what kind of hand exercises do you do to warm up before playing?
what do you do to warm up after youve strapped up and the standby is off?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

well i constantly do hand exercises.

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riley

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No, seriously, scales and simple songs.

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none of those finger exercises devices?
what about you folks with arthritis in your fingers or hands?
what do you guys do to loosen up a bit?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

"what kind of hand exercises do you do to warm up before playing"?
shake your hands about like a gorilla would, don't damage any tissues

"what do you do to warm up after youve strapped up and the standby is off"?
hot rod Lincoln

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

what the heck is "hot rod Lincoln"

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Hot Rod Lincoln is an old boogie song...I use a hand,finger stretching excercise where you hold your left hand up straight and bend your fingers down towards your palm one at a time and then two at a time randomly,the hardest two for me is the middle finger and pinkie at the same time,remember to keep your hand and wrist straight...Jack Pearson showed that to a group I was in....you don't have to strain,but it works.
Then when I'm plugged in,I play from the 6th string up to the 1st,fretting 1 note with each finger of my left hand and using an up down picking motion,one note down next note up....hope that makes sense,I was showed that excercise 45 years ago.

thanks Rebelsoul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbON8udTPo

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

lol ive never heard this song until now. that song is badass, great video too.
when you replied with "hot rod lincoln" i was like wth is he talking about.
thanks for the new song and cool video SBLS. who did this song originally?
i'll be blasting this one all day.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

cool

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

that's funny, Hot Rod Lincoln is usually the first thing I play once the standby is off. Then it's Run Like Hell.

wasn't hot rod lincoln first redorded by Arkie Shibley? Usually you hear the Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen version, which is pretty smokin' if you ever hear the live recording from the early 70's.

They lift a few drinks

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Thomas Jefferson

I think the lifted ALL the drinks!

my warm up is usually just Polly, then whatever catchy riff ive recently taught my self (a good example being the intro to Fistful of Steel by RATM)

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This is the oldest versioin I know, you might also want to check out Junior Brown's take
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MS9fk1u ... detailpage


Cheers,
John.E