fret hand glove?

[Phfat]

I have pretty severe psoriasis, along with psoriaric arthritis, that affects my hand and finger joints.

My fingertips are especially susceptible to pain and skin damage from playing my bass. I sometimes even develop psoriasis scales directly on the pads of my fingers...

I've seen a British bass player named Scott, on youtube, that plays with a glove on his fretting hand, and I was wondering what kind of glove it was...what it was made of, to try one to see if a glove would help my situation.

Thanks.

 

[FatStringer52]

Musician's Practice Glove®

 

[Lo-E]

Scott actually posted a video about it years ago. It was titled something along the lines of “What’s with the glove?” If you dig around I’m sure you can find it. In the video he explains why he wears it and what kind of glove he uses.

 

[Bermuda Ron]

Scott Devine and reportedly Victor Wooten both suffer from Focal Dystopia. SBL posted that Scott simply searches Amazon for "musicians gloves", also available at Sweetwater. Many who suffer from arthritis, eczema, etc also find relief wearing gloves. Link to video and COMMENTS here:

 

[Phfat]

thanks to all who replied!

Bought the musician practice gloves. Certainly help with fingertip trauma. A side benefit seems to be that the tight cuff adds support to my wrist.

All in all, these gloves are worth the expense!

 

[fig]

Bought the musician practice gloves. Certainly help with fingertip trauma.

Glad you found the value of those gloves. Was just gonna chime in.

I've been using them a few years. I have mild form of dyshidrotic eczema, a hand and foot dermatitis. A side thing is it won't let me grow calluses anymore.

Without the gloves (actually just fretting hand), I can't make it thru two songs without bad pain. Freaked out that my playing days were over. Those gloves were the answer. 0 pain for hours and hours.

Couple of side benefits. Sometimes, environmentally dependent, my fingers would stick to the strings. Probably happened to most of us. Not anymore with the gloves. Easy sliding for days. Also noticed the strings don't get dirty even close as fast as without gloves.

Last pic before Covid stopped things (Mar 2020), wearing the flesh colored one on fretting hand.:

With the black glove, I'd joke with audience about staying around for the Michael Jackson portion of our show. Which consisted of us running some measures of 'Billy Jean' and me doing an barely-passable moon walk. Or get back on stage while putting the glove back on and say, "Hang on, I gotta get dressed." Gotta have fun with it LOL

Anyway, I hope those are as beneficial to you as they were to me.

 

[SharpCat]

Back in the mid-late 60s, my father was involved in semiconductor fabrication. This was before the whole clean room/bunny suit era, and back then other than lab coats they'd wear thin cotton gloves. We had piles of these things kicking around the house. In any case, they still sell these on amazon for cheap. I don't know how they compare to the musician's gloves linked above, but they are way cheaper--like $10 for 30.

 

[JonathanPDX]

Scott Devine and reportedly Victor Wooten both suffer from Focal Dystopia. SBL posted that Scott simply searches Amazon for "musicians gloves", also available at Sweetwater. Many who suffer from arthritis, eczema, etc also find relief wearing gloves. Link to video and COMMENTS here:

It's Focal Dystonia. The Dystopia is not focused, we all live there.

 

[Bermuda Ron]

It's Focal Dystonia. The Dystopia is not focused, we all live there.

Sorry, proves I suffer from medical misnomnia.

 

[fig]

...thin cotton gloves. ...still sell these on amazon for cheap. ...they are way cheaper--like $10 for 30.

Might be worth trying. The musician's practice gloves are woven nylon, like a thicker nylon used for women's support hose. There are no seams anywhere.

For longevity, I was playing most every weekend on flatwounds. I think I went thru 4 or 5 gloves in the 4 years I was with that band. Then Covid shut us down.

After, I didn't want to do the band thing anymore, so started doing fill in gigs but with nickel coated steel round wounds. Can't really judge much with the rounds, but the wear doesn't seem excessive as I'm still on the first glove since switching to rounds. Still smooth sliding and the strings keep clean, so, yay! LOL.