Whilst doing the beginners course this was one of the most frustrating things for me was hitting the open F chord without muting.My brother had loaned me a cheap guitar with strings that sat too high over the fret board and had a very poor quality sound and it seemed that I was always fighting to get a clean sound out of it.But I persisted and completed the course 1 & 2.Then I went down to my local music shop and tried out about 5 guitars so that I could continue with my lessons on guitartricks because I now Knew this is what I wanted for a new hobby.The first thing I did with these brand new guitars was to try to play the F chord.3 out of the 5 were perfect and I bought the one that required the least effort for $1900 Australian.Expensive yes but a beautiful guitar all round.Cole Clark angel acoustic guitar.Still practise makes perfect and lots of practise is the key. Good luck

Mark McDonald from Australia