Finger implants

[beans-on-toast]

I've used cyanoacrylate glue (CA aka crazy glue) on damaged or worn out fretting fingers. Medical people use a medical grade CA glue to seal wounds.

SRV used to apply glue to his finger tip and then touch the skin on his forearm. When dry he'd quickly pull and rip off a section of skin. I think that it's better to CA glue on a small piece of nylon.

If you play metal, wear a chainmail glove.

 

[ThudThudThud]

Crazy Glue/New Skin works great on fingertips.
I used to do that sometimes when I was really digging in.

Now I have lower action, play gentler, and turn up a bit.

 

[Booty Shaman]

Its fun to riff this around but.. Seriously If you had implants in your finger tips you wouldn't be able to feel anything properly, you'd lose the famous dexterity we've spent all this time evolving, sounds like a really really $hite idea......! View attachment 2988767

What he said^^^

 

[TolerancEJ]

You could give finger picks used by some banjo players a shot.

 

[Mark Ambler]

If I get a small cut that can be ridiculously painful when playing, I use super glue, maybe build up two or three layers.

 

[J-Bassomatic]

What he said^^^

Respectfully disagree, I learned how to eat cheeseburgers right after a dental procedure, granted it's not pretty but if you take the corner table in the back....

 

[Drgonzonm]

Try redelevoping your chops on a piccalo bass. Delevop you muscle memory on the piccalo
Oops don't have a piccalo, then use a six string guitar and forget to use those cheese cuter string commomonly known as B and high E.
My blisters feel for you

 

[J-Bassomatic]

This thread was started because of a silly thought I had while plucking away in 55 degree basement, cold stiff fingers on cold steel strings (Edit: I know KDB, they're techically not steel). I know that I said that those who are going to comment on technique would be 'ignored' but in the end I did think about that. I'm in my cold basement at the moment (I don't want to play through the 20W Mustang Guit-Amp upstairs, I want MY RUMBLE) and I'm thinking, "You know, those guys are right."
So keep hammering about the technique, it's good advice. Some (most actually) of the comments were very entertaining. I thought this would fizzle out in a page or two but it went for nine and I got a kick outta that. VIVA TalkBass. What happens at TalkBass stays at TalkBass. I hope.

 

[Susqmike]

Why even bother to play bass? Listeners won’t be able to tell real bass parts from those created with vst plugins.

For the sheer pleasure of making perfect notes, one at a time. It's a spiritual thing that a plug in can't touch...

 

[mongo2]

Why even bother to play bass? Listeners won’t be able to tell real bass parts from those created with vst plugins.

Or we could just do this...