Hamer Studio Guitar: Limited Mobility Guitar Playing

[manitou2010]

Inspiring video. Bravo!

[kb7010]

What else can I say.. big thumbs up to you..!!!! keep playing and DON'T let that limitation get you down..!!!

5 stars..!!!

[moe354sa]

nice vid,,my channel is all about alternative techniques

[colintraveller]

Absolutely fantastic ... All credit to you , keep playing if you released an album id it buy no question

[hookedonnv]

awesome i am glad to see that someone with a disability is still playing

[fullwood13]

i have a very similar problem to yours. During open heart surgery some nerves high up on my left side were severed, and i have lost the use of the same two fingers in my left hand. i have found it far more difficult learning guitar, but in a sense it is more rewarding. thanks for doing this video, and thanks for persevering. Maybe we can trade tips sometime.

[flagold]

Thank you for your kindness, and the very best of luck to you in your recovery efforts.

[sixstrings1966]

Very Very proud of a man who never gave up. Thanks for the video.

[KHINGPYNN]

excellent vidoe iappreciate your situation... great to see this stuff here useing youtube for some truely valuable teachings.

[dty2dty2]

Thanks for the tips on video properties. Have you tried Open Tuning yet? Where an open strum plays a chord e.g. Open G: tune both E strings down to D, the A string down to G: this gives DGDGBD. An open strum is now the G chord; make a bar at fret 2 for the A Chord, fret 5 for C, and so on. All you need is a straight index finger to make the bar across all 6 strings, with the other fingers leaning against it.

[flagold]

I have not tried that yet -- do thank you for the suggestion & help!

[jodok01]

Hats off. Big applause. I always knew the real idols won't make it into televsion. Often their fate is to common, and who funds money on commonness...

Destiny has saved me from serious handicaps until now, but who knows the tomorrows. All the very best and thanks for such a demonstration of life power.

[cafetek]

I sincerely wish you the best of health and good fortune, your positive attitude has rubbed off on me so Iv'e given you 5 stars. Im 33 and have been recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, so i know how hard it can be adapting to a new lifestyle, let alone dealing with the physical side of an illness. It's a challenge you've met, admirably. all the best.

[flagold]

One of the things that really helped me was watching the film "You See Me Laughin" documentary (you can buy it on Amazon) of all the old Mississippi Bluesmen as they were dying off. When R.L. Burnside died, the IFC Channel started running it. All those guys had various infirmaties (and one had no hands to use) and still figured out how to make music with what they had left. There's also quite a bit of Django Reinhardt on youtube and I watch a lot of that. Very best of luck to you!

[Stratman1920]

Wow, I am so impressed with your video and your determination to keep playing after your stroke. I just had a stroke effecting the left side of my body, but thank god my fingers were spared. You and I are too young to have suffered strokes, I am only 51, and you don't look even that old. Keep it up brother and please stay positive. 5 Stars from Stratman

[flagold]

The hard change for me was the stroke ended my flying and that was my professional life. I picked up the guitar at the tender age of 46 to get my hand back and have been very fortunate thusfar. Very best of luck to you.