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No, I don't have any calluses either. B
I never knew what caused blisters because I've never gotten one. So now I know it's because of friction. Good to know.
"Research in the past decade has proven that an increase in consumption of chocolate dairy-based food products has led to an increase in the potential for blister development on hands and feet. Although scientists are unsure of the reason behind such an increase, it is thought to be due to the increase of preservatives added that has an adverse reaction to skin and nails."
Eduard von Grützner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eduard von Grützner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not true, there are plenty of heavy hitters. Playing hard is not 'bad technique'. If it is, then I guess someone needs to go teach Geddy Lee a lesson.
It's weird. The only time I've gotten blisters since I started playing bass in 1977 was when I played in my first band on that wretched '65 P Bass. The action was about a half-inch off the board, and I didn't realize you could adjust that. Combine that with the horrid, anemic Bassman 50 and 212 cab, and I had to really dig in to get any sound. Mercifully, that rig was stolen, and I bought a Peavey T-40, Mark IV Bass amp and 1820 cab. I couldn't believe how much easier it was to play (I was a young stud, so the weight didn't concern me). That was the last of the blisters. Nowadays my basses have medium-low action and when I feel myself starting to dig in, I mosey on over to the amp and give the gain a little nudge. There's really no reason to play so hard that you get blisters.
As far as I can tell, there is no such quote. You're having some kind of private joke. Which is cool, but you have to leave us enough bread crumbs to follow. (And not just link to Hitler's favorite painter.)
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I have never had blisters by playing bass. But I did have by caving with a shovel....It must be a set-up thing, maybe to high action....bad strings...
Try Ernie Ball Cobalt Flatwounds. They feel like flats, but they have tons of brightness for slapping!
The shovel came with no truss rod unfortunately...next time I´ll take one with a rod.
My brother used to get pimples from too much chocolate---- I think that's what he means.
I can't say that I've ever heard of someone getting blisters on their fingers from chocolate milk. If he's getting legitimate blisters (not pimples) on his fingers from it he probably has an allergy.
I get blisters all the time, especially if I change strings drastically (soft gut on upright to steel) But mostly if I haven't played in a while then have a long gig out of nowhere. And especially on upright but same rules apply. If the blister gets too big during a gig where it is painful or gets in the way, I have no choice but to pop it. I have safety pins clipped to every one of my bass bags. If I can avoid it, I will let it go for the night and wait a day to pop it. Even after you're done playing it won't fully fill up for another day IME. If I pop it too early it will just fill up again and I'll have 3 or 4 holes in my finger where I keep popping it. I just make a tiny hole on the side opposite of where I pick so that picking the string won't tear the hole open. I may soak my fingers in hot water and Epsom salt to harden them up. After a few days I get some pretty glorious calluses.
