For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 21, 2000
April 20, 2000
April 22, 2000
Transcript:
Jim: Here we go...bend your fingers like this and that's the chord of... April: I can't do it, Grampa! Jim: OK. Let's try one finger on one string. Press the string down against this bar and when you pluck the string, try to get a clear note. No, right behind the metal bar. Push hard. Harder. April: I can't! The bars are too high. They hurt my fingers! Jim: ...Maybe that's why they're called "frets"!
Playing an acoustic will eat you fingers up quickly. I had a Gibson Les Paul Custom electric billed as “The Fretless Wonder.” It was very easy on the fingers. But play enough, and you’ll get callouses.