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Thomastik-Infeld Jazz BeBop 12-50 Guitar Strings Review

In the comments stream for my — How to Salvage a $5,000 Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty Guitar with a Radical Truss Rod Adjustment — article, reader Samuel Broom suggested I try the Thomastik-Infeld Jazz BeBop 12 gauge guitar strings.  I decided to take him up on his advice and I am amazed to say these are absolutely the best-made guitar strings I have ever had the pleasure of stringing up.

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Small Hands, Thick Neck

If you have small hands, don’t let that influence what sort of guitar you play.  There’s an old chestnut in music that if you have small hands, you can’t effectively play a guitar with a thick neck.  That is patently not true, and in my experience, those with small hands actually initially do better playing a guitar with a thick neck.

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