Callus and rubber stopper on endpin problems

Callouses Happen. Showers Happen. Dont Practice after you shower. Practice before, or wait for your callouses to dry.

If your not washing your hair that day (I dont wash mine every day, but every third day) You can wear latex gloves in the shower to keep your hands dry.

The other solution is to practice more.

As far as the endpin i had the same problem so i said screw it and got a cello rockstop for ten dollars. I actually got three. One that stays in my bass bag, one that stays at home and one that stays with my stuff at school.
It works really well.

 

For the callous: +1 on practicing more.

For the endpin - drill a hole in a piece of dowel, jam the endpin into it, put a heavy-duty crutch tip on the dowel. It'll last for a couple of years of daily playing. Buy the crutch tips first so you know what size dowel to get. The hole in the dowel should be big enough where the dowel won't split, but the endpin will wedge into it.

Once in a very great while, I'll run into a waxed floor where the crutch tip will slip. It's probable that a rock-stop would slip on these floors also. I carry a cello floor-strap in my case for these situations. A D-ring goes around my stool leg, the other end has a V that the crutch tip fits into.

 

don't shower.

 

If the rubber "stopper" on the end pin is showing wear, it may be from sliding. Put a bit of rosin on the end to hold it more firmly in place and see if this helps.