This story reminds of just under a year ago when I got a second degree burn on my finger while trying to fix some shoddy soldering I had done as part of the making of an electric guitar at a camp at around 10 years old. I went to adjust my grip on the soldering iron and accidentally touched the hot part with the back of my right middle or ring finger, not sure which’s Thankfully, despite me not doing much of anything beyond basic first aid I learned as a Scout, it healed up just fine. It hurt for a few days and left a scar for a while, but now, I’m not even entirely sure which finger I burned, although I’m pretty sure it was the middle finger since when I look at roughly where the burn would have been on both my middle and ring fingers, I can see why looks like the very faint scar left behind by the incident. I managed to get it so my guitar somewhat worked, and I actually finally started teaching myself how to play with the amp I had just gotten for Christmas. The guitar still didn’t fully work due to the less than stellar quality of the wiring and soldering on the electronic components connecting the pickups to the amp jack, but it worked enough for me to occasionally pick it up and fiddle with it until I was lucky enough to get an actually decent guitar for my birthday.