Flats - I thought they might work

[Bunion]

He gently brushes them with a feather from a young ducklings nether regions… 

[Munurmunuh]

23 minutes ago, Bunion said:

He gently brushes them with a feather from a young ducklings nether regions… 

 

"Do you get much damage to the fingers? 

 

Yeah, the first couple of weeks I get blisters. Then they burst. They're really, really sore for a few days, then they go really hard, and that's it. They stay like that for the rest of the tour.

 

When you play somewhere really, really hot and get really sweaty, your hands go soft, and that completely changes your sound. Your fingers tend to sort of sink into the strings, almost. And there's nothing you can do about that. It's like someone put a muffler over your speakers. So, you just have to add more top-end to try and compensate, but there's not a lot you can do. 

 

With the blisters, have you tried putting stuff on to harden them? 

 

Yeah [dismissively], tried that. Doesn't work. I tried that Nu Skin stuff, when I've had a blister that's come open, when you're through to the skin underneath, that's really sore. But once you get out playing, get the adrenaline going, you tend to be alright anyway. It hurts a bit, but sometimes the pain—you just grit your teeth and get on with it."

[shoulderpet]

Apparently he plays really softly so most of the pressure would be on his fretting hand, still an incredible amount of string tension though

[Bunion]

Just putting it out there… 

[shoulderpet]

1 hour ago, Ricky Rioli said:

 

"Do you get much damage to the fingers? 

 

Yeah, the first couple of weeks I get blisters. Then they burst. They're really, really sore for a few days, then they go really hard, and that's it. They stay like that for the rest of the tour.

 

When you play somewhere really, really hot and get really sweaty, your hands go soft, and that completely changes your sound. Your fingers tend to sort of sink into the strings, almost. And there's nothing you can do about that. It's like someone put a muffler over your speakers. So, you just have to add more top-end to try and compensate, but there's not a lot you can do. 

 

With the blisters, have you tried putting stuff on to harden them? 

 

Yeah [dismissively], tried that. Doesn't work. I tried that Nu Skin stuff, when I've had a blister that's come open, when you're through to the skin underneath, that's really sore. But once you get out playing, get the adrenaline going, you tend to be alright anyway. It hurts a bit, but sometimes the pain—you just grit your teeth and get on with it."

Jesus, why not just use lighter strings