Winter- Guitar Player's Hands

[Strat God]

Every winter I wonder what the fuck I'm doing in Connecticut.
I'm from Miami and have been cursed with hands that freak out with cold weather.
What do you guys do to combat the hand-numbing painful, SHITTY cold New England weather? Christ, I can barely type today.

[zeegler]

Before I play, I fill the bathroom sink with hot water, and soak my hands for a couple of minutes.

[Rsmacker]

Keep your hands as close to your nuts as possible.

Seriously though, make sure you are warm when you grab your guitar, a good friend of mine ruined a promising playing career by playing in a cold bedsit, not warming up properly and jumped right in getting widdly. Two days later, wrist the size of a tennis ball (I believe it was some sort of tendonitis or carpal tunnel thing), never recovered properly, game over.

Soon be Summer anyway!!!

[OnlineStageGear]

Gloves

[Ripley7t]

I have always found that my wife is quite useful in keeping my hands warm.

[OnlineStageGear]

I have always found that my wife is quite useful in keeping my hands warm.

+1 Your wife is pretty warm

[delt]

+1 ..... i HATE cold winter takes a f¤£kin hour to warm up until i can play properly

a good friend of mine ruined a promising playing career by playing in a cold bedsit, not warming up properly and jumped right in getting widdly. Two days later, wrist the size of a tennis ball (I believe it was some sort of tendonitis or carpal tunnel thing), never recovered properly, game over.

AAAAAAGKKHHHH THAT SUCKS!!!!! if that happened to me i'd probably shoot myself in the head to death until im dead.

[Sanctuary]

Gloves

Yeah. Even the pros use them now... :ROTF:

[delt]

^ HAHAHHAHAHA

[fett]

Gloves

Funny you should mention that. There's a new young guy at a thrift store I go to. That's where I bot my "Vikings" jacket. I told him why I was so stoked. His "Guitar" name is "Mittens" because he can play with gloves on. He's a cool dude.

[Special-K]

Outside: Gloves ...
Inside(before playing): warm water...slowly starting warm up exercises and so on...

[Strat God]

Yeah, but warm water softens your callouses.

[atomic charvel guy]

I moved out west.

[RacerX]

What is this winter you speak of?

[Sanctuary]

What is this winter you speak of?

Open the fridge. Stuff yourself in there. Now play guitar. :ROTF: