Originally Posted by: blue.lish[U]Hey all,

I am a newbie at the guitar and am learning the simple chords. I have a very unusual question - I have an issue that I was wondering if anyone else had experienced before... When I was younger, I had an accident that has rendered half of my left pointer-finger kind of unusable - more specifically, from the very top joint to the tip of my finger does not bend on it's own, so I am unable to make a "hook" with my finger and this makes it hard to only touch one string at a time with this finger. Learn how to play guitar has been a long-time dream of mine and I am trying to figure out how to get around this little obstacle. So far, I have tried taping the top part of my finger to the bottom part to make a hook but this makes it hard to move my finger from one string to the other in a nice, flowing-type motion. I have also tried growing out my nail to use it instead of the tip of my finger but my nail ends up not being strong enough and it breaks or bends. Does anyone else have less-than-perfect fingers that have created an issue in the past? If so, how did you get around it? Or, does anyone have any creative solution ideas that they would care to share?

Like I said, an unusual question but it never hurts to ask!

Thanks!
blue.lish[/U]