gumplunger
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I'm starting to get a nasty blister on the inside of my thumb, just wondering how everyone else takes care of their blister problems.
Lanny Cox said:I don't really play drums that often, but when I do I sometimes get a blister on the side of my index finger. It's mostly when I use my drummer's dipped stick, the rubber on them chafes my finger. Not a big deal though, it's kinda calloused now, and if it gets really bad I just stop for a bit.
Tim Brown said:Well, not to be an ass, but Blisters are the problems of someone who isn't holding the stick properly. I haven't had a blister from playing drums in close to 20 years - and those were caused from using a pair of sticks that were "dipped" in that black rubber stuff.
If you've got a blister, the odds are that you are holding the stick way too tight - and my exhibit A are these guys who don't play getting them. The sticks should be really loose in your hands, in fact they should almost fall out of your hands.
As for callouses: Those are something guitar players get.
I have a pair of drumsticks in my hands for at least an hour a day, 7 days a week, and I don't have a single callous on my fingers or hands.
Learn & Practice with good form and you will quit having those problems.
Tim
Brad_C said:I play for 3 hours a day 7 days a week and I do have callouses. Also you have to find a perfect ballance between tightness and loseness. To lose and the longer your playing you will have no controll. You most likely heave callouses but you don't realize it. I have them from playing 4 mallet marimba alot cause of the awkward way your have to hold your mallets.
Brad_C said:I play for 3 hours a day 7 days a week and I do have callouses. Also you have to find a perfect ballance between tightness and loseness. To lose and the longer your playing you will have no controll. You most likely heave callouses but you don't realize it. I have them from playing 4 mallet marimba alot cause of the awkward way your have to hold your mallets.