Advice on buying an Acoustic Guitar

[chill]

Re: "Hard to press down"?

> Maybe the action wasn't exactly set properly or wasn't complimenting for
> your porky fingers.

Well that was kind of rude.

> On the other hand you probably didn't give it enough time. It does happen
> to take months or years even to build enough finger strength to pull off
> some of the more complicated techniques. Its a constant pain until you
> develop calluses on all the right places (not just on your fingertips!).

I admitted to being lazy. What more do you people want from me? I'm not a musical person. I had 2 extra credits to waste and nothing else sounded even remotely interesting, so I audited a guitar course. I wasn't trying to do anything fancy, but it's pretty bad when you can't even hold down a G chord. I have always had really poor motor strength. Additionally, my skin is literally incapable of developing callouses -- even on my feet. (Even if I break in a pair of shoes that fit just fine, I still get horrible blood blisters all over my feet.) So really, quitting the guitar was the best thing for me.

> I agree about actually playing something before you buy it.. all guitars
> are different and each has its own personality, its not just a brand
> thing. Wood was once a living thing, hence its idiosyncrasies.

 

[Aaron-Eel's-Ankles]

I apologize.

> Well that was kind of rude.

> I admitted to being lazy. What more do you people want from me? I'm not a
> musical person. I had 2 extra credits to waste and nothing else sounded
> even remotely interesting, so I audited a guitar course. I wasn't trying
> to do anything fancy, but it's pretty bad when you can't even hold down a
> G chord. I have always had really poor motor strength. Additionally, my
> skin is literally incapable of developing callouses -- even on my feet.
> (Even if I break in a pair of shoes that fit just fine, I still get
> horrible blood blisters all over my feet.) So really, quitting the guitar
> was the best thing for me.

Possibly your thin skin is not limited to your fingers? Pork as a word took my fancy and while dead pigs are not of themselves funny, used as an adjective it certainly normally is.

Lest someone accuse me of being easily amused might I suggest they look where they are?

I'm lazy too but I'm going to do wonders for the music world, wait, wait some more, and see.