![]() It also had a big, fat neck which was difficult for me to navigate with my small, inexperienced hands. Looking back, I wish my first guitar teacher had taken the time to explain that the action on that first guitar was too high – meaning I had to press the strings down much harder than I should have to make the notes and chords sounds good, and that I was using strings that were too heavy for a beginner (2). Then, many years later, I bought a quality guitar (1) that didn’t hurt my fingers nearly as much and I’ve been playing it now for 21 years. I spent $50 on my first guitar in the mid-1990’s and, while I will never get rid of it, it was so uncomfortable and painful to play, as a beginner, that I never even made to past my third lesson. Now, I know I’m not making this sound very appealing but, trust me, it’s worth it! And there’s good news – if you start out with the right guitar, it can make all the difference in the world between sticking with it or quitting. I’m not going to sugar coat it, folks, your fingers are going to hurt. And the tips of your fretting hand fingers (the hand that pushes the strings down to form notes and chords) will be sore for a while before you build up callouses and they become desensitized to the pressure against the strings. Why? Well, playing the acoustic guitar will tap into muscles (especially in the hands) that may not otherwise be used every day. When every acoustic guitar player starts out - and I mean EVERY acoustic guitar player (yes - even those that went on to become the best players in the world) – it’s going to be uncomfortable.
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