[rintense]

The stock market instead of the guitar! You've grown up. ;-) I just got my first guitar and are the tips of my fingers sore! I swear the tips of my left index and middle fingers have no feeling. This is the one time when I wish my hands were a wee bit bigger so I could hold down the strings easier.

[jwh_Denver]

tips of my fingers sore

LOL! Part of the turf bud. But you keep playing and in 2 weeks or less it will only be painful if you play too long. Play til their a little sore and quit. Then callouses will form and then you'll be able to play all night long.

A couple tips. Go get Ernie Ball Super Slinky strings for your guitar. Be easier on your fingers and you can bend them 3 half notes. Another thing to strengthen your fingers is a little gizmo that has 4 "plungers" with springs that you push down with your fingers. You probably will not be able to push them all the way down at first but in time you want to be able to push them all the way down with any finger. Ask your dealer for them. At first you can just try pushing all 4 plungers down but that will take awhile even to do that. I had been playing the guitar for years and when I got one of these gizmos it wasn't long before my playing improved drastically simply because my hand was so much stronger. And you can exercise watching TV.