Happy discovery

Am I alone or have other actually felt excited about a dumb pinky callus?

Just alone in the fact you admitted it. LOL Just teasing.. I felt the same way.. I still run my thumb across it every now and then just to notice it. Great feeling huh and CONGRATS on the purchase. Pictures?

Geoo

You are going to love that new guitar! I played every guitar in that price range and some higher and I kept coming back to that Epi!!
congratulations!

Here's a picture of mine! Let's see yours :oops:

6 months and a masterbuilt already?

Gotta get that job... Mowing lawns ain't cuttin' it no more. :)

And congrats on the pinky. Developing all 4 fingers on your fret hand is crucial.

yeah i've been playing for about a year and a half and i'm pretty good
(so people say) and i haven't dveloped a callus yet...so congrats.

side note:if i haven't developed a callus yet does that mean i'm not playing enough?help

I'll post a picture of the Masterbilt this weekend...the woodwork is very appealing and I really like that I can smell the mahogany when I play (I think I've got a problem).

Dnukom...Thanks for the input on the guitar last week before I made the leap. It was helpful.

Hawkfoggy....I'm sure you are playing plenty if you're impressing others after 18 months. The elusive pinky callus will come with time I'm sure.

The calluses are great for guitar playing, but are difficult to get used to with other things in my life. For example, the diminished sense of touch in my fingertips have made my typing sloppier, make it harder to turn book pages and the hardened skin bugs my wife in all the wrong ways (gotta keep it clean on this board). That said, I have a great fondness for those layers of dead skin....they're like a badge of honor.

HAHA! My wife has also complained about my "sandpaper-fingers"!

:roll:

You guys... :wink:

I find that if you take some extreamly fine grit sandpaper, like the black kind, you can smooth those tips out enough to make them feel like before on the outside, just harder. But yea, the loss of sensation is a bit annoying.

But its all part of the deal.

ok wait . this is a total noob question but who cares...when you say you have a callus you meen you have developed it in your fingers and it's there to stay right? cuz my fingers skin is as dead as jimi hendrix(hoping not to be ofensive)
GIT SNAKE BIT

For example, the diminished sense of touch in my fingertips have made my typing sloppier, make it harder to turn book pages and the hardened skin bugs my wife in all the wrong ways (gotta keep it clean on this board). That said, I have a great fondness for those layers of dead skin....they're like a badge of honor.

I think its a personal thing because mine were that way too.. but then gradually they smoothed out. Now they are tougher than before but I can feel the keyboard again and as long as I havent just finished playing, my girlfriend doesnt mind being rubbed with them.

Geoo

Okay, here's the new DR500m, along with my fat strat.....

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Looks good!

I'm a sucker for white binding...

Here's mine again with my Fender:

Congratulations

A blistered and calloused finger is a happy finger. Just ask MisterFinger himself:

Fingers also like to be pulled.

Do not, I repeat, do not pull this finger.

Mr. Finger