Blisters

Joe Taylor · #1 09-19-2002, 05:45 PM

I went and did it to myself Tuesday night

Played two hous of show tunes getting ready for a pops concert. Blistered two fingers on my right hand from all the pizz. Ouch!

Where's the tape when you need it.

I hope they heal by next Tues. for next practice.

Jeo

arto alho · #2 09-19-2002, 06:42 PM

I went and did it to myself last summer.....

Played bluegrass with a borrowed bass for a week in folk festival. 3 gigs a day plus rehearsals plus 4 hour jam sessions every night ( actually they tend to last until you drop dead or are allowed to go to sleep... ) and all this lasted for 5 days.
For reasons unknown I got some blisters
( from all the pizz maybe ) but survived....

R2

Don Higdon · #3 09-20-2002, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe Taylor
I went and did it to myself Tuesday night

Played two hous of show tunes getting ready for a pops concert. Blistered two fingers on my right hand from all the pizz. Ouch!

Where's the tape when you need it.

I hope they heal by next Tues. for next practice.

Jeo

Tail her, Joe:
I'm assuming you're playing arco next Tuesday. I have a nasty but effective way to deal with blisters if you absolutely must keep going thru pizz gigs.

Joe Taylor · #4 09-22-2002, 05:47 PM

I'm going to use friction tape.

mje · #5 09-23-2002, 08:00 AM

There's also the guitarist's friend: NewSkin, which is collodian dissolved in ether. Available at any drugstore. Brush on a couple of thin coats and let them dry. Also good for covering up broken blisters.

Joe Taylor · #6 09-27-2002, 01:56 PM

I forgot the tape and everything else so I just played. only one blister and it took only 2 days to heal I think I see the start of a calus ;-) I thought that it would be my left hand that would have blisters not the right index finger.

Joe

bassy18 · #7 10-29-2002, 11:29 PM

Well I read somewhere that atheletic tape helps, and it is flexible..and doesn't leave your fingers all sticky. I don't know how it will work, but I'll let you know when i try it.

Joe Taylor · #8 10-29-2002, 11:42 PM

I just played till they hurt real bad then kept playing. Now I can pizz all I want all my fingers are in shape.

How ever playing a pops concert sucks two hours of 1/4 notes most of the time way too fast or way too slow.

Joe

Don Higdon · #9 10-30-2002, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe Taylor
I just played till they hurt real bad then kept playing. Now I can pizz all I want all my fingers are in shape.

In the bad old days, before there were amps, that's how we all did it.

Mike Goodbar · #10 10-31-2002, 02:19 PM

>>I think I see the start of a calus ;-)<<

Wear those callouses like a badge of honor, son!

I saw trumpeter Wallace Roney at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. The bass player was Clarence Seay, who was subbing for Buster Williams.

Seay showed me some excruciatingly painful-looking blue (!) blisters he'd formed on his fingers over the course of a couple of nights, which didn't surprize me considering the drummer was Lenny White! My own fingers would've been worn to the nub after one set.