Hi Everyone

Hi everyone, great to be here. I'm a total beginner (Never played guitar before) and I'm a young 48 year old man from Bristol, UK.

I have a Yamaha F310 guitar that I'll be learning on. I'm haing finger problems as in strength and coordination so I'm looking to purchase a finger strengthener for starters. Any recommendations as to good adjustable strengheners that your guys have used?

Anyway I'll be asking questions from time to time so hopefully I can achieve my goals of becoming an accomplished guitarist. I only want to learn this for my own self gratification.

Thanks for any help in the future :)

P.S Are these exercisers anygood or similar?

Hi and welcome.

Please don't be offended by my directness: regular consistent practice will do more for you than you can appreciate and more than a gadget.

I'm 56, 8 mos into it.

Welcome to the GT forum Wrams!

Originally Posted by: William MG

Hi and welcome.

Please don't be offended by my directness: regular consistent practice will do more for you than you can appreciate and more than a gadget.

I'm 56, 8 mos into it.

I'm not offfended William.I've decided again such a mechanism. I hope your enjoying learning the guitar and I hope I will be as dedicated as you are.

Originally Posted by: manXcat

manXcat

Thank you so much for your welcome and detailed information. I have decided against purchasing that exerciser. I will use the links you have provided and keep praticing. I am struggling with my fret hand so I need to really consentrate and practice, practice, practice.[br][br]I have only had the guitar for 4 days and the string are new.

Originally Posted by: Wrams

Originally Posted by: William MG

Hi and welcome.

Please don't be offended by my directness: regular consistent practice will do more for you than you can appreciate and more than a gadget.

I'm 56, 8 mos into it.

I'm not offfended William.I've decided again such a mechanism. I hope your enjoying learning the guitar and I hope I will be as dedicated as you are.

I am and I hope you will also. I take little graces when they are provided to me and they thrill me to no end. This, for me, is not an easy task. But when it comes together it's wonderful.

Here is a vid for you...

Beginner frustrations

Best of luck.

Originally Posted by: Wrams

Thank you so much for your welcome and detailed information.

I have only had the guitar for 4 days and the string are new.

You're most welcome.

Your F310 is a sound instrument for the journey you're about to embark upon.

Whilst it probably already is, do check the [u]action[/u] of your guitar is not too high. All you need is a steel rule to measure it, or as previously mentioned, if out of your comfort zone adjusting neck relief if necessary, take it into your local guitar shop and ask politely if they can check the action for you.

Too high an action will make it more difficult to fret potentially exacerbating a common beginner trait of pressing the strings too hard (which can result in the fretted note being sharp), and too low can induce other issues such as buzzing.

Have fun with it, be patient, and we'll see you around.

William MG

Thanks for sharing that video! I appreciate you putting your skills out there and talking through your experience and where you are now. I can definitely feel alone in my struggles, but your video truly helps. Thanks again :-)

Don't give up Trigger!

Sorry I haven't responded earlier but being a Lorry (Truck) Driver and sometimes work a 15 hour day and the last few days has been exactly that.

I will watch the Video now William and thank you for sharing it.

Thank you manXcat for your advice, I am off of work in 2 weeks time so will take to my local guitar shop and ask them to check it. In the meantime I shall still practice and just to give my fingers and hands exercise.