I got'em too. People notice when you shake their hand with a sweaty grip. Worse than that is all the money I've had to spend on guitar strings as a result of the acids and/or oils in the persperation destroying my strings as quickly as I get them on and tuned up. It's no wonder I've got the blues all the time. I have to spend so much money just to keep a decent set of strings on my gitters that I'm being driven to the brink of poverty by my passion for performin'. Help me Obiwan Kenobi you're my only hope. Yikes!!! Talc is a carcinogen?!? Why don't they have a warning on the labels of all that baby powder. I've been using it, well, you know, in those areas that tend to get chafed on a hot and humid day but I never thought of using it for my hands. I don't think I'd like having to deal with the buildup on my instrument. Especially if it could cause cancer or silliness of any kind. Hey, I'm silly enough without it. There's no reason to compound the matter with further silliness. Come to think of it, I have been feeling sillier than usual of late. Does that mean I've contracted the dreaded silicosis? My tongue is coated too and it has two pairs of pants to go with it.