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06-29-2011, 12:26 PM
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Evening, small question
I play fingerstyle bass, and when you play a long time your skin starts to get hard on the tip of the fingers. Now i am going on a vacation, and i am really afraid that i will lose it, because i can not take my guitar with me, and it would take a long time to build it up again to this stage.
Is there any way to keep it without a guitar? like use my playing hand and imitate the strings with a rock or something? i know that sounds dumb but i am out of ideas. Please help! |
06-29-2011, 12:29 PM
| | | | Well, my only solution would to bring a cheap ukulele to mess around with on vacation. That would do it haha |
06-29-2011, 12:29 PM
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Once a callus always a callus. I've taken a year off before and came back and was just fine. |
06-29-2011, 12:29 PM
|  | mercenary mathematician | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Philadelphia | | | Don't worry if they go away. In fact, I find it beneficial when mine go away: I can tell if my technique is bad if it hurts when they come back. |
06-29-2011, 12:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Burlingame, CA | | | You can take your bass as a carry on. Depending on the flight destination, they'll most likely be able to stow it in a closet for you. |
06-29-2011, 12:48 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I'd say don't worry about it. It's pretty tough for a callus to go away on its own, unless you stop playing for a few years.
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06-30-2011, 09:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | | No worries. Forget about it.
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07-06-2011, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern CA | | | the only way for it to go away is if the skin peels off or gets scraped off. it's not like muscle when you don't use it
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07-07-2011, 12:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Santa Cruz CA | | | For whatever reason when im on vacation or otherwise am away from my bass for some reason, I always come back better or maybe more inspired. Relax. Have fun. Come back and rock! No stressing! Never! |
07-07-2011, 01:12 AM
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07-07-2011, 06:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cayce, SC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by codeinedreams  the only way for it to go away is if the skin peels off or gets scraped off. it's not like muscle when you don't use it | Actually, it seems like they can disappear, but not just because ya went on vacation. My guitar callouses are much smaller and less hard than years ago when I played guitar more. But, it doesn't take too long before I can get them back, maybe a month or so of regular playing. Whenever I play guitar lately my fingers get sore easily, so I have to be careful not to harm them. But, if I stopped playing bass for, say, two weeks, it wouldn't be any problem coming back.
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07-07-2011, 07:24 AM
| | | | Just a vacation? Don't worry, you'll be fine.
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