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[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago

I've been picking up the electric guitar for the past few weeks and I've been really enjoying it, but christ are my fingers sore 😭. The bottom three strings are like pressing my fingers into cheese cutter wire.

[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

What's the solution? Just have to wait for your skin to get tougher?

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, you have to play and build up calluses on the tips of your fingers.

[-] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Avoid doing dishes by hand, too. Gloves if you have to, protect those calluses at all costs.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Let us know when you’ve nailed Kill the King (imo Blackmore at the top of his game).

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

I'm showing my age, but I read this and thought "wait, did Megadeath have a different guitarist at some point", but no you're talking about a band I hadn't heard of.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Absolute lad. I'm going to knock this degree course shit on the head (hopefully) in a few months, and I've always fancied a bass guitar.

Might invest in some entry level Squire love and a cheap amp and start annoying the neighbours.

At the end of the day, it's their fault if they don't like Fleetwood Mac isn't it.

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