blindboygrunt Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ive been exeriencing a bit of a sore left wrist. Would changing between short and long scale necks cause this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Can't imagine it. 0.75"? I could see if you went from a 12 fret acoustic to an SG... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 J45 and a hd35. The martin is more comfortable to play. Might be the flat vs radiused fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I suddenly experienced this over 20 years ago. Made me anxious, , , but turned out it came down to an awkward sleeping position. All gone since that discovery. A girlfriend has a serious - or more on and off - wrist damage. It comes from heavy bass playing in her early 20's. Such a shame. Scale-length - doubt it. Then again it's fine mechanics in there. You must try your way forward and be aware of every possibility of mal-hand-angles in your daily routines - even can-opening and stuff. Wish you the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ive been exeriencing a bit of a sore left wrist. Would changing between short and long scale necks cause this ? BlindBoyGrunt, Make sure that you are not practicing or playing guitar whilst slumped back on the couch or the bed. To do so traps your arm and elbow in one position, and it forces you to strain your wrist tendons when phrasing most chords. Playing standing up, with the guitar strapped on and comfortably centered above your belly button, ensures arm freedom, and therefore pain-free wrist action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I stumbled upon a few things I can no longer do. Wrist-wise. Being on all fours, on my hands and knees (pulling weeds, scrubbing floors) use to mean my right hand was working and my left was holding me up with my palm flat on the ground at a 90 degree angle. That causes pain within a few minutes that lasts a half hour if caught in a few minutes. As Em7 noted - even a can opener if held at the wrong angle can trigger old weaknesses you didn't know were there. I found, when I had the first, major issue (left wrist of course) I had to rest it for a month or so and then slowly strengthen it. G'Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 In 1994 I had a constant pain in my right hand and wrist. I seriously thought my guitar days were over, or at least limited. At that time I was a Supported Employment Specialist and supervised a crew doing janitorial work and lawn mowing. Lots of lawn. Big lawns. Huge lawns. With a 12 HP White lawn tractor. If I had no crew, I was still responsible for doing the contracts. I would spend 5 or 6 hours on it every day. I steered with my right hand. Funny how my guitar playing got pain free about the middle of October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsharp Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I had the same problem switching between a long scale Taylor that I played for 15 years and new Gibson J-165 with short scale, narrower nut and thinner neck profile. I don't know which one, or all of those differences were the cause but I couldn't play the Gibson for more than a few minutes at first without a lot of wrist pain. It got better over the course of 2 years to where I could play an hour without pain, but it never got completely comfortable. I assume I must have adjusted my hand position somehow over time to make it less painful, but I didn't like the transition. If I had to guess, I would think the neck shape had more to do with it than the short vs long scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickthemiller Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Taylor mini, uke, clasic position with neck high. Most jazz guitarist keep the neck at a steeper angle, it does help to get your wrist round barre chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny 6 String Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ive been exeriencing a bit of a sore left wrist. Would changing between short and long scale necks cause this ? I had similar issues with my wrist/hand when I started playing fender styled guitars after years of Gibsons. I put it down to more of the difference in neck shapes/profiles (my gibby types were at the time all thick and chunky). After a while it lessened and eventually stopped as I adapted my "grip" to the smaller profiles (this just seemed to happen naturally with no real thought on my part). Now I switch back and forth with out any issues at all. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I would think as mentioned it may have more to do with neck profile than scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Don't know the particulars of your situation, but if it's a bit of arthritis a couple aspirin might do the trick for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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