Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: indysmith on June 10, 2008, 11:26:44 PM
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http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/guitars-learning-play-but-i-want-avoid-callouses-333205/
...just WOW.
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:lol:
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:lol:
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Should tell him he won't get callouses if he avoids all of the sharp notes.
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What's shocking me is that he's being serious. WOAH.
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Oh my God, I dont even notice the callus' on my hand.
And judgeing by the number post he/she's been there for awhile.
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Whats even more retarded is this guys sig.
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is he for real? or is that and exaggeration...
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Should tell him he won't get callouses if he avoids all of the sharp notes.
:lol: :lol: :lol: I like
But I think this is the best part of it
Originally Posted by indysmith View Post
Seriously what is it with you and your hands? Nobody gives a flying feck what they look like unless you're a hand model, which I highly doubt you are. This is the most absurd threat I've ever seen on any forum ever!
How does it feel to be the most retarded person on the internet?
No, seriously, I'm interested; is it pure narcissistic vanity or is there a genuine reason that your hands should be unscathed? I'm in genuine shock.
I was waiting to see someone say something like that. You should tell him the sharp note joke !
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God his reply is a bit of an over-reaction,
I've reported your post to the moderators for trolling and with any luck it will be deleted, along with this, my reply to it - which you're not worth by any stretch of the imagination, but I've a few minutes to kill before I sleep.
So far as "retardation" goes, none of my meagre stupidities could possibly challenge yours: of taking the internet far too seriously.
I am a painter and a draftsman and if I lost suppleness or sensitivity in my fingers, my quality of life would be greatly depreciated and my livelihood jeopardized. Moreover, callouses are vulgar; I am, yes, far too narcissistic to risk mutilating any part of my body - apart from my lungs.
Sod off, chav.
I seem to remember in Guthrie Govans tuition book there being pages on why calluses were awesome..
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That is quite possibly the maddest thing I've ever read. It's like saying I want to drive my car but I don't ever want to change the tyres...
What a weirdo!
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What a girlyman.
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Can I just say, I do a lot of cross stitch - and I'm very grateful for my calluses... :)
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I seem to remember in Guthrie Govans tuition book there being pages on why calluses were awesome..
Yeah, read that too...
Anyway, painter & draftsman? If he's, say, right handed the fingers on the left hand will be the ones affected from fretting strings so what's the problem?
I can't imagine playing without the padding. I don't want to go through the first few years of playing again. That hurt.
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Anyway, painter & draftsman? If he's, say, right handed the fingers on the left hand will be the ones affected from fretting strings so what's the problem?
I can't imagine playing without the padding. I don't want to go through the first few years of playing again. That hurt.
Ah, a very good point - I hope he reads this.
As for playing without padding; I never actually got any callouses, my fingers look perfectly normal, they're just a bit harder than usual at the tips. Sometimes after a real long session the skin will be peeling off my fingers, but it doesn't usually hurt at all, and it heals up in a couple of days. Nothing to start a thread about :lol:
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As for playing without padding; I never actually got any callouses, my fingers look perfectly normal, they're just a bit harder than usual at the tips. Sometimes after a real long session the skin will be peeling off my fingers, but it doesn't usually hurt at all, and it heals up in a couple of days. Nothing to start a thread about :lol:
+1 My experience too.
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^ Same for me.
Except there was a period when I played a of acoustic guitar- that shredded my fingers and gave me pretty big callouses.
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I don't see my callouses anymore. Which is either 1. I'm not playing enough, 2. I've played past the point they get any more um.. rough I suppose.
The former is more likely.
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What a pompous, prissy bell end :lol:
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I'm not a painter or draughtsperson so maybe I'm missing something, but why do you need sensitive finger tips? It's not like callouses cause you to loose muscle control. And frankly I would have thought that he'd have callouses from the tools of his trade anyway?
I'm not going to call him retarded, that's harsh, but I don't know how he expects to be able to play without forming callouses. Maybe play for 10 mins every other week?
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I don't see my callouses anymore. Which is either 1. I'm not playing enough, 2. I've played past the point they get any more um.. rough I suppose.
The former is more likely.
Been playing 10 years
Havent seen a callous in about 9 years and 6 months.
I just have thick, moderately de-sensitised skin (can still feel pain in the fingertips, but maybe half of doing the same thing to my right hand, which, oddly, on the very rare occasions that I try a left handed guitar, doesnt hurt at all with fretting)
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I can't say I've ever noticed callouses from guitar playing. I did play the viola for a long time before and during my time as a guitarist, so that might have had something to do with it.
I have far, far worse callouses from rowing, and something tells me they'll never go away. It's been several years since I stopped already, and they've not gone down.
That said, I don't really give a flying funk. Who cares if I have a few callouses on my hands?! Oh my, I can't let them see me like this! Jesus.
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I used to get really ripped up skin on my fingertips when playing electric.
Now I mostly play acoustic, and its much more demanding on the fingertips, but I dont get as much ripped skin, and only very light callouses.
On another topic, are any of you here head-fier's :D ?
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you should see the rasp marks embedded in my hands!!!
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I used to get really ripped up skin on my fingertips when playing electric.
Now I mostly play acoustic, and its much more demanding on the fingertips, but I dont get as much ripped skin, and only very light callouses.
On another topic, are any of you here head-fier's :D ?
Ish
I'm registered, but have, like, 4 posts.
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I am (obviously)
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I used to get really ripped up skin on my fingertips when playing electric.
Now I mostly play acoustic, and its much more demanding on the fingertips, but I dont get as much ripped skin, and only very light callouses.
On another topic, are any of you here head-fier's :D ?
Oh, and post-count = 4?
Welcome to the boards!
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Oh, and post-count = 4?
Welcome to the boards!
Thanks! This seems like a guitar baord with pretty sensible members, I havent found many of those.
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As for playing without padding; I never actually got any callouses, my fingers look perfectly normal, they're just a bit harder than usual at the tips. Sometimes after a real long session the skin will be peeling off my fingers, but it doesn't usually hurt at all, and it heals up in a couple of days. Nothing to start a thread about :lol:
+1 My experience too.
+ another.
But what's the difference between "a bit harder than usual at the tips" (or "thick, moderately de-sensitised skin", as Mark put it) and callouses? Aren't they the same thing?
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But without callouses, how would anyone remove bacon from the grill pan?
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Oh, and post-count = 4?
Welcome to the boards!
Thanks! This seems like a guitar baord with pretty sensible members, I havent found many of those.
There arent many out there at all, its true.
This is THE best. Stick around, enjoy.
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Make this guy his new guitar teacher.
(http://members.chello.nl/m.hemert1/sergeantmajorshutup.jpg)
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+ another.
But what's the difference between "a bit harder than usual at the tips" (or "thick, moderately de-sensitised skin", as Mark put it) and callouses? Aren't they the same thing?
Hope so. My fretting fingertips are a different shape and colour (eg not pink & healthy looking) to those on my picking hand... There's definitely something in there! :lol:
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Make this guy his new guitar teacher.
(http://members.chello.nl/m.hemert1/sergeantmajorshutup.jpg)
Fine pair of shoulders you've got there boy, show 'em off, show 'em off!!!!
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It amazes and shocks me at how vain and stupid this guy is. If you don't want to ruin your 'pretty hands', don't play the bloody guitar.
Maybe this guy doesn't want callouses because the rough feeling skin would hurt too much on his tiny p***s from all the 'alone time' he has in front of his computer, looking at girls bits because he's never had a girlfriend in his life.
Prat.
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I don't think that guy is surfing the net for girls...................
His friends probably call him Gloria. Hence Sgt. Major Shutup.
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I don't see my callouses anymore. Which is either 1. I'm not playing enough, 2. I've played past the point they get any more um.. rough I suppose.
The former is more likely.
Been playing 10 years
Havent seen a callous in about 9 years and 6 months.
I just have thick, moderately de-sensitised skin (can still feel pain in the fingertips, but maybe half of doing the same thing to my right hand, which, oddly, on the very rare occasions that I try a left handed guitar, doesnt hurt at all with fretting)
me too, also been playing roughly 10 years, just less. My skin on my left hand finger tips are thick, but it aint hard, just mega tough, almost ...leather like.