Hello All,

I recently was asked by a client about a guitar that would accommodate his missing ring and little finger on his chording hand.
He'd been through the "Learn to play Lefty" stages and "Play Bottle Neck" stages so when I suggested a tenor guitar with some open tunings he was and he wasn't enthused. I them pointed out the Django stories and played him some Gypsy Jazz which thrilled him but at 50+ with arthritis looking at what is left of his hand he doesn't expect to be buying a Selmer guitar anytime soon.

Can anyone suggest a tuning that minimizes finger postions? What he has is quite mobile and useable, he just can't hit too many strings.
His reach is limited as well.

I covered a lot of this ground myself due to my own inhury but I'm hoping someone else may have a diferent direction I haven't yet pursued.

Thanks.

Don