Do people in certain professions find playing the guitar easier than others?

[1neeto]

Originally Posted by Jim Owen

If you beat your hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders up daily, practice is hard. I’ve been a manual laborer, moving heavy stuff all day long. Getting in good practice was hard. (Yes, I’m well aware that John Hurt pushed a plow and mule for decades—I truly admire him.)

I am a good typist—which eventually landed me a desk job. Typing helps dexterity. So maybe that gave me an edge?

I won’t run a chain saw or do major labor on days I’m gigging. Now, there ain’t any gigs.

Yeah when you are a manual laborer it’s hard to have any extra curricular activities because you feel like you just need to rest and recharge your batteries. But I try and set time aside for guitar. I am very careful when I work, I always wear gloves and am especially protective of my left hand (I’m a flat picker so as long as I can hold a pick with my right hand I’m good).

[Brucebubs]

My orthopedic surgeon was a keen ukulele player .... and yet despite that he was still an excellent surgeon.