It's New Year's Eve and I feel like it sneaked up on me. I don't have any plans, not that there's much to do with covid lockdowns still in full force. What are your plans, comrades? Any good online celebrations?

  • adfsadfsadfsadf [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    if anything hurts,

    That's the weird thing - it didn't hurt. I'm going play just a few minutes a day with my fingers (a bit more and more) and use a pick the rest of the time.

    Also, it can help to just play softer and turn up the volume a bit more to compensate.

    My "amp" is my effects unit so I can play around with the settings involving dynamics pretty easily.

    • MonteCristo [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      If you want picks specifically for bass make sure you get the thick ones. You want some with little to no flex to deal with the fat strings. I usually use 1 or 1.5mm.

    • MagisterSinister [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      That’s the weird thing - it didn’t hurt.

      Yeah, then it's just a dead layer of skin that your body is discarding. The skin underneath will probably look weirdly smooth now, but it'll toughen up until tomorrow.