't reach far enough if you know what I mean...

I'm using a "Fender 57 Reissue Stratocaster Made In Japan Since 1993" 's 7.25" Radius C Shape Fat Maple neck. I'm wondering:

1) Is changing to another neck radius / neck profile going make playing easier? Usually is there a specific neck radius / neck profile that a guitarist with smaller hands would prefer more? Or is it totally personal preference?

2) Is there any advantage for smaller hands guitar players?

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