On one hand your personal preferences will heavily influence what you go for — you may prefer certain shapes, styles, genres and sounds. Guitar players come in all different shapes and sizes — some are big, some are small, and your height, hands, arms, back and shoulder power will definitely determine your ideal guitar. With this article our target is to help you find a smaller six-string acoustic that delivers the same quality as a full-size model.
Our quest yielded a set of eight champions, all of which patiently await your consideration in the rundown below. Apart from the list, make sure to also check out a few guides we have in store. Here goes! When it comes to the best electric guitars , neck thickness and scale length is an important factor for small-hand players to adapt themselves, but smaller body size can also help. Check out the four champs we singled out and head over to the amplifiers reviews section after that.
Anyhow, check out our picks in the rundown below! The basses are strong, which is of utmost importance for any acoustic guitar, and the rest of the frequencies are present in the mix as well, with punchy middles and bright and cutting trebles. The Little Martin LX1 is the smallest guitar the legendary American brand produce, which makes it perfect for players with smaller hands.
As with any Martin model, it demonstrates timeless looks and a solid build that any guitarist would be pleased to show off — as we showcase in the full review! The tone is lovely and bright, but well-balanced, and — like the BT2 — offers good projection for the petite size.
The tuners are decent and it comes with a padded gig bag, which also makes it a good choice for a travel guitar. As we mention in the full review of the Yamaha APXT2, it comes loaded with a simple but user-friendly ART-based preamp and System 68 contact pickup, featuring volume and tone controls, and a built-in tuner.
For a small and affordable guitar, this Chinese-made model offers a surprisingly good build, pleasing tone and reliable hardware, including a set of chrome sealed tuners and a rosewood bridge. This all adds up to deliver excellent value. We begin the electric guitar portion of this chart with a genuine Fender Mustang, known for its short scale and easy playability for those with smaller hands.
Sound-wise it is decent, with the stock Fender single-coils delivering enough punch and clarity, making it suitable for everything from funk to punk. Be sure to read more on the Fender Mustang in our complete breakdown. Fender Stratocaster is a guitar many people dream of, and if your hands are too small to wield a big-boy Strat, then a Strat Mini from Squier just might be your ideal fit.
The axe utilizes a standard line of three single-coil pickups, as well as a classic five-way switch reeling in a variety of sonic vibes, going from bright and light tone for blues and jazz to a more bass-driven, gain-saturated rock and metal tone. And this Squier Jaguar is a more affordable way of getting your small hands on a real Jag! The body itself is made from solid basswood and finished in a range of cool vintage color choices — including Surf Green and a two-color sunburst.
As we talk about further in the full Squier Jaguar review , its loaded with solid electronics. That combined with a double humbucker duo and extended 24 frets make this fella perfect for shred solos and metal music in general. The mahogany body reels in a rather rich sound driven by a prominent low end with dose of punchy middles and clear and bright trebles to round up the sonic output. Further on up the road, that humbucker combo offers a beefy and loud sound similar to the aforementioned Dinky guitar.
Good stuff! Here goes…. In electric guitars with solid bodies, the size or thickness may not be as problematic as the weight. Some tonewoods can be notoriously heavy, weighing down on your shoulder or knee while you play them, making them uncomfortable or even painful. People with small hands usually have small bodies in proportion to their hands and a heavier guitar may tax them more than they tax larger people who can bear the weight of the guitar more easily.
This is one of the reasons why body woods are mentioned in the spec lists of all electric guitars. Featuring a highly resonant chambered Korina body. Another example of a guitar that has a light, slender body, perfect for anyone with small hands and a proportional frame is the Sterling by Music Man St Vincent Signature guitar which was built to the specifications of Alternative music legend St.
The Sterling by Music Man St Vincent's unique styling is ultra thin, lightweight and contoured for comfort, making it an ideal body style for those of us with small hands and proportional builds. The scale length seems like one of those technical specs that only guitar geeks want to know.
Believe it or not, scale length can make a major difference when it comes to ease of playability. The scale length of a guitar is the distance from the saddle to the nut, which is the measure of the vibrating part of the strings. A more precise way to measure the scale length is to calculate twice the distance from the inside edge of the nut to the 12th fret. Without getting too deeply into technical matters, the scale length determines the string tension.
The longer the scale length of the guitar, the more tension it puts on the strings, making them feel tighter and more difficult to bend. Longer scale also means that the frets on the neck will be spaced more widely apart. Therefore, someone with small hands should look for a guitar with a shorter scale length. With more closely spaced frets and looser strings, those of us who have small hands will find this guitar much more comfortable to play than say a full sized Strat or an Ibanez with a The neck profile or neck shape along with the fretboard radius is another spec that determines the comfort of a guitar neck, especially for those of us with diminutive hand size.
At the same time, the shorter scale length and the curves on the guitar shape allow the guitar to fit perfectly to your body and make it easier for your fingers to fit onto the fretboard. So GS Mini is perfect for children and adults with small hands, great for taking it on-the-go, and just an overall super comfortable guitar to have around. The sound is just as surprising as the comfort, and despite the smaller size, Taylor GS Mini has a big, full sound like a full-size acoustic guitar.
It almost has the recognizable Taylor sound — a warm, clear tone that is full of midrange but also has shimmering highs and tight low end.
This makes the GS Mini also a great recording guitar, and you can get some pretty high-quality acoustic guitar recordings with this little beast. In the 19th century, the most popular guitar shape was something called parlor guitar. They were first designed for women as a guitar suited for women with smaller frames than men. But because of its comfort, men and women alike all loved playing the parlor guitars and they were played by the early blues musicians like Robert Johnson.
You probably have heard of them, probably from their top-of-the-line solid body or semi-hollow body guitars. And now they released some amazing parlor shape acoustic guitars. The first thing that strikes you is that this thing looks beautiful. It comes in three satin finishes: black, charcoal, and vintage charcoal. All three have a very vintage but luxurious look, and PRS added features like herringbone creme binding and rosette and ebony fretboard with PRS Birds inlay to upgrade the looks.
The headstock and tuning machines are also gorgeous — finished with vintage style butterbean buttons on the tuning machines and the classic PRS headstock. The guitar is all mahogany from the top, sides, back, and neck of the guitar. The tone is warm and bold, and there is a lot of depth to the sound. The scale length is just slightly shorter than an average full size guitar — at But because of the slim body size, it would feel a lot more comfortable on your body than a regular acoustic guitar.
Overall, an amazing quality guitar with a killer looks at a bargain price. In my opinion, this is the best acoustic guitar for small hands that is still within the price range of the average consumer. My Review: Here is a much more affordable guitar, offered with guitar pickups included. The electronics will allow you to plug in straight into an amp or a PA system, and perform anywhere. The design and many of the specs are very similar to the APX Like the classic model, it has a single-cutaway body shape in black color.
It comes with a laminated spruce top and the familiar oval sound soundhole. The back and sides of the guitar are made of a wood called Meranti, which is a cheaper version of mahogany.
The main difference comes with the size. The single-cutaway shape will also help you reach up to the higher frets way easier than the non-cutaway guitar body.
It has up to The bridge is made of rosewood, and the nut and saddle are unfortunately made of plastic due to affordable pricing.
Another advantage is the simple but reliable electronics on this guitar. Yamaha APXT2 has a full sound with plenty of mids and bass, and it also responds very well to the effects like reverb delay, so the tonal possibilities are endless with this guitar. My Review: Here we have one of the very best acoustic guitars money can buy, and these are comfortable for smaller hands as well.
Its history goes back over 90 years and at the time, the OM series was first designed at the request of dance band leader Perry Bechtel. The OM had a signature 14 fret designed which was revolutionary, and you could reach all the way up to the 14th fret without the interference of the body getting in the way. A legendary guitar like the OM is something that would last a lifetime or more, and if preserved well, the guitar will age into a more beautiful sound.
Orchestra Models and Dreadnaughts each clearly have their own specific sound and characteristics. OM models have a much smaller body than Dreadnaughts, and generally have more midrange, and are warmer sounding generally. Dreadnaughts have a larger body, and because of that, they have much more bass and a little more fuller sound, and they are perfect for strumming chords.
First off, the newest OM has a Sitka Spruce top, and they can source the previous East Indian Rosewood for the back and sides of the guitar, and the fretboard and the bridge are made of ebony. With the newest version of the OM, Martin focused on going back to its roots but also adding some new technology. Things they brought back from their old models are the old style Martin headstock script and historically accurate abalone diamonds inlay.
These two things make the guitar look vintage and add a whole another layer of luxury to the guitar. Other new features on the guitar are. The scalloped x-bracing improves resonance and adds more bass to the overall tone, and the bold herringbone binding just adds another classy sexiness to the guitar. The build quality is the highest quality as you might expect from the price and the quality of the guitar construction, you can be sure that this instrument will last an extremely long time in prime condition.
Now when it comes to playing comfort, Martin OM has some of the most comfortable body shapes among the Martin guitars. The rounder and smaller frame of the OM allow you to easily wrap your arms around the guitar.
This basically means the neck is relatively thin and has a nice low oval shape, allowing the players to grab the guitar neck with ease. You might be wondering about the tone of this gorgeous and expensive guitar, and the tone is as good as, if not better than the excellent guitar construction. The overall tone can be described as perfectly balanced, and the characteristic of the guitar is that it has a very pronounced midrange.
Orchestra Models are known to have less bass than some of its bigger siblings in Martin, but the scalloped x-bracing in this new design provides more bass than the past versions.
The strong mids make this perfect for fingerstyle and gentle strumming, and OMs are known to be great acoustic guitars for recording. The bottom line is that this is one of the best guitars for small hands out there, period. This is a buy once, cry once type of purchase. SG stands for Solid Guitar, and they are characterized by the two horns on the double-cutaway body. It is significantly lighter than the Les Pauls and has a much smaller and thinner body.
They are the perfect electric guitar for smaller people, and even the legendary Derek Trucks got started with the Gibson SGs because it was the only electric guitar that he could play when he was a small child.
And despite their small size, SGs can pack some mean punch and you can really deliver a big rock sound from this gorgeous instrument. For the first guitar on the electric guitar section, here is a small guitar that is extremely hard to beat for its build quality vs price — Epiphone SG Special VE. Epiphone is a company within Gibson bought by Gibson in and Epiphone is known to produce some high-quality guitars that are very affordable at the same time.
The USA-made Gibson guitars are way over the budget for many guitar players, and with Epiphone, you can experience a similar quality Gibson instrument with a much cheaper price point. The neck is made of Okoume wood, and they made sure to add the signature D shape profile with a slim 60s taper.
The D slim 60s taper is the most popular neck profile for Gibson and Epiphone and with this thin neck, even young adults and kids can grab those full barre chords and bend the strings with ease. Epiphone also made sure to include the classic Gibson features like chrome die-cast tuners, Locktone tune-o-matic bridge with stop bar tailpiece. To make this guitar affordable, Epiphone used ceramic pickups instead of Alnico V magnets.
The tone from these pickups are powerful and loud, and they are a perfect pair for rock, blues, and even metal. They have a good sustain when you play, and have a full midrange for punching through a wall of sound in an ensemble or a band.
For the inspiring rock stars with small hands, worry no more! My Review: Right up there with Gibson and Fender, Ibanez has also been producing some of the best electric guitars, and their guitars have always been at the forefront of technological advancement for electric guitars. It has an unmistakable RG body, and they are available in very unique finishes and colors such as Jewel Blue and Metallic Purple for those of you who love guitars with unique finishes!
The scale length is Another interesting thing is that the scale length is only And you have unrestricted access to the 18th fret, which allows you to shred on those higher registers easier than any other guitar on this list. The value of this guitar is crazy. Compared to the Mini Strat, the humbuckers give you a darker and more powerful sound. The tone can be described as heavy and harsh, making it the perfect match with some hardcore distortion.
It has a tight midrange and less low end than the high end Ibanez guitars.
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