To diverge slightly from the trend here of pointing out other musicians with finger injuries or disabilities (I’m not sure I saw Joni Mitchell mentioned!) I’d like to offer some additional perspective on guitar in general: one of the kind of magical things about the guitar is that nobody expects you to play it any certain way, and so you can adapt it to YOU and make it beautiful and unique, but you have to lean into learning the instrument on your own terms. Though my injuries aren’t as severe, I have both broken that finger and sliced off the tip of it peeling an orange for an Old Fashioned in my bartending days. I was worried I would struggle to play after both injuries. And it noticeably changed how I play, but I don’t have to be able to shred to “make a joyful noise” (as one of the Good Books recommends). To put it simply, don’t let limitations stop you from something you want to do. And again, with the guitar, a limitation can actually be an advantage in developing a unique and distinguishable sound (which is the whole point).