stupid question: pick callus

noodlenot

(first time i write the words "pick callus" together, it sounds like some 80s porn actor name)

anyway, sorry for the introduction - i´m just curious: do you get an awfully ugly callus in your index finger from holding the pick? mine is terrible and doesn´t go away. maybe it´s just me - so i thought of asking here.

thanks,
miguel.

Bones

Hmmm, I never noticed it but I do have a slight one right on top of the first joint on my index finger. It is very thin though and doesn't bother me at all.

Maybe you are holding the pick too tightly if yours is really big???

Where my index finger really gets it is the nail. It has a flat spot worn in it from brushing the strings. It doesn't seem thin though so I don't know if it is worn off flat or if it has just gotten bent down.

noodlenot

i use a 35 mm wegen and try (only try!) not to hold the pick too heavily. maybe it´s something with my skin... i also do some woodworking and maybe that helps too.

kevorkazito

noodlenot wrote:

i use a 35 mm wegen and try (only try!) not to hold the pick too heavily. maybe it´s something with my skin... i also do some woodworking and maybe that helps too.

35 mm!

Mein Gott in himmel

I'm surprised you haven't sawed your guitar in half

Bones

Yeah, maybe you are aggravating it by holding the plane or something when you are doing woodworking. I've done enough to know that it is hard on your hands.

I play every day but not THAT many hours so maybe if you are really putting time in it does create a bigger callus.

Jazzaferri

Velly interesting.....i just looked and indeed i do have thickened skin by the edge of my fingernail on my index finger.... :shock:

Don't know if it is from picking, could be........ I have a bunch of callouses on the ends of my fingers on the left hand so....if it is...they have company

noodlenot

kevorkazito wrote:

noodlenot wrote:

i use a 35 mm wegen and try (only try!) not to hold the pick too heavily. maybe it´s something with my skin... i also do some woodworking and maybe that helps too.

35 mm!

Mein Gott in himmel

I'm surprised you haven't sawed your guitar in half

oops... typo, of course it should be 3.5 mm!

i don´t practice enough, not by a mile... maybe 45 mins/day max (when my sons lets me...) but i do tend to play with the pick a lot (i always have a couple with me) wherever i go...

anyway, thanks for the input guys!