how hard is your fingertip?

[fgl]

right now I',m playing 6 nights a week, four sets a night.

I got rock hard fingertip on my left hand including on my thumb and also 1st finger at the middle joint.

I also have worn /chipped off nails & bits of skin chipped and dried off my right hand ( I also use finger picking style)

Yes my hands are not soft to the touch anymore

 

[Liquidribs]

your hands will be softer if you follow my fingertip skin biting habit:twisted:

 

[fgl]

its ok bro - hardened tips means less pain when playing long hours

 

[zullio]

LOL!! its a lil hard cause sadly the skins just tears away for mine, so cant get that much satisfaction.

same case for me.. but i has that initial hardness ah.

 

[fgl]

all posters in this thead should meet up, line up & have an indepedant survey by non bias party to confirm who has most chalat hardness in their fingers.

Char bohs can apply for this job ...

 

[3hree6ixty]

haha... true.

but dont think i can fit the bill of having hard fingertips.... my skin just peels and peels until they're raw....

but i still keep playing.

yes, i'm nuts.

 

[wyldeboon]

the harder the better! tats wat she said!!!

 

[Dime]

the harder the better! tats wat she said!!!

i wonder where were you when you heard that.hmmm....

 

[metalhead1993]

i dont know, for me the hardness of my fingers vary. When i practise a lot, it gets tough as my awesome abs.

 

[teleplayer]

i dont know, for me the hardness of my fingers vary. When i practise a lot, it gets tough as my awesome abs.

dude are you the guy in your display picture?

 

[zax]

My fingers are killing me now !!!!! god hahaha . Acoustics really chew off the skin on my fingers

 

[keiith]

dude are you the guy in your display picture?

Lol to help metalhead1993 answer, he's totally not. haha

Its just a matter of time before fingertips get hard lah, like it or not it will happen lolol

 

[bryan1234]

my fingers abit hard only.. *sobs*

 

[velvetrevolver]

mine's got no more fingerprints on the left tips. i can commit a crime without leaving a fingerprint trail 8)

 

[zax]

i dont know, for me the hardness of my fingers vary. When i practise a lot, it gets tough as my awesome abs.

I'm sure it does

 

[cold_static544]

haha but it goes away after not playing for awhile rite

 

[Suislide]

In your quest to achieve hard-as-nail fingertips, do remember to do your warm-ups and watch how you press those fingertips into the fretboard (no need too hard)..
There have been cases of nerve damage on guitarists' fingers and they experience numbness/pain in their fingertips. this may impede your future as a musician..

 

[RockerJ_77]

Is it getting callouses the matter,or actually the fingers being used to the fretting on the strings? My fingers aren't that hard but i'm used to fretting the strings already. It must be the action of the guitar and the string maintainence i guess?

 

[DeathCubeK]

Yes it's hard, but no it doesn't matter to me, cause seriously, what's the need for soft fingertips unless you're like a hand model or a pussy.

 

[kerplunk182]

My fingertips peel so much that my classmates want to bring me for a manicure. Lol.