Great topic, I learned many years ago when I bought a used cheap acoustic guitar with nylon strings because I thought it was easiest to learn on……wrong…., the action sucked, the body was to big to fit comfortably against me, just made the whole experience miserable, plus the finger pain, (internet wasn’t invented yet) unfortunately, I gave it up, young and impatient. Fast forward 50 yrs, after much you tubing various guitarists, Justin Johnson reviewed an amazing beautiful acoustic electric guitar ( no feedback) made by Jon Kammerer Customs (JKC) of Iowa, I contracted Jon to build me a custom Pegasus guitar, like the one that was reviewed, I received the amazing work of art 🎸last week, yes, it wasn’t cheap, he put .009 string set on it, omg, it was worth every penny, now all I need to do is live up to and learn its potential, so Kevin’s advice about a proper fitting guitar….priceless…..you’ll thank him later…. Thanks again Kevin

Simple but useful information. I had good experience with 10-46 for more than 4 years when I was concentrating more on speedy Rhythm guitar. With my new album being a Lead only played over free background tracks, I switched to 9-42s. The result is coming soon.

Hey, Hi! Great videos, super helpful! I couldn't resist & put heavier strings on my guitar right away as a beginner because of the music I like, yes it made it harder at first, but I put in the effort and survived through it - my fingers got stronger but my technique lagged - was very slow at the start because the heavier strings made it more difficult to play. Can't stand the twang of lighter strings so I would probably wouldn't change the way I started playing, it made me happy and kept me playing!! How about the "weight of the guitar"? I have been playing for almost 3 years, I bought a gorgeous PRS custom 24 and it is pretty dang heavy for my size, being female and only 5'2". It hurts my right shoulder pretty badly when I play while standing up after just 10 minutes. What do you recommend for this? Am I doing something wrong while standing? I do have a guitar instructor but have yet to ask him about this. The body of the guitar also looks a little big on me as well, but it's an amazing guitar I could never part with it.