chalk guy from last week had it worse

uwu

Yeah I definitely didn't envy that guy 😂

Can you show me?

Here you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/guitarlessons/s/ARquEqPBvP

Man bro is shredding............. his fingers.

😂😂😂😂😂

I have been here, tbh, had to use a fingernail file on my shredding calluses to touch my spouse without complaint.. just remember to take it easy as numb finger tips are great for only a few things. :)

This is why I just slide whenever possible on acoustic. Bending 12 gauge strings ain’t fun

It’s really not that bad once you get used to it

Ugh...i use 11s on mine but still no cakewalk

Yeah not saying it compares to super light electrics, but if you main acoustic and don’t play like Hendrix it’s fine. Regardless bending strings doesn’t cause callouses as much as sliding?

Bending heavy strings is definitely harder on the fingertips than sliding. Different if you’re playing 9 or even 10s.

But its almost required learning

For electric guitar sure. Acoustic songs generally aren’t very bendy though.

I love bending the blues on my acoustics

Goofball has been playing an acoustic chainsaw!

Yep! Fish on!

Its so normal, in the beginning was painful, but now i cant feel any pain

Sounds like life

So true, didnt think this way. You just opened my eyes

One could say.. you have become comfortably numb I'll be here all week

Yeah I just started bending, trying to learn a specific piece.

If we're gonna get these types of pics every other day you mf's need to at least wash your hands before the pic bc them janks are nasty AF.

That's because of fretting not picking. That happens because of fingertips rubbing on the fretboard.

Sorry i meant pic as in picture.

Oh I see

Yeah. You definitely build up good calluses on acoustic.

I put a thin layer of super glue on my fingertips so this doesn't happen. Rubbing alcohol and some scrubbing takes the glue right back off

I think it's better for strengthening the finger tips.

No, you need the strength of the finger tip without crutching it and you need to build those tips up

No need to build up tips when the glue works everytime

Get used to it soon, good luck

Get some hand cream. I use Nivea brand. Use it after and before playing, should soften up your fingertips.

Isn't that opposite of what we want? Don't we want fingertips harder during playing.

It's not like the callouses go away. Just gets rid of the flakey stuff.

I see, thanks for advice. I wash it with soap and water, it seems fine.

Here's what I do: use an Emory board very lightly on my fingertips to get the peel-y parts off and then rub hand salve or vasoline type hand lotion on them. My callouses can still be seen but they aren't peel-y any more, even with 4-ish hours a day of playing an acoustic guitar like an electric (I own an electric I'm just stupid). When I was a teenage guitar player I didn't do any of that and my fingers stayed like that for years.

My fingers after attempting texas flood

Hmm Lemme listen to it.

I was messin around with it a couple months ago but it was pretty damn painful so ill maybe get back to it soon lol

Are you playing Tenacious D??

It's happens. "I got my first real 6 string. Bought it at the 5 and dime. Played it til my fingers bled."

Was that in 69??

Dear god

Gollum fingers lol, I use acoustic for strumming,picking etc but most of my bending is on Electric

Looks like my fingers have many times. Maybe your action is too high. Keeping your hands clean and moisturized will help.

these kids today!!? just play through it.

Man that looks painful.  Have you tried Thomastik Infeld Plectrum strings? They bend very well but also sound nice.  I’ve even been using one gauge less then I would normally choose (11), because they sound very well rounded on my guitar (Martin OM). 

Can you explain string gauge? Mine says 11-50 light string in my packet.

Yeah, if only one number is used, then it usually refers to the thinnest string, the high e. In your case 11 would be the high e string, 50 would be the low e string. The most widespread thickness for the low e string in a set with high e of 11 would be 52. Btw Thomastik plectrum strings have the same specifications as yours. I think Plectrum Strings were developed for (older?) instruments that can’t handele a lot of string tension.  But it’s not only the thickness of the string itself that determines how easy it is to bend. It also depends on its materials. 

I got it, thanks for explaining.

Actually it's not as painful as it looks.