Gig emergency toolkit

Subject: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Hamish
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 07:25 AM

You're playing a gig and a fuse blows. What do you mean you didn't bring a spare? Your whole gig is trashed because you didn't bring a spare fuse?

- well yes, actually, it would be (in my case). I take spare leads, strings, picks, fake books, mains extension leads, (I suppose I should also have a battery for my active pick-up, screwdriver...), but:

what other essential spares should I take...? suggestions (and disaster tales), please

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: alanabit
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 07:47 AM

The way Murphy's Law works at gigs is that if you need something you don't have it, but if you have something you don't need it. I find the second part easier to live with. A soldering iron, spare jack plugs and "third hand" are things which I always like to have - at least nearby in the car. I lost a pitch when I was busking on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam once when I broke a string in the dark and took out a bridge pin at the same time. I had strings of course, but no bridge pins. You live and learn...

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: curmudgeon
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 07:56 AM

Duct tape, and a clean plastic bag for left over food.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 08:14 AM

Anti-diarrhea meds, energy bars, and an empty ice pack should it need to be filled and worn home over a sore elbow.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Bullfrog Jones
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 08:36 AM

All of the above, plus nail clippers or scissors and emery boards, a torch (I've got a great one with a bottle opener on the other end!)a string winder, fuses for mains plugs and the amp. As Curmudgeon says, definitely duct tape -- or gaffa tape as we call it --- but if I'm around there won't be any left-over food!

BJ

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 09:06 AM

White cloth medical tape is great for labeling things-- lines, mics, etc., whose is whose. Keeps a pesky fingerpick in place too.

Bandana to keep hair off the neck or out of the face. My last-minute packing includes a fresh dress to change into after setup and before performance, and peppermint powder which is cooling, soothing, and almost as good as a shower.

Spare songsheets in case I decide to do something outside the planned set list-- a go-to binder in case what we had planned isn't working.

Kids' rhythm instruments and a quiet toy, in case of fussy laplings making parents do that shushing noise incessantly which is SO much more disruptive than kidnoise.

Well, we do a lot of singalongs, so our emergencies are not your emergencies, most likely.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 04:10 PM

My emergency melodeon repair kit, kindly made by the Swiss Army Knife/Victorinox Co. Size of a credit card, it has a very sharp knife for the bellows, a screw driver for the buttons, tweezers to pull the reeds out and if all else fails, a toothpick to poke in the eye of the player.

Seriously, my desk drawers contain a sewing kit, a screwdriver kit (Christmas cracker prize from expensive crackers... changeable screwdriver with 2 flat, 1 cross heads and a spike, and a tiny adjustable spanner/wrench), nail clippers, nail file, clear nail polish and various painkillers and cough/cold remedies.

And a tin of soup.

LTS

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: greg stephens
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 04:13 PM

. Bottle of red wine. Condoms. Takes care of most emergencies.Somebody else has always got that other stuff.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 04:15 PM

So you can fix a fuse with a condom and a bottle of wine then? Should be worth watching.....

LTS

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: C-flat
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 04:33 PM

Spare strings, wire cutters, screwdriver, allen keys, tape, string winder, 9 volt battery, a couple of guitar leads and a spare guitar if things get too bad.
It's worth carrying a replacement valve for your amplifier and an extra power lead for footpedals. The leads are so thin and brittle on them and they're always under your feet so they're easily broken.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 04:54 PM

Spare strings, spare plectrum, beer money.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Janice in NJ
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 08:35 PM

I play only acoustic guitar, and I always bring a second one with me, all tuned up and ready to go in case I break a string or something. If there are microphones and they fail, I sing and play louder. Or else I sing very quietly to the accompaniment of soft, bare-finger arpeggios, and the room invariably hushes.

Greg, what exactly do you do with the wine and the condoms? Make wine bombs to toss at patrons who won't shut up while you're performing?

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Leadfingers
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 08:45 PM

Never thought about fuses!Got most of the rest though. Best makeshift I ever managed was breaking three strings on the first number of a half hour set,then doing an unaccompanied song while I restrung the guitar! Got away with it too.I now usually take a spare guitar if I'm doing a solo,though I do have banjo and mandolin as well as the inevitable whistle or three.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: alison
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 09:13 PM

spare batteries, tiny screwdrivers (for when my flute falls to bits - done it a few times now!!), spare leads, nail file, a few extra whistles just in case.... a few elastoplasts......


slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 17 Sep 02 - 11:51 PM

Most of the places I play, the sound system is the responsibility of the owners... if a fuse blows, that's their problem...

But for 'emergencies', I carry a lot of the stuff that's listed above, except the gaffer tape and the soldering iron...

And I ALWAYS have my Leatherman multi-tool on me... Swiss Army knives just don't cut it...

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Les B
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 12:26 AM

From recent experience - A good pair of sun glasses and a hat. Also a coat for those outdoor evening gigs that turn cold all of a sudden.

For gigs in the woods or other dark scary places, one of those hat lamps (flashlight or electric torch) that attaches to your head or hat with elastic bands. Great for getting back to the car or tent, or whatever, when your hands are full of instruments.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Keevan6
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 02:21 AM

spare heads.(when the humidity kills my drumheads) spare key (for drum) synthetic head (when it's rainin), spare tippers, beer money, food money (unless it's Guiness, or Beamish) extra clothes (warm or cold weather), swiss army knife (McGyver i ain't) bottle O' Bernyeager (when my voice starts ta fail), bandanas (or other such asundried headgear), assorted liniments (ben-gay, icy-hot for the hands), those little packets of desicant (ta dry out my soggy drumheads)

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: alanabit
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 08:38 AM

Janice in NJ, I guess if you don't know what we do with red wine and condoms it's time we Brits paid you a visit...

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Gypsy
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 11:09 AM

THe above and........my own light and stand, since no place has decent lighting. A bottle of water or two. harpsichord wire, and side cutters. Tuner. MY tunebook, with all of my cheat notes. pillow for the stool.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: wilco
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 11:12 AM

Strings, spare batteries for tuners, pocket knife, sweatshirt, towel, huge garbage bag (if it rains, and you have to keep equipment dry), pliers, bug spray, plenty of picks. If I'm playing my fiddle: some self-defense items like paint-ball guns (loaded, to return fire), earplugs, goalie's face mask, track shoes (for running away), new insults for hecklers, and make sure that your name and home address are freshly taatooed, so that your grieving family can have sme closure, if the worse happens.

Wilco in Tennessee

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 11:14 AM

LOL!

~S~

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: alanabit
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 02:01 PM

Sounds like Tennessee's a place for REAL men Wilco. I'm not going there!

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 04:50 PM

Book me a ticket to Tennessee right now!!!

LTS

Don't bother with return!!!

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Willie-O
Date: 18 Sep 02 - 09:12 PM

Wait'll you see what happens to melodeon players in Tennessee Liz!

I'm never as prepared as I should be. But aside from the obvious musical supplies (strings, hopefully more than one pick), I try for duct tape, pliers/wirecutters, Maglight flashlight, enough patchcords for the setup I have planned (there is no such thing as an extra patchcord in my life), an extra mike and more duct tape.

W-O

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Hamish
Date: 19 Sep 02 - 03:12 AM

Thanks for all that. And sorry I was away from my PC for two days after asking! Anyway it seems to crystalise out as one of:

a) all the above, and a truck to carry it all in, or: b) some tunes in case the voice fails, or: c) some unaccompanied material just in case all else fails.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: GUEST,Les B.
Date: 19 Sep 02 - 05:44 PM

I should add that a felt tip marker and a pack of recipe cards are great for writing out chords in large size when you're playing with bass, guitars, etc. who need a chordal roadmap.

I know one fiddler who does this and tucks the cheat sheet for his ornate waltzs under the back of his shirt collar. The bass and rhythm guitars stand behind him and can easily follow along. Of course the audience all think the band is staring at the back of his neck like he's got "ring around the collar," but as long as the band stays with him, he doesn't care!

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 19 Sep 02 - 05:52 PM

Clothespins! No, not in MY case, I always forget, but our bandmate Ed always has them to hold music on the stand for a singalong. And a good pen too to fix the arrangements when necessary, or mark out details.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: GUEST, Hamish
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 04:38 AM

AND! a spare shoelace. You know that little leather shoelace thingey that attaches the strap to the neck of your guitar (unless you're one who defaces your guitar with a strap button on or near the heel)? Well, when it spontaneously says to itself "eight years, two months, three days, twenty-two hours, forty-six minutes, thirteen seconds and no more" you're potentially stuffed. Or having to resort to sitting down (shock, horror!) And it you're wearing slip-ons or velcroed shoes... (Luckily the foregoing was during rehearsal. Phew!)

--
Hamish

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 04:56 AM

yeah, bridge pins are vital, Spare batteries for the electro-acoustic guitars, gerber multi-tool, Swiss penknife too, spare mains leads for the amp......

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Magic Gillian
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 04:59 AM

corkscrew.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 06:01 AM

The closest I come to a "gig" is our annual big festival. By coincidence I've just been reviewing my packing lists and find that what I took to the last WVA festival included:

Box end wrench sets, inch & metric
Open end wrench sets, inch & metric
3/8 & 1/4 drive sockets, inch, metric, std & deep
1/2 drive socket set and torque wrench (in blue toolbox)
Crescent wrenches, 6" & 8"
Pliers, slip joint, two std size
Pliers, Needle Nose, two std size
Diagonal cutters, two std size
Wire strippers, one EZStrip
Crimp pliers, one good set
Micrometer Calipers, metal 0.001"
Micrometer Caliper, plastic, 1/128"
Hex wrenches, inch & metric
DrillNDrive wood csk kits/loose (select a set, with spares)
AC Drill motor, 3/8 drive
DC Drill motor, 3/8 drive with charger
Drill Index, small set blue box
Spade Drill assortment
Drill Index, large set red box
AC sabre saw
AC sabre saw blades assorted
Hand hacksaw
Bolt Cutters, small & medium
Claw hammer
Small ball peen hammer
Plastic mallet
VOM
Outlet Test Plug
Water pressure gage
Tire pressure gage(s)
Spring Scale, 50 lb or better
Razor Blade Scraper with spare blades
100' Survey Tape (or longer of two)
Air Compressor, tires
Air Compressor low P hi-Volume
Spare Screwdriver Bits
Adjustable Square
4' straightedge
Small Carpenter Square
3" C Clamps x6
1.5" C Clamps x6
Dremel with accessories
Pickup Magnet, extendable
Inspection Mirror(s)
Magnifiers (3)
Fuses, assorted to match Camper & Vehicles
Lamps, assorted to match Camper & Vehicles
Bolts, assorted #6 thru 1/4
Washers, assorted #6 thru 1/4
Fender Washers, assorted #6 thru 1/4
Rubber Fender Washers, assorted #6 thru 1/4
Nuts & Wingnuts, assorted #6 thru 1/4
Fender Washers, assorted #6 thru 1/4
TyWraps, assorted, mostly 7" okay
Tire Valve Caps and Cores
Hose Washers
Hose Restrictor Washers
Wood Screws, #8 FH & RH Phillips
Wood Glue
PVC Cement
ABS Cement
Contact Cement
Silicone Grease
Silicone Spray
Hitch Ball Grease
Awning tiedown straps, stakes, hooks
Awning deflap clips (need better than present)
Battery Charger
Waste Cart with tow hook and service hoses.
Mag Sweeper
Wheel Chocks, 4 minimum
Std Service Cord
Spare Service Cord
Waste water deodorant, 6 dose minimum
Tire pressure gage(s)
Water Pressure Limiters, 2 ea
100' 1/4 or 5/16 nylon rope
100' nylon twine
30" Clamps x3
Outlet test plug
Hose Tee x4
Hose Outlet w/ shutoff x2
Fluorescent Trouble Light x2
25' extension cord x3
15' multitap cord x2 or x3
House & Garden Insecticide
Insect Repellant
250' AWG10 Extension Cords
200' AWG12 Extension Cords (100' x2)
50' AWG12 Extension Cords x1 or x2
25' AWG12 Extension Cords x4
200' Water Hose
Stepladder
Waste Water Cart
Instruments: (Mandos, Dulcimers, Whistles, Harmonicas, Concertina, Tub Bass, and miscellaneous)
Music Stands
Lawn Chairs x4
Folding Chairs, wood, x4
Folding Chairs, metal, x2
Picking Stools, x6
White small tables x4
White large tables x3
Shade Tarp(s) camo
Laptop with Printer/Scanner & consumables
Cameras, 2x film + 1 digital
Suitcases x2 usually
Leveling blocks, to 6" inches for 2 wheels

ALL ITEMS ON THE LIST WERE USED AT SOME TIME DURING THE MONTH WE WERE THERE.

(Decorations, like her gargoyles, rope lights, signs, bubble machine, etc were omitted from my review for the present.)

For a more ordinary "gig" the only additions I'd probably add to the lists already offered by others would be a small magnet (for finding the little screws and such that fall into cracks) and perhaps a decent magnifying glass (for reading the fine print in the contracts).

John

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 02:09 PM

I really didn't mean to provide the "perfect kit" list and end the discussion. I suppose you're all looking for a box to put it all in?

As a recreational player rather than a performer, most personal disasters are only an annoyance for me - and perhaps a benefit for those with whom I play. As a semi-official "guy who has a lot of stuff," I do get occasional calls from "real musicians" who need something five minutes before they're scheduled to go on stage.

Aside from the very common broken mando and/or dulcimer string, the most common "needs" that players don't have handy are:

1. wire cutters, for trimming string ends.

2. "jeweler" screwdrivers for re-setting little screws.

3. a small "hemostat" for fishing small parts out of the little holes where they go when they leave their normal home.

The last two - possibly all three - can be found at Radio Shack, among other places. A set of screwdrivers is recommended, since the small "Phillips" head screws commonly used are easily buggered if you don't have exactly the right size driver.

To be fully equipped, I would add:

4. A small (pencil size) magnetic "pickup tool" - often of more use than the hemostat for picking things out of crevices.

5. A small inspection mirror for looking inside things to see what happened when you hear a strange noise. (You'll probably want a small flashlight with this.)

The last two can usually be found at hardware or auto parts places.

For basic survival, one should remember the advice given by D. Eisenhower:

"Never pass up a chance to go to the bathroom."

John

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Mooh
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 02:27 PM

Good stuff here, much of which I carry to most gigs.

Lately I've taken to carrying an extra mic or two, in spite of the plug-in-ability of my axes. I generally always have a back-up axe too, though for the short and sweet nursing home shows I just carry one guitar. If it broke I'd be fucked, but spare strings do as my security blanket. Always have two of every essential instrument.

A roll of twist ties for cord control. Paper and marker for those on the floor set lists.

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Megan L
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 02:46 PM

discovered a new one lst night a wooden pencil and nicker elastic incase some twit forgets thier capo again :-)

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 04:41 PM

"defaces your guitar with a strap button "

Defaces? Hardly... If it's good enough for the pros it's good enough for me....

not only does it get in the WAY tied to the head-stock.... a surprising number of people say it's bad for the neck of the guitar...

And well, it looks amature

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 29 Sep 05 - 08:13 PM

"Always have two of every essential instrument."

So a 120 bass piano accordion is not considered 'essential'?

JohnInKansas

You don't need a toolbox, you need a truck!

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Hamish
Date: 11 Jan 06 - 06:15 AM

Velcro. Sticky backed velcro. The battery for my pick up is held in place inside the body of the guitar with velcro - to make it more easily accessed to replace the battery. After nine years, the stickiness of the backing gave up and the battery started to clonk around inside the guitar. Not something you'd want to happen just as you're about to go on stage. Luckily it happened when I was practicing at home. Phew!

--
Hamish
www.hamishcurrie.me.uk

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: mandotim
Date: 11 Jan 06 - 07:04 AM

Spare mandolin, spare mike and stand. Batteries for everything that has batteries, multitool. Fuses are a good idea; I'll be adding those. String winder with an integral cutter. Strings for everything that has strings. Spare stick-on pickup. Spare capo (not really a spare, I use two on some songs). Torch. Spare car keys. Extra electronic tuner. First aid kit. Spare mike, instrument, power and speaker leads. Spare 4-gang plug socket adapter. Extension power cable rated high enough for the PA. Spare mini-mixer. All of these have been useful in the last twelve months!
Tim from Bit on the Side

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 11 Jan 06 - 03:53 PM

"Spare capo (not really a spare, I use two on some songs"

Oh, won't you wear,
my capo 'round your neck!
To tell the world,
you can't play by heck!

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Jan 06 - 04:51 PM

Also see past threads on what people keep in their instrument cases. :~)

~S~

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Grab
Date: 12 Jan 06 - 01:53 PM

Hamish, as regards defacing guitars with strap buttons and straps tied to the headstock getting in the way, check out my "improved" strap system. IMO it works much better than a strap button on the heel, especially if you like your guitar slung lower than the Paul Simon up-round-your-armpits style.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: open mike
Date: 12 Jan 06 - 04:27 PM

chapstick-lip balm
for the bodhran a spray bottle of water, a cloth, rag or sponge, (summer)and a hair dryer in case there is an excess of moisture (winter)

a music stand with clothespins, and a clamp on light,

tuner

capo

picks

business cards to promote future gigs
applicfation forms to recruit new folk society members
flyers for future concerts, gigs, upcoming events

and this guizmo tool from musician's friend
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/detail/base_pid/420970/
A single tool that handles all your guitar-maintenance functions.

Every acoustic and electric guitarist needs this tool. You never know what might go wrong with your baby or when. Stick this tool in your gig bag and you can fix anything, anytime. With stainless steel construction and a rubberized steel handle, it includes a string cutter; needlenose pliers; a 3.3mm Phillips head screwdriver; a string poker for getting stubborn ends out of a tremolo block; 3.4mm, 2.4mm, and 1.4mm Allen wrenches; string winder attachment with built-in bridgepin puller; a great freestanding LED flashlight attachment that includes batteries; and a vinyl carrying case.

Flashline Guitar Guizmo Multipurpose Tool Features:

    * Freestanding LED flashlight attachment (includes batteries)
    * Stainless steel construction
    * Rubberized steel handle
    * String cutter
    * Needlenose pliers
    * 3.3mm Phillips-head screwdriver
    * String poker (for getting stubborn ends out of a tremolo block)
    * 3.4mm, 2.4mm, and 1.4mm Allen wrenches
    * String winder attachment with built-in bridgepin puller
    * Vinyl carrying case

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Wesley S
Date: 12 Jan 06 - 05:15 PM

Altoids, antacids and nail clippers.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Mooh
Date: 15 Jul 06 - 12:54 PM

Lately I've needed to add a music stand light for those dinner music gigs because my eyes just don't work as well as they used to. I first got one for pit-band-theatre work years ago and it has paid for itself many times over, but nowadays it gets used more and more. Usually I share my stand with a violinist for those dinner music and related gigs, so I'm also not as close to it as I could otherwise be. It uses an halogen bulb and line voltage (no batteries, so remember that extension cord!).

Maybe extra reading glasses would be appropriate!

I'm feeling old

Peace, Mooh.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: wysiwyg
Date: 15 Jul 06 - 01:24 PM

Me too Mooh-- I think have the same kind!

~Susan

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 15 Jul 06 - 03:16 PM

Small pink purse with 6 chemicals for removing and re-making fake fingernails. Battery-powered fan (attaches to guitar stand), small alarm clock that sits on set list on floor, where it can be nudged pointedly with foot when partner's intros are over-running, most of the above including small high quality PA with monitors (just in case) but NEVER music stands (it would be like reading instructions during sex, for goodness sake) spare bridge pins (when they go, they GO), spare straplocks, home-made tool for taking battery out of mandocello, Grolsh bottle washers (don't ask) spare hair band, chinagraph pencil for marking back of neck when lights are too dark to see dots (on guitar, that is), err

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: GUEST,Tom Bliss
Date: 15 Jul 06 - 03:27 PM

oh yes, Velcro. Enough for a whole bdsm party (use it for everything from holding kit on stands to intrument buffers. And bluetack.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Mo the caller
Date: 15 Jul 06 - 06:36 PM

We could have done with the Clothes pegs last week at a windy BBQ.

Last night it was not so much 'have we got a spare part?' as 'how long would it take to find out what's gone bang and replace it?' We ended the evening playing through foldback speakers.

One essential in my emergency kit - a band member who understands the PA system and can rejig things fairly quickly.
Maybe we should still carry an accordian, or other acoustic instrument, so that we can carry on while rejigging.

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: David C. Carter
Date: 16 Jul 06 - 04:54 AM

I just leave the getaway car engine running!

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 16 Jul 06 - 08:29 AM

Pint glass or tankard for the places which only serve in bottles or plastic cups!

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Jul 06 - 02:35 PM

In the winter, I carry a few of those little handwarmers that heat up for a few hours once opened. IT seems many places are cold, especially if you arrive early to set up. They work great to keep your fingers warm and nimble.

Another tip, especially for those who play without picks. My thumb, despite being heavily calloused, blisters when a play a long gig in hot humid weather. I played a gig yesterday in Philadephia in very humid weather. Anticipating a blister, I applied a small amount of graphite powder (avail at key kiosks, home depot, etc), and rubbed it in a bit. I played for 4 hours (2-15 minute breaks), and although my thumb was black, it was blister free.

dw

Subject: RE: Gig emergency toolkit
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 16 Jul 06 - 03:46 PM

credit card