[Falstaff66]

I started off on this forum asking for adivce on what to buy, ending up with a Fender Acoustic. Now I've been practicing as much as real life allows. I love the beginner lessons here and look forward to progressing to the fingertsyle stuff someday.

I'm beginning to memorize the G, C, D, Em, Am, Dm, E and A chords. However, I consistently have a problem with the fleshy part of my fingertip (pad) deadening the string below it. Mostly my ring and middle finger actually. Sometimes it's all but impossible for me to fret a string and not have this happen. I'm arching my fingers as much as possible (given a particular stretch). Changing to custom-light strings helped, but it is still happening. Is there a technique for avoiding this or do I just need better calluses and more practice?