Finger protectors?

ToneControl

Is this a joke?

Philly_Q

Tony Iommi might like 'em.

Grunfeld

ToneControl said:

Is this a joke?

Well, my gf seems to be tickled....

strtdv

I guess thimble sales have been in decline lately (since the industrial revolution) and now they've found themselves a new market

Sassafras

They're a godsend, they protect my reverse French manicure during particularly vigorous bouts of shredding and tapping.

scrumhalf

As used by burglars and safecrackers everywhere.

prowla

I'd consider one if I'd cut myself.

VimFuego

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

boogieman

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

Etienne MBappe from John McLaughlin's 4th Dimension band wears black silk gloves on both hands. Sounds amazing too.  I’d always assumed that gloves would kill the tone and sustain but he reckons he wears them to preserve the brightness of the strings. 

Lodious

Is this related to the Prostate thread?

VimFuego

boogieman said:

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

Etienne MBappe from John McLaughlin's 4th Dimension band wears black silk gloves on both hands. Sounds amazing too.  I’d always assumed that gloves would kill the tone and sustain but he reckons he wears them to preserve the brightness of the strings. 

I did once think of trying something similar, but I reasoned (possibly not correctly as I never tried it) that any glove thin enough to still let you feel the string, would be too thin to dampen the effects of the nails on the string. 

prowla

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

That's because he has a skin condition.

VimFuego

prowla said:

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

That's because he has a skin condition.

I know, I was using it as an example of how wearing something on the fretting hand is not unheard of. 

guitars4you

@Moltisanti - Are these the same/similar to what you have used for a while - Can't recall while you use them 

ToneControl

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

 How about those black rubber gloves that carpenters and plumbers use
cloth backing with rubber grip on the fingers

Philly_Q

VimFuego said:

prowla said:

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

That's because he has a skin condition.

I know, I was using it as an example of how wearing something on the fretting hand is not unheard of. 

I had no idea who you were talking about so I looked him up.  Someone might be interested, he has a condition I've never heard of, focal dystonia, which means his fingers move uncontrollably.  The gloves help to suppress it.  See from 4'25" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOVGrGBeqiI

boogieman

Philly_Q said:

VimFuego said:

prowla said:

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

That's because he has a skin condition.

I know, I was using it as an example of how wearing something on the fretting hand is not unheard of. 

I had no idea who you were talking about so I looked him up.  Someone might be interested, he has a condition I've never heard of, focal dystonia, which means his fingers move uncontrollably.  The gloves help to suppress it.  See from 4'25" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOVGrGBeqiI

I’ve got a mate who used to be the bassist in the Hamsters, Andy Billups. He had focal dystonia too but recovered enough to play again professionally by changing his playing style and “re-educating” the nerves in his hands. He uses a thumb pick and has a very static picking hand... so static that he’d sometimes get accused of miming over a backing track. More info here http://www.thehamsters.co.uk/interviews/dystonia.php

VimFuego

ToneControl said:

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

 How about those black rubber gloves that carpenters and plumbers use
cloth backing with rubber grip on the fingers

I think I have those already, I use them for gardening (cos I like to protect my hands from nasties), they're thin enough to use for fine work like weeding, carpentry etc but I never thought to use them for bass playing, I will give the a try. 

Philly_Q

boogieman said:

I’ve got a mate who used to be the bassist in the Hamsters, Andy Billups. He had focal dystonia too but recovered enough to play again professionally by changing his playing style and “re-educating” the nerves in his hands. He uses a thumb pick and has a very static picking hand... so static that he’d sometimes get accused of miming over a backing track. More info here http://www.thehamsters.co.uk/interviews/dystonia.php

Thanks, very interesting!  I have seen the Hamsters once, many years ago, they must have been supporting someone but I can't remember who it was.

TimmyO

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

He does it due to some.neurological condition iirc - the sensation/pressure on his skin relieves it and gives him control back 

VimFuego

TimmyO said:

VimFuego said:

that Scott wossname, the bass tutor guy, wears gloves to protect his fretting hand. I'd like to see something invented to wear on my picking hand so I can play bass but also keep my fingerpicking fingernails. 

He does it due to some.neurological condition iirc - the sensation/pressure on his skin relieves it and gives him control back 

yeah, I know.