Latex gloves.

[smo]

Chip production clean rooms are cleaner than hospital operating theatres...

Clean is NOT a word I would use to describe operating theatre's.
There's a good reason why hospital workers think it's gross to walk barefoot or let children play on the ground in a hospital.

 

[bassbrad]

Etienne Mbappe wears silk gloves when playing

An Interview with Etienne Mbappé

I use the cotton gloves from time to time to avoid blisters as I have an aggressive right hand style.

 

[Mili]

Everything about this Thread is Wrong!
It's not latex!
He is not Scottish!
It does nothing to Tone!
Also Wrong forum!

 

[BassAndCigars]

Scots dinna need nae feckin' gloves mate.

 

[Martin Beer]

I can't imagine any kind of non breathable glove (latex or nitrile) being viable for bass playing. It might work for a little while at home, but as soon as you're at a sweaty gig they'll be slippery on the inside and grippy on the outside.

 

[Hypercaffium]

Be sure to sign up for his emails.

ahahahhaa LOL

 

[Lichlord2112]

HAA HA, sawyer protection to play bass, that's funny. No actually I think they are Nitrile. Home health aid gave them to me, and she though they were latex. That is why I posted that.

 

[Black Sabbatical]

If you like the way latex sounds, it's not going to harm your wood or strings. However, I don't see the gloves lasting for more than 1 or 2 songs if you're playing fingerstyle.

 

[Hypercaffium]

P bass, flats, tort, gloves.

 

[chuck65]

On a little more serious note.....
I use the musicians practice glove ,when conditions are not optimal for my left hand.
Neck sticky from humidity? The Glove.
Left hand freezing cold ? The Glove.
Pseudo Fretless sound ? The Glove
Ymmv

 

[ahbradot]

Baseball gloves work best, preferably a catchers mitt.

 

[lark_z]

This thread absolutely made my morning. And yes - nitrile, not latex. Less allergic response.

 

[Qlanq]

Be careful with the medical gloves.
I have to wear them in work and we switched from using the blue ones to the clear gloves.
I started to have problems with my fretting hand, pain between pointer and ring fingers.
Got so bad I had trouble playing bass.
Turned out the clear gloves are more plastic than rubbery- no stretch or give.
The clear gloves were damaging my hands.

 

[Billy Bob Bass]

We still don’t know if it’s Scott Devine. There may be a Scotsman out there who plays with latex gloves. I think the gloves would get torn up before the bass. Although I know you can’t bubble wrap a nitro finish right? I don’t know how latex reacts to nitro, if the bass is nitro, and there’s a Scotsman who plays with latex gloves.

I'm more into Scottish heavy duty fire fighter gloves at the moment. It's somewhat difficult to turn the tuners and a bit hot in summer. Those thin latex gloves got torn up quick, especially using flatwounds.

 

[Mastodon2]

Scott Devine, not Scottish. His gloves, not latex. He does have a Leeds accent though.

 

[40Hz]

Yep, ok it is Scott. I bookmarked the page. Ok cloth. Erm wool. Still, it was pretty cool, kind of muffled the sound a bit for a slinkier. I go for that deep low end distorted sound of Geezer, and the wizard sounded really awesome wearing them. Just do not want to damage my instruments is all.

Except you’ll occasionally see him playing in his earlier videos without a glove. And guess what? He gets that same tone.

 

[J_Bass]

Clean is NOT a word I would use to describe operating theatre's.
There's a good reason why hospital workers think it's gross to walk barefoot or let children play on the ground in a hospital.

Ahah, what?

You're right, though, clean is not the right word, the word is aseptic.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

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Yep, my mind went here too.

 

[Aqualung60]

If he's not Scottish, he's !


[Just a joke reference, folks]

My mom's a Scot and this is the first thing that came to mind, lol.

 

[75Ric]

Latex, schmatex. If it doesn't come in tort, I'm not interested.