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Topic: Digital Discomfort

Played for two hours Friday evening at a local restaurant, 4 hours Saturday evening around a campfire with friends and 3 hours Sunday at the monthly "munch & jam" held by the Foothill Folk Society, a group of local musicians.  Woke up this morning with sore fingers but also with a smile.

At this rate, my fingers should be toughened up for the New York gathering next month.

DE

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Re: Digital Discomfort

That's a lot of playing.

I've barely touched my guitars lately.

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  • From: Chillicothe, Ohio
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Re: Digital Discomfort

Zurf wrote:

That's a lot of playing.

I've barely touched my guitars lately.

You need to find time Big D.

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Re: Digital Discomfort

I feel you Ed. I've started running down complete sets to get ready for gigging again. Barely made it 45 minutes the other day. Used to be that 3-4 hours (with 2 breaks) was no big deal. I feel like a newbie all over again!

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Re: Digital Discomfort

Feeling your pain ... that's quite a weekend of work, DE. Sore fingertips are one thing, and I'm personally feeling (and seeing) my arthritic knuckles starting to get a few odd lumps and bumps. They reduce my playing time and playing speed, so I've had to make some technique adjustments to accommodate. Life goes on ...

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Re: Digital Discomfort

Dirty Ed wrote:
Zurf wrote:

That's a lot of playing.

I've barely touched my guitars lately.

You need to find time Big D.

4,828 days to retirement.

I have a little time in the evening, but I'm wiped out. I've started hitting the trail again, doing a couple miles in the woods most days which has done a lot for my mentality but not a lot for my limited free time.

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Re: Digital Discomfort

Tenement Funster wrote:

Feeling your pain ... that's quite a weekend of work, DE. Sore fingertips are one thing, and I'm personally feeling (and seeing) my arthritic knuckles starting to get a few odd lumps and bumps. They reduce my playing time and playing speed, so I've had to make some technique adjustments to accommodate. Life goes on ...

I have arthritis problems too TF, so I keep an "Icy Hot" stick in my guitar case.  It looks like a deodorant stick but dispenses "Icy Hot" arthritis medication instead. I had to get it out several times over the weekend and rub some on the backs of my fingers and hands.  Seems to help.

DE

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