Artritus Question

[MrSelfDestruct]

Im not sure if this tread is the place to post this. But this is a question that will effect my future of a guitarist. I broke my fingers in 7th grade. Im now in.. supposed to be in 11th grade... well i broke my hand and my ring and pinky finger on my fretting hand... I think the doctor said I can get arthritus easy or somethin... but everytime i like... clip my nails, the bending of my fingers really hurts... so far nothin really hurts playing tho, or stretching to far frets.... do u think this is gonna ruin my guitar career???

[Soggie Muffin]

If Django Reinhardt could do what he did with as many fingers as he had you can make do with some whiney ones if you stick with it I think! just take care of them. do stretches and warm up and all that stuff that sounds stupid.

if all else fails you can play nu-metal. (not that I don't like nu-metal it's just easy)

[Shibby]

i donno...try it and if it starts hurting consult your doctor...

howd you break all your fingers btw!?

[MrSelfDestruct]

well... um... i was riding my bike down a slanted road, on the way to school one morning, and i put my foot in the front tire to try and do a riding indo, well i was going REAL fast and i made a sudden stop, fliped over, and used my hand to catch my fall, and the ring finger and pinky got cracked, and i broke them furthur into my hand or something, doctor put them back together without novacain cause i was afraid of a damn needle, that hurt like crazy

[Throbzilla]

I only have 2 and a half fingers on my fretting hand and you wouldn't know it to hear me play. Django Reinhardt was arguably one of the best guitar players ever and he only had 3 working fingers. If you love the guitar enough you will get it under control. Instead of looking at it from a negativ find out what you can do uniquely with what you have. It helps me to do alternate tunings as well. Good Luck!