edstraker123

[quote name='liamcapleton' post='507945' date='Jun 8 2009, 08:35 AM']Is it muscle pain, or pain caused by the friction between your fingers and your strings? If it's the former, then I guess it might be worth assessing your hand positioning and also warming up before playing long gigs. If it's really bad I'd say go and see a doctor.[/quote] I don't think it's a friction problem as the pain is not on the surface but as if the soft tissue inside had been damaged i.e. as if you'd hit your finger with a hammer (only obviously not as painful). Don't know why it would strike now though as I've played guitars and basses for many years and have not been playing excessively recently. I'm not aware of applying excessive finger pressure - certainly not to the extent of causing physical damage.

Help, A couple of times over the last month I've developed horrible finger pain on individual fingers on my fretting hand. Last night I had only played for a couple of minutes when the pain struck. I can feel it in the fleshy part at the tip of my index finger and it hurts if I press against it . Last time it took about 3 to 4 days to go and is so painful it would prevent me from playing. It was a different finger last time I developed it. I've not been playing much lately as the wife has got me decorating the house but last time it occured I was playing for really long periods. Anybody else else experienced this as I'm worried my bass playing days may be coming to an end :huh Ed.