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Welcome to the forum!  It does take a while to get used to the callouses on your fingertips, and since you picked up the acoustic they're probably getting tougher than they were with just the electric... playing with two very different guitars that early on can cause some other issues too I would expect.  I'm thinking maybe it's not since you started using fingers instead of the pick, but maybe since you got the acoustic!  A steel string acoustic IS going to be harder on your fingers than an electric.  Often you need to push down on the frets harder to not get dead strings, and the strum is different as well (making strings ring out vs. getting the pickups to hear the string ring)!  Maybe just pick one for now until you feel more comfortable.  Then pick the other back up.  Working with two different guitars that are two completely different playing styles this early in the game would have messed me up for sure!

Of course, that' just my two cents based on the guitars sitting around this house... your guitars could be different and that might not be it at all.  GOOD LUCK and stick with it... one way or another and sooner or later, if you keep on, you'll get it!

Welcome to Chordie njdoxie!  I have been playing for almost 6 months, so I'm still new myself.  As an excellent typist (near 88 wpm - and now everyone knows why I'm always so long winded on the boards, female and can type fast!), I know that I can type faster without thinking about the exact letters I'm typing... my fingers just "know" where to go.  Eventually with the guitar your fingers will do the same thing.  There's no "home base" that I know of for guitar, but on many guitars there is a dot on the 5th, 7th, and 9th frets (there's more, I'm not sure off the top of my head however).  That is a visual marker to keep from having to count down the fret board similar to the physical dots on the keyboard.  Sometimes the dot is on the side of the neck, so when you're holding the guitar the dots are facing up at you to see easily without having to bend around to see the fretboard.  I think that the dots in that location are more likely to be seen on a guitar truly designed for beginners.

As for online training, I personally really like justinguitar.com - Look through his beginner courses.  He tends to use an electric and a pick in those.  Even though I use a classical and my fingers or a thumbpick, I didn't have any problem following along in the beginning with him.  Of course, he's just teaching the open chords there also!  For the VERY beginning, I don't think it much matters what the instructor is using as it's all about fretting the chords and practicing those changes, but yes he does show you how to hold a pick properly and to strum with one!  Of course, if you're going to pay for lessons... you'd better be doing the practice that your teacher suggests too! 

Good Luck!

Happy BIRTHDAY and ANNIVERSARY!

Guys, I just put my first seven songs into a public songbook so it's here if that helps.  You can save the songbook (import songbook) so you have it when you're online rather than having to click the links from the email, plus there's a couple more than what I sent in email:  http://www.chordie.com/publicbooks.php? … gid=269030

That's not the lyrical version of Tom Dooley I used, also it didn't save my transpositions in the public song book.  Do "Tom Dooley" with D, A7 (-5 semitones) and "You are my sunshine" A7, D, D7, G (-2 semitones)

Looked it up... it is "OF" not "ON" ... my bad, you were right!  Can't wait to hear "Over the Rainbow"!  A fav for sure!

Russell you amaze me.  Never in my life did I think I'd hear "lullaby on broadway" on guitar!  There are a lot of songs that I LOVE that are "piano" songs but I've found chords for them and try to play them on my guitar... it's different for sure, but it works!  Isn't music such an amazing canvas to work with?!!!!!  Good job Russell!  Thank you!

Good to hear the paint fumes didn't consume you.  Interesting note I have to make here.  I have no sense of smell and paint fumes have NEVER affected me (nor has acrylic nail fumes, permanent wave solution or many of the other fumes that really disturb people).  I find that really interesting.  Although I know the fumes can mess with your oxygen intake in your blood and all that... without being able to actually smell them, they've never bothered me.  Of course, I've never been in a SUPER airtight room while painting... but there's been a few times when my husband and I had been working on painting the same room and he had to walk out while I was unaffected.  (for safety, I left the room too just in case... but always thought this was rather strange).

Cam, I am sorry for your loss.  There aren't a whole lot of words that will ever work right in this type of situation.  I think Old Doll has some really good ones there however.  You are indeed a good man to have been there for her... and especially for your wife during this time.  Thank you for sharing the update with us.  My prayers go out to your family.

Thanks Pix!  You're the best!  I will check that out today!

You know I didn't mention your name here straight away so you wouldn't feel obligated...LOL... but after the other guys did, I couldn't help but giggle it out!

Ark... if you could make up an hour worth of music like this one, "Spanish Sunset" and "Tree of a Thousand Stars" ... I'd gladly pay a standard CD price for it ... in fact, I'd be interested in encouraging my clients to purchase the cd as well!  I don't have a ton of customers... but a few that appreciate relaxation (and I do know some people that pop to mind that might enjoy this, another professional friend of mine).  During the last relaxing treatment I gave (a body wrap that takes about 90 minutes) I ran pandora with the station "zen relaxation" ... the one thing that I HATE about that is just as everything is going along great, some odd sounds come up in the middle of a song.  A rattling, or a horn at a strange pitch starting low and coming to a crescendo.  I've encountered it tons of times while listening to similar music and I personally find that it tends to break concentration.  When I'm doing a service like that, I like to be calm and relaxed as well as my client... and if it unnerves me I can only imagine what it does to them as they're starting to drift off to sleep!  These three songs of yours are all very fluid and relaxing all the way through.  THAT is what I'm looking for (I can't be bothered with listening to an entire cd and having to exclude certain songs!). 

Let me know what you think... I'll bet some of Old Doll's friends would be interested as well... considering your fame and all!    If not, that's alright... again... FANTASTIC JOB!

Wowie... that's pretty awesome Pix!  Keep us updated!  LOVE the pictures!