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Old 09-28-2011, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by drteletubbie View Post
...Can't you build some kind of pad/callus on the side of your index finger? Because it seems I nailed the "technique" but I can't sustain it for that long... For example, I start playing an easy song with only barre chords (fyi, Use Somebody by Kings of Leon) - It starts out great, but it gradually starts to buzz because I can't hold it for any longer due to the pain.......
Hi DR TT…
I'm not sure.

I sure don't feel any obvious callus on my barre finger like I do on finger tips of the fretting hand. But then I don't feel discernible callus on my picking hand finger tips either and I'm an all-flesh player.

When I feel both left and right hands in the area I barre, I feel no difference.

Switching from nylon to steel will require changes, and pain may be an obvious side effect up front.

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