Twunkbass Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Last night I broke my record of never cutting myself with a cooking knife due to a nicely timed muscle spasm, got a decently deep one in the tip of my left pointer finger, the most important bit of flesh I have . I can afford a week without playing bass/guitar. But it got me thinking, what if I had a big gig tommorow? are there any tips or tricks of how to get away with it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Superglue. Smarts a bit when you apply it but that is what the cyanoacrylate glues were first developed for, emergency field treatment of wounds. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Sorry, I don’t have any advice, but I do sympathise. I started mucking about with electronics around the same time I took up playing the bass. I forever seemed to have sticking plasters on my plucking fingers, so I started using a pick. And I still use a pick. As for injuries to the fretting fingers… I did this to my ringer finger a few years ago. By the time I could start playing again, I had lost thirty-odd years of calluses. Gutted. And, despite being told that it would heal fine, there is a bump where the break was, which took some time to get used to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassFace1991 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Eeeee ouch!😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassFace1991 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I'd probably just use a pick for that one gig. Luckily I'm comfortable playing both pick and fingers but prefer to use fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twunkbass Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 Unfortunately this is my fretting hand, otherwise a pick would work fine. And King I'm glad you're back to playing, that's a rough time for the digits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) Superglue to stick the cut together and you can then make a superglue 'patch' over the top to protect the cut. If that is still sore, or it's makes a horrible noise on the strings you can get doublebass finger tape. I've got some for blisters when playing doublebasses but have used it for a cut whilst gigging electric. It makes a more natural flesh sound on the strings than hard superglue. It's designed not to bleed sticky glue out the sides so won't make a mess of your strings. Here you go. Edited January 29, 2023 by Maude Adding link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Wasn't superglue originally designed as a quick battlefield patch up for wounds..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1968 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate#Development Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickyDBRmf Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Chef and Musician. Been there and done that. Had a gig the next night and used oxycodone and Becks Dark. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burns-bass Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I broke my little finger bowling last week - thankfully on my right hand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 A mere scratch... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) While I was doing what most people were in 2021, doing up the garden, I did away with the old washine line and poles in favour of a whirlygig. I dug the hole and got the bag of postcrete ready first. Gave the spike for the whirleygig a couple of taps, missjusdged it and whacked my finger with a 60 year old wooden mallet. It was incredibly sore at the time and I thought at first that I may have broken it but after a while I just got on with the next task of shovelling and wheelbrrowing 6 tonnes of gravel from the front garden to the back. After the first couple of trips I noticed that one of my grey gardening gloves had turned red so took off my glove to find that not only had I given myself a sore finger, I had torn the skin wide open. I had to finish moving the gravel so washed it, stuck on a huge plaster and kept going. Miraculously, it had healed completely by the time we got to the first gig in August. I still have a line going across my finger where it happened but it healed perfectly as good as new again. This is a picture taken after 24 hours when I was changing my plaster Edited January 29, 2023 by Delberthot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I almost sliced the tip of my left ring finger off the day before a gig a few years ago. I did surprisingly well with just a plaster. Thought it was going to be much worse than it was. Still got a scar on that finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSeagull Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Somewhat different, a side effect of my cancer treatment is that the fingers on my right hand feel like the skin has been burnt. I played today, felt very uncomfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 O'Keeffs Working Hands... stings a bit but great stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassFace1991 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 hour ago, SuperSeagull said: Somewhat different, a side effect of my cancer treatment is that the fingers on my right hand feel like the skin has been burnt. I played today, felt very uncomfortable. Wish you all the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Many years ago I managed to cut the knuckle of my left hand index finger to the bone. I was DIYing and the Stanley knife slipped! This was one a Saturday afternoon. I dropped into A&E on the way to the gig, but they had a 2 hour wait, so I gaffer taped my finger straight and did the gig with the three remaining fingers, middle, ring and pinky. I had to rearrange the bass lines on the fly, but got through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I sanded the tips off the first two fingers on my right hand a week before a gig (Friday) . The band had nit played live since 2019 and we'd already had to cancel it once. Even covering my fingers with plasters it hurt too much to hold a pic (I'm on guitar and sax) until Thursday night and playing the sax made me bleed. I didn't tell the band until Friday night rehearsal figuring that the worst case scenario I'm Bez on maracas. In the end it was a great gig, I was able to play ok, it would have been better without having an argument with an industrial sander but hey ho you live and learn. I have pics if you really want to see what my fingers looked like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) I remember once, many years ago, I had taken some go faster powder and picked up a (skinny string) guitar and decided to learn a bunch of Pearl Jam songs. I played for twelve hours straight. Afterwards, my fingers were so sore that I couldn’t play, guitar or bass, for over two weeks. And I forgot everything I learned that night. Edited January 30, 2023 by KingBollock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 16 minutes ago, Dom in Dorset said: I have pics if you really want to see what my fingers looked like. This post is worthless without pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 49 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said: This post is worthless without pics! Ask and you shall receive... taken the morning after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 17 hours ago, Twunkbass said: Last night I broke my record of never cutting myself with a cooking knife due to a nicely timed muscle spasm, got a decently deep one in the tip of my left pointer finger, the most important bit of flesh I have . I can afford a week without playing bass/guitar. But it got me thinking, what if I had a big gig tommorow? are there any tips or tricks of how to get away with it ? If it is relatively minor and you just need something to keep the wound clean and closed then I use microporous tape. The stuff that is used to keep dressings in place. The problem with plasters is the bulk and if they are fabric then the fabric itself as well as the pad. Microporous tape is thin and relatively smooth. It keeps the wound closed but only really works if the wound has stopped bleeding or weeping. In your picking hand it wears away so take a roll to the gig. Soak it off in water to avoid pulling the wound open. Clumsy? Me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 29 minutes ago, Dom in Dorset said: Ask and you shall receive... taken the morning after. Ohh, ouch! Reminds me of this old pic that went around, claiming to be damage from playing bass (along with other claims). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 31 minutes ago, Dom in Dorset said: Ask and you shall receive... taken the morning after. Yikes.. The hedgehog in the background looks a bit concerned there too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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