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Thread #172508   Message #4175924
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
01-Jul-23 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: Guitarists painful hands (Nick Dow)
Subject: RE: Guitarists painful hands (Nick Dow)
You can try this and try that ad infinitum, and almost everything will seem to help some or help for a while, as optimism kicks in. Go see a medical doctor. Whether it's a GP or specialist is up to you. If you have bad luck and the first one is a dud, try another. The issue may be something you don't expect at all.

After that, think about this. I met a man once who was noted for his fast, talky guitar style. He told me he could do it because he had had a luthier replace his frets with extra-large frets which enabled his hands to fly over the fretboard, exerting minimum pressure. This might be worth a try because it would take less effort to play.