I can relate. My guitar buzzes and thumps at me all the time and I wanna blame the guitar, but I know it's me. It's frustrating sometimes cause even though my calluses are built up I still feel I have to press down hard enough in order for strings to make a good sound especially on barre chords, but then my hand and fingers hurt so I have to stop which limits the practice time which I need in order to alleviate the incorrect finger positions I'm placing which is causing the buzzing and thumping in the first place. Vicious cycle. [br] [br]Im thinking of picking up a cheap electric cause I read they are easier on fingers but I don't want my fingers to get too soft again either. Plus I wanna give it more time before making major investment in gear. [br][br]Oh well one thing I've gotten out of this forum so far is that there seems to be a lot of " older beginners" like us who are having the same issues. Its comforting to know I'm not alone.

Send that guy my way. Maybe he can make my guitar cry and sing. 😂 [br][br]