Thanks guys for the advice. This justinguitar.com is WAY better than the guide I whipped through in my first few days playing.

Bensonp, I'm very interested in what you said, because logically it makes a lot of sense. But it is opposite to everything else I read/watch... Does anyone else recommend this?

Thanks for the advice:) I was thinking I should wait on these too, but I have now about 26 hours playing in only those 6 days. I know 8 or 10 chords.

I went to http://www.morphis.com/guitar_lessons/ and worked through all the lessons. Pull-offs need lots of work, but barre chords is the only thing I cannot do AT ALL. No matter how much time I put into setting up the chord, always at least 1-2 strings are muted. which is why I want to work on it... I will start working through this site today.

You said I should work more on basic chords... I know: A, Am, C, D, Dm, E, Em, G, and an easier F chord than the barre. Is this a good base to start with?

Hi all. I am very new to the guitar. Today is my 6th day. I'm using a Epiphone Special 2. Since the second day when I tried to to the barre F, I cannot do the barre part. When I do finally manage to barre the whole first fret, my hand is tensed up, and I couldn't put my other fingers in position.

My friends say keep practicing and I will get it, but I really feel like I have my hand in the wrong position and there is a lot of tension.

Any advice or links would be awesome.