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Guitar muscle?

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I've noticed that when i pinch the skin inbetween my thumb and forefinger on my right hand there is just skin... but my left has a muscle... i think its from playing on my 12er... anybody else notice this?
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yeah i think its just guitar in general
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i have a muscle right there on both hands. not to be a dick cause im kinda curious about this (curious about this 'guitar muscle') but, do you lift weights praisedave?


edit: insert gay jokes
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right in between my thumb and first finger I have huge muscles. I can kind of squeeze my thumb with my fingers on either hand to flex these muscles. They are neat to show to people, some are quite amazed.
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how much can you fingerpress?
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Yeah I know what you mean, the fretting hand fingertips have less give then on the strumming hand. But that it mostly due to callouses. I have no finger prints on the tips of all fingers except the thumb on my fretting hand, and almost no feeling in those areas as well.
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i've got it, but i think its more from rock climbing than anything

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thepackage0 wrote:how much can you fingerpress?
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Usaj88 wrote:i have a muscle right there on both hands. not to be a dick cause im kinda curious about this (curious about this 'guitar muscle') but, do you lift weights praisedave?


edit: insert gay jokes
i had to like a month ago for rugby, but no idont.
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yeah i think mine are just from lifting then cause i have them on both hands and I haven't really noticed a different since I started playing
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i have some huge muscles here...but i think it's b/c of masturbation...
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Sciaracastro wrote:i have some huge muscles here...but i think it's b/c of masturbation...
you owe me a new keyboard.
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bbatsell wrote:
Sciaracastro wrote:i have some huge muscles here...but i think it's b/c of masturbation...
you owe me a new keyboard.
:lol: why?
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Sciaracastro wrote:
bbatsell wrote:
Sciaracastro wrote:i have some huge muscles here...but i think it's b/c of masturbation...
you owe me a new keyboard.
:lol: why?
yeah I'm confused by that one too lol

Did he anger you so much that you hit your keyboard, or did you just spew water all over it?
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Teego Time wrote:
Sciaracastro wrote:
bbatsell wrote:
Sciaracastro wrote:i have some huge muscles here...but i think it's b/c of masturbation...
you owe me a new keyboard.
:lol: why?
yeah I'm confused by that one too lol

Did he anger you so much that you hit your keyboard, or did you just spew water all over it?
or throw up on it?
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