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Old 07-01-2009, 05:43 PM
Mixolydian Mixolydian is offline
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Red face fret finger protector for sore or damaged finger

I wanted to say thanks to jackstrat for posting that info about the fret hand finger protector, Tory Red Cap - Finger Pads. He mentions some other things to try and I list them again below.

I have one finger that never gets enough callous on it and always gets sore. A permanent groove is etched where the strings contact and it never toughens up. I can only play for a short time then I can’t play for a couple of days.

I have tried athletic tape, doubled – it wears through and gets sticky after a few slides,

Breatheright strips rapped around the tip of the finger and it worked, but too hard of plastic
It would be great if I could find some strong adhesive like that and use it with a piece of leather where you could remove it after you are finished playing. Anyone know of some strong removable adhesive? That might be the ticket.

finger gloves - too flimsy

Swingline finger protectors would be my second choice after Tory.

I would try the GalaxyGuitar Product ZT-1 but for $78 each it is a bit too steep. And what is the deal that you can’t return it? They say for sanitary reasons, that is a bunch of bull, they could re-sterilize it if they wanted to. What if it doesn’t work as advertised, you are stuck with $78 out the window.

So, I really like the Tory product except I do a lot of sliding on the strings in my playing style and even though I can slide with these, it is really too much resistance. So, I tried putting baby oil on the strings and that worked great until the oil wears of and then you have to apply more oil.
So I glued a piece of soft leather on the tip, with the rough side out (the smooth side slips too much), trimmed it down small enough so it would not touch the adjacent strings and it works great. I can do pull offs pretty well with it. I used flexible glue so you can still feel the string through it.

The only thing I could do better is super glue the leather directly to my finger. I’m sure the people at work wouldn’t find that weird! I think it would drive me batty wearing that all day long.
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