Your saying each of your fingers are only about 1.5 centimeters long?

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Actualy Reinhardt had all his fingers. His ring and pinky were partly paralyzed due to a fire, but he still used them for some simple chords. He did however mainly play with only 2 fingers which is amazing when you see him do it.
Check him out here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zD6ZD1Igxr0
Watch around 2:30 in. Good stuff.

Iommi only lost the tips of 2 of his fingers (ring and middle I belive). He made his own "thimble" type finger caps to play with.

My advice is to keep at it man. I love it, and I have learned to adapt to my smaller hands as well, being a younger guitarist. Just remember to have fun and dont "fret" lol....wow that was really stupid...

If you decide that you will never be able to reach with your little hands - there's a company called ' Daisy Rock ', which make smaller guitars

i have already posted in this thread i think but there is something i would like to add.

try using a different playing position when you play. i usually play sitting down and rather than using the standard electric guitar playing position i play in the classical position (the bottom of the guitar inbetween the lower bout and the horns over the left leg rather than the right.) this raises the neck into a more natural playing position the the other way. so rather then the neck being paralle to the floor is angled to about 30 - 45 degrees.

just try it.

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This is an excellent point. I too prefer playing in the seated position. Also, when standing, you might want to adjust your strap higher instead of trying to play it low as most.

It's up top you, but I would not go with a smaller guitar. This will limit your to playing to just down-sized guitars and if you are like me, you'll want to play very guitar you happen to see. You will adjust, just keep at it. This problem isn't anything new.

Keep at it and have fun!

I'm with the others on this. You will find a way. Finding the right sized guitar will be a big help. And you will adapt for whatever issue you may have like small hands, "shovel hands" (Hey Ren, does that make you second cousins with Edward Scissor Hands? ), too short, too tall...whatever.

When I start getting discouraged, which happens from time to time, I think about Reinhardt or Iommi and that some of the best of the old blues players were blind! If you're driven to play and passionate about it, nothing is out of reach.

Welcome to GT!

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The problem I have with the classical seating style is that it puts the neck further off to the left. If you have short arms/fingers, you have a hard enough time trying to reach and angle your wrist to play, and putting the neck 1 ft further down just makes it even harder.