Dear Clammy Sammy,

Bee-dubya-ell has passed on good information from Dr O.M. Dreadnought (aka Dr. Dread).

Perhaps I should add that the most widely preferred spaghetti amongst the clammy player is Essalungha....cooked slightly "al dente" as this will help to soak up excess humidity.

There is another, less elegant, solution. This is to cut the fingers out of a pair of medical gloves, powder-free if you are sensitized to latex, and to affix these to the relevant digits. Alternatively, you make use alternative prophylactic devices so deployed and, if this is the lubricated type, you may be able to save of the cost of coated strings. The small terminal teats will also act as reservoirs for your sweat. Please do not use vaseline on your strings as the sweat reservoirs may be more prone to bursting. Use, rather and if necessary, a suitable water-based lubricant.

I contra-indicate the old-fashioned, country practice of plunging your hands into caustic soda prior to performance, even though this may be deemed "traditional folk", as the effect is short-lived and may, during a longer performance actually prove to be counter-productive.

Yours very sincerely,

Dr. Guitar