Bye Bye Callouse

About moistorizing:
Yes that's waht I thought too, somehow. It just keeps the skin "in shape". Even if it may soften it up a bit but the main point is that it doesn't let the skin poeel off which is much worse...

I am sure to try these thingies out! After all results may vary from person to person and I don't have anything to lose at the moment...
We will see how things turn out...
About filing: I do that if there actually a bit of skin starts to peel off.
Better safe than sorry :wink:

Jonsi,

I've filed them down also. Sometimes if you peel them off the leave a big hole and it's difficult to hold the strings down.

I play everyday and my fingertips are harder but they don't have really hard callouses.

If I play for more than 2-3 hrs at a time sometimes they get sore though.

Here's something weird, I've only been playing for around a year, and I played for the first week and got callouses then took a week off for a vacation, came back, and have been playing steadily since, and my fingertips never really hurt and I never got anymore callouses. But granted, my fingertips are pretty hard after this year I just never got any major callouses.

here is another weird one. I have been playing little over 3 months. I play every night. I am the dishwasher at home so I end up doing the dishes alost everynight before I play. My fingers get sore once and a while if I play 3-4, but my normal 2 no problem and no pealed skin so far. Guess doing all the dishes has a side benifit :P

Don't know how you stand it. I live alone so I guess I am the dishwasher too, but I HATE playing guitar right after doing the dishes. I'll just wait an hour or so cause that is the only time playing really hurts for me. I think its been about 2 months of playing every day now and playing really doesnt hurt anymore. Other than after dishes like I stated.

Ohh and yes, I am also a filer. Hard to keep them skin hangies from plucking strings if I dont file every other day or so.

Jim

Jim,
I have a 9 year old daughter so I have to play when I can. I get from 6:30 - 8:30 to play. I shut down when my daughter goes to bed as my amp is on the same wall as her bed. I have been doing this for almost 4 months so I am use to that. I do like my weekends when I can play earlier in the day :)

I find this topic quite interesting...I however don't want the wife reading the ones that say washing dishes is fine... :wink: my callouses have been my excuse to stay out of the kitchen :D

.... Another reason why I hate doing dishes, it can really kill my callouses! ....quote]

I had my wife buy some latex gloves which help save my callouses. I don't do dishes, but I have to clean the filter in a fish pond once a week. My callouses like the gloves but the fish don't care for my guitar playing. :wink:

Dennis

my callouses have been my excuse to stay out of the kitchen :D
:lol: :lol: :lol: Me too!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

does not work for me, but it beats cooking so......
That does not really bother me, but my shoulder does. Blasted tendinititis
:(

Mine are always peeling off cos they're just flaky, but even when they do, the skin under has gotten quite flat and hard so its not really a problem. I just don't like how they feel right after peeling off or washing my hands so I usually wait a bit after before playing.