Originally Posted by: dbramsey

Hi,

I have been trying to learn guitar for a while now, but every time I start something happens. I have had a few hand and shoulder injuries over the years and had to have surgery to many times. So my question is; will I still be able to biuld up calluses if I use an electric guitar? I have both a acoustic and electric, but at the moment we are watching our grand daughter and I don't want to disurb her when she is sleeping. Also, my fretting hand is still weak from my last surgery, so I am trying to build up the strenth slowly per doctors orders. Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks,

David

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If you're following your PT, then all is good. Trust me, you will build calluses on an electric. You should have no worries on that. I fully learned on electric so your shouldn't need to worry about that. Follow orders and have fun.

[quote=snojones]

...as Jeff puts it... you need to move air to do that...

I do move some air but wife wife keeps giving me dirty looks...