| Author | Message | ||
| ivartshiva
Member Username: ivartshiva Post Number: 53 Registered: 10-2007 |
OK call me weird but after years of burning eastern Indian incense I finally discovery hardcore church incense like pure frankincense and a blend called Russian Lump, my favorite. Seriously fills the house with smoke, smells like a cathedral, death, immortality, etc. - but here's the point: after handling this stuff there's a little powdery resin on my fingers - like from a pitcher's resin bag, right? It's dried West African tree resin... and my right (plucking) fingers suddenly have super powers! It feels more dry, tight, and accurate, but may be leaving a little frankincense on the strings (flatwound). Comment? | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2074 Registered: 10-2003 |
I've done similar (by accident) and it gave me some painful blisters deep under the surface of my fingertips. Tore up my fingers badly. I hope you have better luck! John | ||
| ivartshiva
Member Username: ivartshiva Post Number: 54 Registered: 10-2007 |
Well, that's scary, John! I think maybe I don't play long or hard enough to do that, but I can see how that would be possible. I was reading Wiki about the use of resin on bows to make strings "speak" by increased friction, and I can see how one could overdo it and F up the interface between the fingertip callouses and the softer tissue underneath - but for an hour of careful playing or recording, like a gymnanst getting a little extra friction, seems harmless | ||
| hieronymous
Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 989 Registered: 1-2005 |
Plus now your strings will smell like death & immortality! I hope you are playing doom metal or spacey psychedelic prog! | ||
| ivartshiva
Member Username: ivartshiva Post Number: 55 Registered: 10-2007 |
O ya they SOUND like death and immortality too, man! That's what it's all about, I always tell the sound man "Make me sound like God." | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 2075 Registered: 10-2003 |
Mine usually smell like death and immorality... ;) | ||
| serialnumber12
Senior Member Username: serialnumber12 Post Number: 929 Registered: 12-2004 |
Resin at the tail end of a good joint is what makes my fingers do what they do. | ||
| mario_farufyno
Senior Member Username: mario_farufyno Post Number: 751 Registered: 9-2008 |
Oh, THAT resin got on my fingers sometimes, too! Ha, ha, ha, ha | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 712 Registered: 5-2007 |
I love to use Gorilla Snot, leaves no visible residue on the bass finish (Message edited by FunkyJazzJunky on December 05, 2011) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10437 Registered: 5-2002 |
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