Hey, I string MY Yamaha with silk and steel strings. As of last Wednesday. I really like those strings.

I wonder if I would have progressed faster in my playing though if I had had something from the very beginning that was easier on my fingers. I'm finally beginning to be able to mash all the strings down without dampening them, but it has been such a slow process. Partly that's because my hands are small and haven't been very strong, but I also wonder if maybe a more expensive, "better" guitar might have been easier on my hands and therefore, as Bonnie says, more tempting to play.

Whatever -- at least I've got callouses now ... and I'M LEARNING A FAKE Bm CHORD!!!! Who-hooo.

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