Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: ivartshiva on December 02, 2011, 06:07:09 PM
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: ivartshiva on December 02, 2011, 06:07:09 PM
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?
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: 811952 on December 02, 2011, 06:37:24 PM
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
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: ivartshiva on December 03, 2011, 05:49:55 AM
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
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Post by: hieronymous on December 03, 2011, 08:47:21 AM
Plus now your strings will smell like death & immortality! I hope you are playing doom metal or spacey psychedelic prog!
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: ivartshiva on December 03, 2011, 04:15:19 PM
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.
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: 811952 on December 04, 2011, 09:27:23 AM
Mine usually smell like death and immorality... ;)
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Post by: serialnumber12 on December 05, 2011, 03:14:32 AM
Resin at the tail end of a good joint is what makes my fingers do what they do.
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: mario_farufyno on December 05, 2011, 03:58:02 AM
Oh, THAT resin got on my fingers sometimes, too!
Ha, ha, ha, ha
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on December 05, 2011, 10:13:17 AM
I love to use Gorilla Snot, leaves no visible residue on the bass finish
(Message edited by FunkyJazzJunky on December 05, 2011)
Title: Resin on me fingers
Post by: David Houck on December 05, 2011, 02:25:20 PM
I liked this:
Plus now your strings will smell like death & immortality!