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My guess is as beagle said your grip is too tight and you just need to relax it. I don't know where you play, but check out the grips of other people, I had a particularly good explanation from one of the polo players that used to play tennis.
Usually people who need softer tape complain of numbness in the hand (particularly thumb) rather than knuckles... And similarly excessive weight on the mallet normally causes wrist pain... But I guess both of these could show as knuckle pain if you had particularly tough palms or a strong wrist.
Without knowing you it's hard to be certain, do you play other racket sports? Have you had any hand/wrist injuries? Have you taken a lot of ecstasy (seriously one of the side effects of too much e is damage to tendons particularly in the hand)?
It could just be that as you are a beginner your muscles in your hand are weak and it's just the ache of going from no finger exercise to loads in a short space of time... Get one of those spring things you squeeze in your hand that might help if it's just finger weakness.