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| Hi all,
I recently got me a new Ovation Elite. Hadn't played guitar for a long time and have of course developped new hard skin on fingertops. However, the hard skin on one of my fingers now seems to be turning more into corn and it is painful to play. Has anyone ever had the same experience? How do you go about treating this?
Thanks for any advice. Cheers, Bob. |
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Location: SoCal | I don't understand "turning into corn".
You build calluses, they eventually split and peel, and you build new ones. What is "corn"? |
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Location: NJ | In the inimitable words of the late, great John Lennon (at the end of "Helter Skelter"):
". . . I got blistahs on me fingahs ! ! . . ." |
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| A corn is something you may also get on a toe. I guess it is something that starts off like calluses, but then, inside turns into something harder (and sharper?). Calluses are no problem of course, quite the contrary I would say, but this gives a sharp pain even with slight pressure, just as though someone pushes a needle into your finger, and it is quite clearly localized. As opposed to my other fingers, here under the callus you can see a small circular darker spot and it really prevents you from using that finger for playing.
Cheers, Bob. |
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Location: Warsaw, Indiana | Man, I thought corn was what grew here in the fields of Indiana. |
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Location: Pittsburgh PA | Cliff,
Are you sure that wasn't Ringo shouting about the blisters?
--Mike |
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Location: NJ | I'm 99% sure it was John, but it DOES in fact raise an interesting trivia question!
Anyone out there know for certain? . . . . . . |
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Location: Alabama | I've always thought it was John |
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Location: Tennessee | It was definitely Ringo. Can't cite the exact source anymore, but I always thought it was John until I read something from or about Geoff Emerick that told the story of the recording and Ringo's (now famous) shout out at the end. |
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Location: Tennessee | Back on subject, Bob ... sounds like maybe you've got a little foreign material in there. Happened to me once, and it's sorta like getting a splinter which then gets somewhat infected. Chances are you picked up some small bit of debris while your fingers were still soft, and it's now infected and/or trying to get out. You should probably see your doctor, but I just ripped a few layers of skin off my fingertip and squeezed the sucker out. It hurt for a few days but healed just fine. |
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| Thanks stonebobbo, I am indeed going to see a doctor. You may very well be right!
Cheers, Bob. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | How would Ringo have gotten a blister on his finger? He couldn't play drums let alone guitar :rolleyes: |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I always thought Ringo was an under-rated drummer. He was very simple and kept steady time. That's more than I can say about MOST drummers I meet. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Are you sure the steady, simple beat wasn't a drum machine? ;) |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Being that I think the first drum machine for commercial recording wasn't invented until 1979 by Roger Linn.... I'd guess no. |
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Location: NJ | I always thought Ringo was underrated as well.
Not particularly "flashy", but always had a good "sound" to his playing.
If that WAS him shouting at the end, it was probably the result of handling too short of a "roach". ;) |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I always thought that was Paul shouting for some reason. Flashy drummers always seem to get the press. Pert, Lee, Apice, Aldridge, Collins, and the list goes on and on and on... More understated ones like Bun E., Ringo, Mr. Watts deserve some props too for doing what they do. Niel Perts style would not work on a Stones tune and vis-versa. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | whattabout george? while my guitar gently weeps coulda been broken blisters-------- i'm going back to bed. |
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| lol, can we help this guy out with his finger problem? My advice would be to go to the pharmacy and pick up some sort of treatment for corns, like a cream or something. Wait until it goes away and then try again. If it starts again go see a dermatologist. One other thing Bob, are you sure it's a corn? Even if you've built a callus you may still have pain after long bouts of playing. Anyways, good luck. |
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Location: NJ | this does not sound good to me. GO TO A DOCTOR |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I wonder if Kaman Music Corp ever thought of getting into distributing music/musician relates pharmaceuticals. Aspirin, Bandage, NoDoze, Callous Cream, Condoms etc etc etc... Seems like there is a niche market here. |
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Location: Tennessee | Musician-related pharmaceuticals? Yee-haw! Local suppliers are always flaky, they keep changing their pager numbers, and quality is all over the board. Wait ... I misunderstood what you were referring to ... never mind. I'll just have to stay with old Dr. Robert. :D
BTW, saw the Stones Tuesday night. Charlie was right on all night. No flash, just solid playing.
I alsways thought Ringo proved his worth as one of the greatest because of all the different styles he had to play in support of the varied tunes John, Paul and George were cranking out. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | I always liked Ringo's drumming too - steady, almost understated.
It says here:
http://www.pootle.demon.co.uk/beatles/hs.htm
That it was Ringo who said it. I stumbled across the web site
http://www.pootle.demon.co.uk/wgo.htm
awhile back, you can really waste some time there. And I always thought it was John.... |
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Location: Alabama | John said it best "Ringo has the best back-beat in the business" |
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Location: Pittsburgh PA | One more thing about Ringo. Yes he is very underrated. Ringo had developed his unique style by in full by the time of Sgt. Pepper. His trademark heavy "staggered fills" on the toms can be heard all through that album. Take a listen to "With a little help from my friends" and a "Day in the Life". From that point almost every rock drummer copied that style - and you still hear it today.
I could be wrong, cut I don't think you can find any pop or rock recording with staggered fills on the toms before Sgt. Pepper.
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