Originally Posted by: Dr_simonon the other hand, playing an old dog of a guitar may well improve finger strength !

Many of my axes are strung with 10s or 12s instead of 9. After playing the axes with 10s or 12s for a while, moving to an axe string with 9s is a dream !

The Doc said it. I started off playing a Fender something acoustic, and down on the higher frets it was like a quarter inch down just to get the string to hit the fret board. I played that for 4 months and switched to a Squier Strat, which isnt even a good electric--felt like friggin heaven. I play my 12 string sometimes just so I can go back and have it feel so easy on my electric.

Keep jammin on the junker. Itl pay off.