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Oh yeah, if you're having a hard time with finger strain on a steel string guitar you can swap out the strings for nylon coated steel. I use them on my electric to get a warmer sound. They're called "tape wounds." They're popular for electric bass but never really caught on for guitar. Flat wounds are also easier on the fingers, because they don't have round wire wrapping the strings, but I would go for the tapes if you want max relief. Plus they last longer than regular, round wound strings (minus the top two, they're plain steel. But they could be swapped with coated strings to maximize life span.)
Thanks, I've started doing some fingerstyle and so far neither hand is taking too much of a beating. My acoustic actually came with wrapped strings, I suppose so they don't die on the shelf so quickly, but I like the brighter sound - that's for acoustic though.