Show me your callouses !!!

[4StringShooter]

Lets see pics of those hard working fingers !! Here's mine.

Left hand:

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Right hand :

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They're all calloused, and I can play on them for hours. Longest nightly gig was 6 hours nightly , for five days.

 

[kr0n]

I don't have anywhere near that size callouses and I can play for several hours straight... Are you sure you're using correct amount of pressure?

 

[Cbassist]

I don't have any callouses and I've played double bass for 4 years, along with bass guitar now.

 

[jabsys]

Mine wouldn't even show up on camera, left fingers feel slightly harder but the right ones look & feel normal.

 

[Tupac]

After a long, long day of practice, my fingers are shredded badly, and the skin underneath is pretty solid. They don't look anything like yours though.

 

[stflbn]

No callouses what-so-ever. Play 4 hour gigs friday-saturday evenings and practice during the week and have 30+ years. Never had callouses.

IMHO playing does not have to be uncomfortable.

 

[Nev375]

Mine wouldn't even show up on camera, left fingers feel slightly harder but the right ones look & feel normal.

+8 (and 2 thumbs)

Not that there's a right or wrong way to the art of playing bass, but if there was a wrong way, I think the OP might be doing it.

 

[chaosMK]

I don't have callouses on either hand, fingers look pretty smooth (maybe some internal hardness though). I might have noticed the skin get hard and dry a few times when I was a kid and learning.

 

[Stick_Player]

I use round wounds on one of my electrics, play double bass and Stick with nasty round wounds. NO callouses - at least not like that.

Maybe you are pressing too hard.

 

[CauliColin]

I have 2 relatively strong calluses on my index and middle finger on my right hand. My fretting hand feels different, but don't look it. They're nowhere bear yours, though.

 

[T-MOST]

I've been playing bass since 1982 and played guitar for 5 years before that. Still NO calluses.

 

[4StringShooter]

I use round wounds on one of my electrics, play double bass and Stick with nasty round wounds. NO callouses - at least not like that.

Maybe you are pressing too hard.

Just a very physical, and animated player. I use Rotos, too.

 

[Mayers]

Outch ... how did you do that ??? I played for the past 12 years and many of those years I played up to 5 hours a day without counting jam with friends and other musical obligations. I also play DB and it didn't change my fingers.

And still, the tip of my finger are harder than normal finger tip skin but no where close to calluses like that or that you can find on Google. If you look at my finger without touching them, you can't tell.

 

[4StringShooter]

They just happen....cant explain it. Tough as nails, too !!

 

[turbo chicken]

i try to play with a light touch ... i got nothin' on you man ...

 

[stratovani]

I've been playing bass since 1982 and played guitar for 5 years before that. Still NO calluses.

Same here. I've been playing guitar since 1972 and bass since 2007, and I've never had calluses. Hard, tough skin, yes, but no calluses.

 

[stflbn]

I think this thread deserves video of the OP's physical and animated playing.

 

[lowendgenerator]

My right index finger is slightly firmer at the tip, that's the only thing I've got even close to a callous, and I play for a few hours every day.

 

[Russell L]

Mine would never be seen on camera. I play guitar and bass, regularly, although more on bass (3+ gigs, 4-5 rehearsals, and most any night at home, per month). Been that way for the past 23 years on bass. But, I've played guitar since 1963 and bass since 1965. I have a light touch. I can play longer at one time than anyone else I know and still have my fingers in good shape. It's all about technique.

 

[FaithNoMan]

Oh...why did I just start laughing like Beavis and Butthead when I read this thread title...