omfg my finger

[Jay]

ok so i played guitar for a long time ... then i stopped a while ago for..well stupid reasons that aren't important...

anyway, i pick it up today an dit's like riding a bike i guess you never really forget. i played a few songs and came to the realization that i have no callouses but figured whatever, they will come back. playeda lot of songs, lot of sliding, and it hurt, but i figured it was a small price to pay...

so i played about 10 or 15 songs and i look at my middle finger and holy shit it's got a huge blister on it...all nasty and filled with liquid and shit....and did i mention it hurts like HELL?

i'm not exactly a guitar noob, so strumming a few chords every day isn't a logical option...

any advice on how to make my fingers good again, and if at all possible, FAST?

good lord this is painful.

[ButlerGSU]

If you play a lot you should have calluses on your fingers, once they form it is impossible to get blisters because the skin is too tough.

[Brock]

Once the blister goes away, you can try the putting the super-glue on the fingers thing.

[hofdaddy]

ok so i played guitar for a long time ... then i stopped a while ago for..

[Jay]

superglue on all of them?

i suppose the callouses will come back quick enough but this hurts like a motherfucker omg

[czech]

superglue on all of them?

i suppose the callouses will come back quick enough but this hurts like a motherfucker omg

but elixer polywebs and you wont need caluses

[jsgksu]

superglue on all of them?

i suppose the callouses will come back quick enough but this hurts like a motherfucker omg

but elixer polywebs and you wont need caluses

Yeah, just some paper towels to sob up the liquid. I love Elixirs but Im a nanoweb guy.

[mlb1399]

superglue on all of them?

i suppose the callouses will come back quick enough but this hurts like a motherfucker omg

but elixer polywebs and you wont need caluses

Yeah, just some paper towels to sob up the liquid. I love Elixirs but Im a nanoweb guy.

They are so smooth.

[czech]

superglue on all of them?

i suppose the callouses will come back quick enough but this hurts like a motherfucker omg

but elixer polywebs and you wont need caluses

Yeah, just some paper towels to sob up the liquid. I love Elixirs but Im a nanoweb guy.

They are so smooth.

that's what I use too, but if he wants the KY of strings, the Polywebs are the way to go.

I need to move up to mediums next, so i think i might try the polyweb mediums and see how i like them.

[guitardmb]

Buy weights or a gripmaster thing to build speed. Or do it the old fashioned way and just do nonstop finger exercises.

[jsgksu]

superglue on all of them?

i suppose the callouses will come back quick enough but this hurts like a motherfucker omg

but elixer polywebs and you wont need caluses

Yeah, just some paper towels to sob up the liquid. I love Elixirs but Im a nanoweb guy.

They are so smooth.

that's what I use too, but if he wants the KY of strings, the Polywebs are the way to go.

I need to move up to mediums next, so i think i might try the polyweb mediums and see how i like them.

They make Light/Mediums, have you ever tried those, theyre my favorite.

[Jay]

Buy weights or a gripmaster thing to build speed. Or do it the old fashioned way and just do nonstop finger exercises.

thanks for reading the thread

[Jay]

if i use elixers i use nano...but i like uncoated strings, they make my guitar happy.

[MahlerGrooves]

Also, there is this thing called "New Skin" or something like that. A bunch of hardcore violinists I know use it. It is like a liquit callous.

[Jay]

i dont get the superglue thing...wont it shred all apart and flake off all over the place?

how long do callouses take to come back, like a month?