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So--a few weeks ago I had second degree burns on both hands, and a deep splinter in my right palm. Hey. You camp, this kind of thing happens. Best thing to do with a burn is let it heal naturally--leave the blisters alone, let them reabsorb and let the skin underneath heal . Once the blister-skin becomes flat and dry, slough it off and then you've got pinkish new skin and no pain.
Until you pick up your guitar, of course....
We are playing a private event on next Saturday. My calluses are gone from disuse and I have new skin on two fingers.  I drove 17 miles for a set of Elixir Polyweb Extra Light strings--$16.00--because they will sound warmer on my Seagull and I'll have to spend part of tomorrow restringing her. Jeanne-Marie, thankfully, isn't as bitchy as my old Ovation Izumi, who would never let me change her strings without a blood sacrifice.

I just ran thru The Beatles' "Dear Prudence" and "Norwegian Wood" and my scarred finger stings quite a bit and it sounded clumsy as hell. My voice also sounds pretty crappy due to all the antihistamines I've been swallowing.  But it's better than a sharp stick in the ear, as my roomie would say.

And next time I go camping, I'm springing for some @#$%ing leather work gloves!

Date: 2010-04-17 11:24 pm (UTC)
eve_n_furter: (Lady Sham inspects the damage)
From: [personal profile] eve_n_furter
Sounds like the sweet birds were made by Hitchcock... It's good that your gig is next weekend, the blisters you get tomorrow might have turned into calluses by then. 8) *crosses fingers for you*

Date: 2010-04-18 12:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] binaryalchemist.livejournal.com
Oh, they will--my method is to play a bit, go away a few hours, play a bit more, I've got her down in my office now--and when that guitar is within reach I can't leave her alone for long...

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