Welcome @Ordcorpdw. Try the musicians gloves on Amazon. Theyāre awesome! I have two pairs of the black ones and practice with them occasionally. I would not be embarrassed to use them on stage either.
Iāve thought about thatā¦
What a great reception to a newbie. Betting some flatwounds would add some longevity to the gloves as well. Looks like a great place to talk bass! Cheers to all of you guys.
@Ordcorpdw I hope that you have got yourself settled in and having fun with your bass.
Jamie
I reviewed the Guitar Gloves in this new Gadgets review, drew on this thread as inspiration for some of my testing! And stole the BASS glove joke, thanks @Korrigan
I just ordered a set of Rotosound round wounds at the advice of @MC-Canadastan. As most people here are aware, I detest roundwounds because of how rough they feel on my fingers, but he thinks these may be smooth enough for me. If worse comes to worse, I can always resort to wearing a glove.
I have a nice collection of gloves around the house, and one of them should work.
You know, @PamPurrs , advice is such a strong word. It was merely a suggestion that coated Rotosounds may be more to your liking than uncoated ones
I would suggest these:
The toughened leather TIG finger will help protect against the blistering heat of 16th note runs at 180 bpm.
Thanks for the adviceā¦ errrr advisement ā¦ err suggestion.
Is it Scott (https://www.youtube.com/user/devinebass) ? I saw him most of the time wearing gloves on the fretting hand.
Scott Devine has a nerve condition that can only be controlled if he wears a glove. He talks about it occasionally in his videos so people understand why he wears it.
I actually have a couple pairs of the exact same gloves he uses and they work great (I only wear them when Iām forced to play rounds).
Wow thanks @PamPurrs . I might get these gloves. I want to use it for my plucking hand because I kept on getting blisters.
If you are getting blisters you are playing too hard/much.
You are better off going a bit less aggressively at forming the proper callouses and avoid the painful blisters.
At some point, you are gonna have the callouses, its all about getting them properly.
Itās hard cause we all want to play and play and play, but pain always = stop, in any form.
I overdid it after my last cover and lessons and that dang Blitzkrieg bop and both hands ended up hurting like heck. Day 2 now no bass, bad boy me.
Try not to get to the blister part.
Hi SugarRay319,
Itās an old post and you may have left, but I was wondering if you can give me details about your glove. I have a couple of hand injuries that are slowing me down and I would like to try. Need both hands.
Thanks,
Marty
Thank you PamPurrs! I have a badly damaged index finger. Never knew you could get these
I no longer use them, but some are still laying around in case. I got mine from Amazon. Just search musicians gloves and youāll find them.
Yes. I have. When I actually first tried this it was because I was very new playing and I was playing for extended periods. Meaning that I was burning the skin off the fretting fingers. I actually posted a question to Josh asking about the validity of playing with a glove-whether it was a cheat or if it would somehow inhibit actually learning.
After just a few practices, I found that I actually seem to play just fine with a glove, and in fact I actually prefer the tone I get with it? I donāt mind finger scrape noise, it doesnāt bother me. But I feel like I get a warmer tone, maybe?
My practice sessions are relatively long for a new player. Maybe 45 minutes in the morning before work and 90 minutes in the evenings. I find that I now actually prefer to play with a glove. As for how it looks? Iām quite a solitary creature, and Iāll never be in a band or making a music video. So I really donāt mind.
Being an electrician, I wear gloves all day. So itās really nothing new. The high dexterity gloves available are very good. They fit nicely, and there is no loss of feel.
So, is it right? Uhhh, maybe? I like it. Iāll continue with it.
As for the gloves in question? I like these.
Love my musicianās practice glove. My fretting hand moves up and down the fret board easier and there is a lot less fingering noise.
Yessir