I agree. Having been on GT for a little while I understand where you are coming from. I am 65 and just started picking up the guitar again after 50 years of not playing. I played garage band rock and roll in the 60's when I was 15. I just bought a Yamaha FGX 800 C acoustic electric and it is perfect for my needs. Your fingers will get used to it, but its going to hurt a bit until you develop calluses on your fingertips. The way I got back into it was practice for about 30 minutes a day and now I practice about 2 hours a day. I break it up into practicing fingering for 30 minutes, then I practice a song I want to learn, then I go into my lesson, and finish with fingering again at the end. Hope this helps.