Let’s add Django Reinhardt to that list. Due to a fire he could only use two fingers of his fretting hand and he could still kick anybody’s *ss.Tony Iommi accidently cut off the ends of
some of his fretting hand fingers while he worked in a factory before any success with Black Sabbath. He was not expected to play guitar very well after that and certainly not well enough to play professionally. He didn't give up though, figuring out how to fabricate rubber finger tips and relentlessly learning to play with those. We know the rest of that story and there's many others like it, which tells us that inner strength, drive, dedication, and a myriad of other factors play a huge role in any form of success.
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- Jeff Healey (blind).
- Joni Mitchell (Fretting hand strength limited from polio).
- Les Paul - (Fretting arm in fixed position due to a car accident).
- Paul Stanley (Deaf in one ear).
I doubt any of these
folks would have been deterred by stubby fingers.
Les Paul's right arm (the strumming arm) was the one that was broken. He told the doctor to aim it at his navel when they set it. He was in the hospital a year and a half after that car accident. (Just re-watched a documentary on him a few nights ago.)Tony Iommi accidently cut off the ends of
some of his fretting hand fingers while he worked in a factory before any success with Black Sabbath. He was not expected to play guitar very well after that and certainly not well enough to play professionally. He didn't give up though, figuring out how to fabricate rubber finger tips and relentlessly learning to play with those. We know the rest of that story and there's many others like it, which tells us that inner strength, drive, dedication, and a myriad of other factors play a huge role in any form of success.
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- Jeff Healey (blind).
- Joni Mitchell (Fretting hand strength limited from polio).
- Les Paul - (Fretting arm in fixed position due to a car accident).
- Paul Stanley (Deaf in one ear).
I doubt any of these
folks would have been deterred by stubby fingers.
Les Paul's right arm (the strumming arm) was the one that was broken. He told the doctor to aim it at his navel when they set it. He was in the hospital a year and a half after that car accident. (Just re-watched a documentary on him a few nights ago.)
Wow - his economy of motion in his left hand is amazing. Your eyes don't even believe he's playing what's coming out. Awesome!Brock does pretty good with short fingers...
Define "guitarist".It seems like at high levels of competition the Music Industry is calling for tall men with long fingers.
That seems to be the defacto standard for guitarists.
Can short men with construction finger hands (stubby fingers) still "make it" as guitarists?