I am thinking if the pain is that bad the best is to probably take some short breaks. I have not experienced bad pain in my fingertips (though they c...

Congrats! That's a great story. :D

My guitar is one of the Ibanez beginner guitars (GRX40 from the Jumpstart pack). I don't have any experience with another guitar to say if it is "bet...

The ad points out under "OTHER OPTIONS:" that the $100,000 guitar is available lefthanded "at no extra charge." :lol:

My guitar teacher tells me that playing the right note is only half of the battle. The other half is not letting the wrong notes play. He says it's ...

I am a newbie too. So far, I have not had pain in my fingertips, though they felt "funny" (don't really know how to describe it). My calluses are sl...

From one newbie to another, it's all very hard at first. Keep at it, in no time at all you will easily be doing stuff that today you would say, "This...

I am just learning to play and I am taking lessons. One thing my teacher does for me that you can't really get without a teacher is that he watches m...

No, I didn't change the strings. It's possible that it needs new strings... It has the same ones on it that it came with. I did check the bridge, as ...

Would a store like Guitar Center or Sam Ash do setups? Or do you need a more specialty place? What does it typically cost to have it done?I know the...

Thanks, I will check on this tonight to see if it is maybe the problem. :D

The bridge is a FAT10 on an Ibanez GRX40 guitar. This is a picture of the tremelo unit from the Ibanez web page that shows the bridge piece:I have ad...

I was doing it that exact same way, my pink was against the pick guard and the rest of my hand was above the strings. I am trying to teach my self to...

Hi Ebuchednezzar,I recently noticed a very similar thing. One of the recommendations I got was to mute the lower strings with my palm, as you are doi...