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June 16th, 2006
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Ouch!
I just got new strings on my acoustic and last night while I was practicing I noticed a sharp pain coming from my index finger. Turns out the little E string cut right into the top of my finger. Man that hurt. Has this ever happened to anyone else? I'm pretty new at guitar so if you have any suggestions on how to avoid having this happen, that would be greatly appreciated.
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June 16th, 2006
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I have cut myself a couple of times, how did you cut yourself? Was it like cheese wire or was it the point that stabed you?
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June 16th, 2006
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Ouch continued
It was like cheese wire. I was making the D chord and I slid my finger a little and the wire just went right into the tip of my finger. The bummer part is I wasn't able to practice this morning.
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June 16th, 2006
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That must be some real fine string gauge?--or you played too long for your fingers--they should hurt/burn/ache but cuts? thats a new one to me.
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June 16th, 2006
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New one to me too... I could see if the strings where rusty and pitted and you where
sliding a note up and down the neck... But just pressing down..?!? Wow...!!!
This might help to reduce friction on your strings...
http://proaudiomusic.com/accessories/finger_ease.htm
Cheers
Ben
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June 16th, 2006
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That is new to me too. Never had that happen to me.
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June 16th, 2006
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never had that happen to me....what type of strings are they so i dont try them?
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June 17th, 2006
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Nope, must admit when I first started playing I wondered if that could happen, but it never has.
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June 17th, 2006
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nope, never drew blood...............yet.
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June 17th, 2006
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once...just a tiny bit from the pinky...but that was after about 6 hours of practice. 
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June 17th, 2006
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Only time it happened to me was when i broke a high E string and it took a slice out of my middle finger, that was when i first played guitar 25 years ago, then went for a long holiday from it till last year
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June 17th, 2006
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Welcome mrabb. Hope that doesn't happen to me. Ouch...
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June 17th, 2006
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That sounds really painful. Guitar strings sting like crazy in open cuts and whatnot on your fingers.
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June 17th, 2006
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Never happened to me either. Sometimes the tips of the fingers get extremely painful but never cut myself.
Quite unlucky for you!
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June 17th, 2006
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Never happened here. I suspect you don't have much in the way of callouses yet on the fingertips? Even so, I would expect you'd get some warning signs before the strings actually get to the point of cutting into the fingertip.
I wonder if there was some imperfection on the string, like a burr or something. :?
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