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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: Shroomism]
    #22104173 - 08/17/15 07:34 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

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Shroomism said:
If you don't want callouses on your fingers, don't play guitar.




It's not that I don't want callouses, it's that this callous was making practice difficult because I'd get in rhythm and brush a string with it and the discomfort would throw me off.

I'm gonna take everyone's advice and quit being a pussy.  I upped the weight of my pick and that solved my problem.  :thumbup:


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: cez]
    #22104388 - 08/17/15 08:36 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

If you are strumming so much that you are getting callouses with a pick, then you must be strumming hard. Work on your technique. I can mute, strum, and play all day long and my right hand not get sore. I play with a heavy pick for acoustic and medium for electric.


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: daytripper05]
    #22131480 - 08/23/15 03:51 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

On a similar note, I've been doing a lot of fingerpicking the past few days.  Had a callous on my ring finger and it fell off so I now have tender skin on that finger but I want to keep the momentum rolling and keep fingerpicking. 

I think I know the answer but should I just keep playing and let this new skin toughen up or give it a couple days to recover?


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: cez]
    #22131511 - 08/23/15 03:56 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Developing callouses is basically.. what every guitar player does, ever.


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: pfxtc]
    #22131752 - 08/23/15 04:42 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Indeed. 
I just stumbled upon a product that's a slap in the face to guitarists everywhere:

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gorilla-Tips/Fingertip-Protectors.gc

OP, is this along the lines of what you're looking for?


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: kr0nik0]
    #22132120 - 08/23/15 05:53 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I just want someone to say quit being a pussy.  The callous is off and the new skin is red and tender without playing the guitar.  I'm still pickin with it until my rhythm gets funked due to that finger and then I switch to some exercises with my pick, but I just don't want it to get to the point where my fingerpicking is sidelined because I picked it raw.

I suppose if I pick it to that point I could just get that product :shrug:


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: cez]
    #22132127 - 08/23/15 05:55 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I pick my callouses every time I get them and have played for probably 10 years. sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn't, I've learned to ignore it. when I play along with Albert King and I bend strings to the moon I really, really feel it.


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Young male going by the name "Bassfreak" entered Worcester General complaining of a sharp pain in his buttock region after attending EDM event. Attending physician considered a possible diagnosis of acute rave anus, but upon further investigation it was determined there was nothing cute about patient's anus.

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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: cez]
    #22132155 - 08/23/15 06:02 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Lol. I was just being a dick.
I've bitched and moaned countless times since I switched to primarily playing an acoustic.
Luckily since I've been playing for quite some time with an electric, my left hand (fret hand) is already calloused.

I feel your pain with your strumming hand though. I've used a pick my entire life so building these callouses on my right hand have been hurting quite a bit.

Maybe that product I posted would really help you out. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I'm considering placing an order myself.


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mad to be saved,
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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: kr0nik0]
    #22132185 - 08/23/15 06:08 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

I just have to man up lol.  It's just a drag because I am rolling with inspiration and time to practice guitar and this fucking finger is killing my vibe


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: cez]
    #22132427 - 08/23/15 07:01 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Its probably best to let it heal up a little bit id imagine.


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Re: callous on guitar strumming finger [Re: DurgaDurg]
    #22132521 - 08/23/15 07:29 PM (8 years, 5 months ago)

Another one who doesn't use a pick



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