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Floyd_The_Barber
Post subject: Bloody knuckle when i play....
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my index finger on my right hand (picking hand) just bled all over my strings and got a few drops on the pickguard.... i just spent the last 15 minute scrubbing it off with windex (nothing else available :lol: ).... so any body else have a problem dragging there knuckle(s) across the strings? if so, how do keep it from bleedin all over your axe?

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I think that means you're doing it wrong.
Until a few months ago, I had never changed strings without shedding blood.

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Tochai wrote:
I think that means you're doing it wrong.
Until a few months ago, I had never changed strings without shedding blood.

yea i know im holding it wrong but i cant figure out how.... it LOOKS right... maybe the pick is to small?

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Been playin for 35yrs and never scraped my knuckles. Hold the pick with your finger tips.
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sounds like your holding a pick wrong. i hold them wrong, but how the hell'd ya manage to scrape your index finger? it used to happen with my pointer until i got more movement back

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You're probably just bearing up on the pick to much when you're strumming. Give it a little more space.
Also show all the girls the bloodstains on the pickguard. 8) then tell them something like "I play till I bleed, all for you..."

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Don,t use windex on your guitar.
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Post subject: Bloody knuckle
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If you strike the knuckle of your index finger with the string when playing you may be curling your finger two far under the pick. This technique exposes the index knuckle to the strings when the stroke is more aggressive.

Try unwinding your index finger a little.
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tbazzone wrote:
Don,t use windex on your guitar.

it was just the pick guard and it was all i had on hand.... i didnt want to let the blood dry on

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oi floyd what pick are you using. might be to small for aggresive playing

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radio_friendly_unit_shifter wrote:
oi floyd what pick are you using. might be to small for aggresive playing

v picks... particularly screamers and my dimension, although ive been using a traditional a lot lately

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Floyd_The_Barber wrote:
radio_friendly_unit_shifter wrote:
oi floyd what pick are you using. might be to small for aggresive playing

v picks... particularly screamers and my dimension, although ive been using a traditional a lot lately

try a freakishly large one, im using them at the moment. i find that i cant use the screamer when i'm playing aggresivley.
or, give dunlop tortex a shot. i use them alot too

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Floyd_The_Barber wrote:
Tochai wrote:
I think that means you're doing it wrong.
Until a few months ago, I had never changed strings without shedding blood.

yea i know im holding it wrong but i cant figure out how.... it LOOKS right... maybe the pick is to small?


Your not using mandolin picks are you?
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Hold the pick like you would a dirty diaper. Then slowly adjust it until it is comfortable (only the necessary amount).
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Nevin1985 wrote:
Deluxe Matt wrote:
Hold the pick like you would a dirty diaper. Then slowly adjust it until it is comfortable (only the necessary amount).


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