Trouble with 6 strings??

Great stuff. I remember back in 1980 or 81 seeing Emmett Chapman at a NAMM show. He was standing in his booth with a subtle banner behind him and a small amp next to him just playing and chatting with folks all day. Zoom ahead to today with players like Tony Levin, Greg Howard, Robert Culberson and so forth. Great stuff.
 
Two things occur to this non-musician... 1) is you need big hands. 2) it seems weird that both hands are reaching across the instrument to play the strings on the other side...

Sounds cool though!
 
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