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Post Accident, how to build/rebuild calluses...
- Thread starter Grumpynuts
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It might be a time to re-think your technique and move to a smoother easier touch and let your amp do the work. When I was younger, I used play 2 hours a day with practice or gigs and I had calluses on all my fingers that were thick enough to stick pins in. Now, I play 4 hours a day, gig far more, practice more and hardly have any calluses at all. Just a thought. But do go at it easy, and avoid blisters (they aren't going to do you any good at all).
I totally feel you. I am pretty light, that wasy second 8ish hour day in a row. I'm just like a kid in a candy store again.
You're playing too hard. Ease back into it, and I would personally lighten your touch permanently.
It sounds like you're the kid in the candy store who stuffs himself until he pukes. Stop doing that.
Big +1 on this. I barely have any calluses either, never had any blisters. It's all in the technique.
With such a long time span in between, now's as good a time to rethink your playing as any!
And what's with the black fingers? Residue on the strings? I've had a few that had some, but never quite like that.
