For the first time ever, in my 2.5 years of playing, I have developed a blister on my RIGHT hand (strumming hand).
OK, bit of the backstory;
After being at home from uni and not having access to a guitar for a fortnight, I finally got back and sat down to play my beloved acoustic. And play I did. For about 5 hours, the last 3 hours being fingerpicking mostly.
After putting down my guitar, I realised that I have developed a quite large blister on my right hand ring-finger, from plucking the high e string a lot.
Anyone else ever had something like this happen??? It's a new one on me!
Pete
ETD - Formerly "10141748 - Reincarnate"
Oh yeah. I've blistered the fire out of my thumb, strumming with it.
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Absolutely. Especially when I'm learning a new song.
No blisters, but my fingers get a little sore, one reason for learning how to play with fingerpicks and regular picks.
For years I didn't use picks, then I started to try, more difficult than I realized after years of fingerpicking. I wish I would have used one from the get-go.
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming......
like the passengers in his car.
ha try playing bass then you will get some real blisters
ha try playing bass then you will get some real blisters
I can testify!
ive never had blisters on my right hand, but i have had major callouses on my left :D
I'm doing a few rehearsals with a band as a bassist at the moment, it was the first time I'd played bass for more than about 10 minutes here and there in at least a year. After the first two hours I had a small blister on my index finger of my fretting hand, underneath my callous *wince*. Couldn't use that finger for anything for a couple of days until it died down. The next rehearsal was 4 hours, and I was fine by then and haven't had a problem since. I think it was just that I tend to use a different part of my finger for the bass, I flatten it a lot more.
