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I too just started the TAC course (last week Jan 16, 2024) after trying umpteen times to teach myself the last 10yrs from an overwhelming collection of DVD lessons from 3 different instructors; an assortment of tablature songbooks; 2 cheap guitars. I work 12hr days and it is tough to find time when I am not mentally exhausted from work, but now that football season is here and my husband is preoccupied watching that—I sneak off to our spare bedroom (aka the “studio”) and try my best to plunk around but would lose interest rather quickly. I needed guidance to help motivate me better, and I am thrilled to have purchased the TAC course as a birthday gift to myself.
When it came to deciding to use a strap or not, I was finding out 2 things: 1) using a strap took the weight of the neck out of my fretting hand so I could focus on finger placement. I find it better to attach by the nut vs the heel, otherwise my guitar has serious neck dive! 2) And this isn’t a great thing, but….using a strap was making the guitar more perpendicular and not allowing me to see the strings very well for being a beginner, so then I took the strap off. Now I am faced with the dilemma of the neck weight interfering with my ability learn fret finger placement while holding up the neck.
I am frustrated and tempted to go have my guitar looked at and maybe have lighter tuning pegs installed ??
I don’t know if this helped you or not, but I thought I would share my dilemma