[WTouch]

hi, is this weird, i already build callusus and i can play for hours, i mean hours 6+ without hurting at all. but my callusus is peeling off!!!! is this normal or its not suppose to do that?

thanks

[papadog65]

I remember that happening. I can't remember how long it was since starting; a few weeks?; a couple months? Just kept on playing and it didn't happen again. Dunno, though, I've never played much more than an hour at a time.

[WTouch]

yea, im just scared that my callusus will completely peel off and i have to reabuild it from scratch again which will cut down my parcticing time.

[papadog65]

I wouldn't worry, WTouch. They'll probably just flake for awhile then settle down. Unless they start hurting, I'd just keep playing, but maybe not quite as much for the time being. My calluses stayed in place; just a little "shredding" around the edges for a couple of weeks. Figured I'd have to change strings, though!

[si16]

That's OK WTouch that happens sometimes, especially if you're at it 6+ hours a day. Don't worry, it's just old skin coming off not the calluses themselves.

[marinoFret]

6+ hours a day ?! How much free time do you have?

I usually play guitar for 2-3 hours a day (including a time that I spend on theory and things like that).

I'm sure you have some practicing schedule. Can you post it? I want to compare it with my practicing schedule.

[WTouch]

Originally Posted by marinoFret

6+ hours a day ?! How much free time do you have?

I usually play guitar for 2-3 hours a day (including a time that I spend on theory and things like that).

I'm sure you have some practicing schedule. Can you post it? I want to compare it with my practicing schedule.

marinofret, i dont have a life. . . , i wake up in the morning i eat and then play my guitar until i have to go to work. thats my secret =). and on my day off. . . you got it play all day =).

[marinoFret]

Sounds sad to me ...

I always thought that I don't have a life. Life is boring when you live in the village, like I do. You have only two or three people to hang around with.

I can say I understand you.

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I don't want to be sad, I'm 13, a whole life is in front of me. (I usually have hard time writing English so I don't know if you understand what I want to say...)

-- I'm sorry for going off topic ---

[marinoFret]

You make me feel sad, come on, cheer up!

[newlite]

Originally Posted by marinoFret

Sounds sad to me ...

I always thought that I don't have a life. Life is boring when you live in the village, like I do. You have only two or three people to hang around with.

who needs a life when you got a guitar?

guitaring is the life....

[marinoFret]

Playing guitar is my time killer. When I play a guitar hours are just passing.


Hey, look at the bright side!
You'll gonna be a guitar expert in a 2 - 3 years!

[krissovo]

Mine constantly fall off, at first they start coming off at the edges then the strings tend to pull the rest of it off . So after just over a year of almost playing daily I still have to build them up every 3 weeks or so, if I have a big practice session or playing with my band i now glue them in place to prevent the pain and sometimes even deep open cracks.

[cshude]

I've been playing 15 years and I end up having to buff my calluses with a nail file pretty regularly or I'll have mine peel. Tends to happen when I get a stretch where I can play for extended periods of time.

[CanuckTodd]

My son just looked at my fingertips tonight, saw deep ridges, hard skin, and said... "Gross." So, mangled fingers are part of the deal! But once your fingers are hardened, on the positive side, it will be much easier to play clean sounding chords!

[jimmyzowens]

all you guys crack me up lol, KEEP ROCKIN BROTHERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!