I've been playing for 10 months now, every second day, and I'm experiencing the exact same thing.
I have an acoustic steel string, and if i play for half an hour the tip of my fingers gets more or less ripped off and it starts to hurt. I usually keep my hands away from the guitar when it happens, which is quite often. I'm considering to purchase one of those nylon-string guitars, at least i can practise the fingering with one of those, and let my fingers rest a bit before I play the acoustic. This way I would be able to play every day ![big_smile](https://www.chordie.com/forum/img/smilies/big_smile.png)
And btw: I'm also struggling with some tough and dreaded barre chords. I don't really know if you are struggeling, but I assumed as much. If not feel free to indulge yourself in my sincere apology; for thinking less of you.
I wish you good luck on your guitar journey then, but steel string players knows it's not a painless journey at allfor soft fingers!
Edit: I would like to add to Geo's list of prospective suggestions.
- Use gloves ( I've tryed this and it works, but you might encounter some muted strings, but it's quite possible to make the root note ring out clearly)
And the use of mittens is a great ide, at least our fingers would benefit greatly!
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