[JulieK_Acoustic52]

I am also 5ft tall and have small hands! I was coming here for advice. Thank you for posting this! I have owned a full size guitar for over 20 years, and taken lessons on and off for years, before getting frustrated and stopping. Only recently did I learn about a 3/4 size guitar (no idea why none of my teachers ever suggested it). After purchasing TAC, and not even starting it, I finally decided to purchase a 3/4 guitar to see if that helped. It definitely has, but I still struggle with being able to reach frets without moving my hand. I guess we can do some stretching, but honestly the pain that shoots up my arm doesn’t seem healthy. I am going to go back to the guitar shop and see if there is a better fit, if an electric guitar has a narrower neck, or whether adjusting the action on the acoustic I purchased will also be helpful. Using a capo does also help (I really like playing in the higher frets). In the end, I guess none of this is an exact science, and after finding the best fit (guitar size), we need to accept that it’s ok to play things differently, if needed, as oppose to the “correct” way played by those with normal size hands.