Triplets and calluses

[dave_clark69]

i was one the warwick bass 101 thing and there was a bit for slapping triplets. Where you pop the g and d strings one after the other and then slap the e string. I was doing some popping and it was starting to hurt because there was no calluses there. Is there a way to build up calluses quickly?

[dakine]

Skin graft! Usually taken from the thigh where skin is very thick. Only takes a few days to heal.

[Jeff Moote]

Seriously though... play until it hurts, then stop for awhile. Repeat. They'll come in time.

[Obsolex]

Play with your fingers a lot. I guess you could like, rub them on sand paper, or on an edge of something. But playing fingerstyle will build them in all the right places...
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[CS Bass]

No!!!! Never rub fingers on sandpaper!

It irritates regular fingers too much!

And it grinds away the callus that you may already have!

[Johnny BoomBoom]

You can toughen the skin a bit by rubbing methylated spirits onto them! That'll help the callouses come along, well, that and actually playing too!

[Stephen S]

Once upon a time, someone posted something like, "you can build callouse by repeatly punching a bowl of sand, straight out of the ninja handbook", probably poorly quoted, but I follow the concept religiously.

[dakine]

Try using a lighter touch. I had a problem with index finger joint pain from popping strings. For about a year I had to use the middle finger exclusively. Now I can use them both again, but keep them very relaxed. Might help prevent blisters too.