A few days ago my husband cut the tip of his left ring finger off! Just sliced off the callous and then some when he was cutting up some veggies for a salad. It was really gross with blood all over the place. The first thing I thought when I saw it was, "Well, there goes his guitar playing for awhile." But he bandaged it up tightly and was trying to play this weekend. If you've ever tried to play guitar with a bandage on one of your fretting fingers you know how cumbersome that is, but he just kept trying.
A few years ago I had the misfortune of slicing the tip of my middle finger, left hand, on a potato peeler in the kitchen drawer. Just jammed that finger right into the damn thing. There was a gash deep enough to affect the nerve in the finger and I had problems with it for months afterwards when trying to play. Right now it's fine and I have no issues, and I hope my hubby's finger heals to the point he can play without pain. It's a bummer though.
Anyone else have an injury that hampered your guitar playing? And what did you do to get past it?
A few days ago my husband cut the tip of his left ring finger off! Just sliced off the callous and then some when he was cutting up some veggies for a salad. It was really gross with blood all over the place. The first thing I thought when I saw it was, "Well, there goes his guitar playing for awhile." But he bandaged it up tightly and was trying to play this weekend. If you've ever tried to play guitar with a bandage on one of your fretting fingers you know how cumbersome that is, but he just kept trying.
A few years ago I had the misfortune of slicing the tip of my middle finger, left hand, on a potato peeler in the kitchen drawer. Just jammed that finger right into the damn thing. There was a gash deep enough to affect the nerve in the finger and I had problems with it for months afterwards when trying to play. Right now it's fine and I have no issues, and I hope my hubby's finger heals to the point he can play without pain. It's a bummer though.
Anyone else have an injury that hampered your guitar playing? And what did you do to get past it?
Yes Susan all the time as i am a Carpender i normally play through the pain, if its a slice i would use super glue it 🤬
If the complete tip has come off o dear, middle or ring finger would be worse than the index finger with a bandage,
hope it heals soon.
@wjssavhotmail-co-uk Yes, the whole tip came off - he couldn't even Super Glue it!
It sounds awful and painful. I hope it heals quickly.
Sounds like it’s time to learn how to play slide guitar.
@rinny51 Ha, I'll suggest that to him. See what he says.
Slide would hurt more! Ouch!
@jerseychicadee you would use a guitar smile. No pain to fingers at all https://www.amazon.com/Fender-Steel-Slide-Standard-Medium/dp/B004XLFKIO/ref=asc_df_B004XLFKIO/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=242014660953&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9369682214433400281&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032457&hvtargid=pla-540425554037&psc=1&language=en_US
Yea. I was thinking like just a slide up or down a couple Of frets. Lol
Shoot me now! Sliced my pinky pad straight across with the blade to my mandolin (the slicer kind) FML! I was being so careful but not enough. I’m burning that SOB! That slide bar is looking a lot better right now!
@jerseychicadee Ouch, sorry to hear that! Hope it heals quickly. 😮
