Panterachat

as of late my hands (both picking and fretting) have seem to become weak, like there's no weight to them what so ever and makes skipping strings pretty hard to do, anyone know what it could be or what I could do to "strengthen" them back up?

I got me one...maybe I should use it?

Get your hands on an acoustic guitar with action that is 42 feet from the fret board. Play that thing often and it will do wonders.

Take a break for a couple days.

DevilAnse wrote:Get your hands on an acoustic guitar with action that is 42 feet from the fret board. Play that thing often and it will do wonders.

why not play alot more, grip masters may help your grip but why do you need a super strong grip if you already have a strap. get strength from playing more not plastic and springs

ps play bass with your fingers not picks

Hmmmmm? Weak figers eh ?

Fuck the grip master , double time on the masturbation !

When I played classical I did finger stretches till I got cramps and felt the burn , repetitive scales pentatonic progressions .
....or maybe your axe has no action or the strings are to high on the frets?

hippy wrote:

DevilAnse wrote:Get your hands on an acoustic guitar with action that is 42 feet from the fret board. Play that thing often and it will do wonders.

why not play alot more, grip masters may help your grip but why do you need a super strong grip if you already have a strap. get strength from playing more not plastic and springs

ps play bass with your fingers not picks

DUH

I wouldnt recommend you use a gripmaster, just keep practicing the string skipping.

Bump up your string gauge

Nah, I like my string gauge as is.

That's fine. You don't have to switch for good. If I recall right, you said you had a fretless bass you don't play that much. Put some heavy gauge strings on that and practice on that. Keep your main bass with your normal string gauge.

Sounds good.

Does anyone know how to build up string skipping easier? I guess you could call it sweeping on bass, just going up and down the strings hitting a different fret each time and maybe playing a few extra notes on some strings?

Practice practice practice...

finger independance exercises

spazcore wrote:as of late my hands (both picking and fretting) have seem to become weak, like there's no weight to them what so ever and makes skipping strings pretty hard to do, anyone know what it could be or what I could do to "strengthen" them back up?

Hm, I have a similar problem, i play drums but my wrists came over fucking weak one day, it will be different for you but I had some supports from the doctor.. it works for a while at least.

ByDemonsBeDriven wrote:

spazcore wrote:as of late my hands (both picking and fretting) have seem to become weak, like there's no weight to them what so ever and makes skipping strings pretty hard to do, anyone know what it could be or what I could do to "strengthen" them back up?

Hm, I have a similar problem, i play drums but my wrists came over fucking weak one day, it will be different for you but I had some supports from the doctor.. it works for a while at least.

I'd say just make sure to warm before you play EVERY time. Not to mention most people sound like shit if they don't do this. Gripmasters are pretty much worthless and can actually do some damage to your wrist if used incorrectly.

Panterian420 wrote:I'd say just make sure to warm before you play EVERY time. Not to mention most people sound like shit if they don't do this. Gripmasters are pretty much worthless and can actually do some damage to your wrist if used incorrectly.

no dont do that everyone will think your a pussae

Lift some weights or play an old Charvel bass with that wide ass neck.

cotton bud with a tennisball on both ends is good for finder muscle

SuicideNote wrote:Lift some weights or play an old Charvel bass with that wide ass neck.

Drink milk.

Take your vitamins.

smoke a joint


Hey it works for me !