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Old August 19th, 2004
skywise skywise is offline
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"fat" fingertips

I haven't picked up a guitar since I was a kid. Now that my kid has expressed his interest in learning how to play, I, too, have gotten the itch to finally learn more than the 3 chords I once strummed. Unfortunately, I've discovered that the reason I probably gave it up so long ago is that the fingertip of my middle finger is so flat and wide that it's impossible for me to keep it from touching two strings at once. So, I'm here to ask your advice on how I can overcome this. Do I invent my own method of fingering the notes? Or, does somebody produce a guitar that's "oversized"? (I know that smaller guitars, eg- 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, are made, what about a 5/4?) At any rate, a custom-built guitar is out of the question ($$$$) until I know for a fact that I'm not going to stop playing any time soon, and that means I need to learn how to play first. Suggestions?

-skywise

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