Guitar question

[duragezic]

I've learned power chords with two fingers now instead of three. But EVERYTIME I play for even 5 minutes my thumb starts to hurt. Mostly the area at the base of my thumb where it kinda connects with the pointer finger... gah at first I thought cause I wasn't used to playing them with two fingers but now after a long time it still hurts and I can't play guitar for very long cause it hurts so bad!

 

[Harvey]

It's called muscle power and callouses. The only way to get there is to keep after it. To coin a cliche, No pain, no gain, but it's worth it.