Ron G Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Finger Ease Guitar String Lubricant: Is this worth trying? the problem I have is when I have to slide with my index finger from D on the A string to C or B while playing 16th notes it's like my hand puts on the brakes. I'm working on playing more relaxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 No, it's crap. I tried it when I played guitar. It killed the strings. It's kind of like spraying PAM on your strings. Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 PM me your address, I'll send you mine. I used it for 2 squirts to fix my creaky door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron G Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 Thanks for the money saving tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have a small can of that spray stuff, but don't remember the name. It feels like spray silicone, but it's in a smaller can. Most days I don't need it, but sometimes at a muggy gig my hands and strings will get real sticky and I won't be able to slide around, and my rag with baby power doesn't do the trick either. THis stuff does the trick for me in those conditions. I figure it's the last can of it I'll have to buy unless I lose this can; as a little spray goes a long way. I have yet to spray it on the underside of a frisbee to see if it's equivalent to silicone spray. Any fresbee players out there????? Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have yet to spray it on the underside of a frisbee to see if it's equivalent to silicone spray. Any fresbee players out there????? Hmmm, gives me an idea...maybe I'll spray it on a plastic garbage can lid and go sledding down the snowy hills of Queens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Brown Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I use Finger ease and like it. "When I take a stroll down Jackass Lane it is usually to see someone that is already there" Mrs. Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 snowy hills of Queens. Snow in Queens? Y'd better get down on it before it all melts! And I can't for the life of me think of where there is a hill in Queens! IIR, it's pretty flat. Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric VB Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Finger Ease Guitar String Lubricant: Is this worth trying? the problem I have is when I have to slide with my index finger from D on the A string to C or B while playing 16th notes it's like my hand puts on the brakes. I'm working on playing more relaxed. What kind of strings are you using? Are you talking about sliding down in pitch (a short distance) or up in pitch (a long distance)? Slides can be deceptive. They're usually the first "trick" we learn because they look so easy. To play them with precision, though, requires a bit of study and practice. I don't think that comes in a spray can. (I don't use that stuff. I tried it once but it just felt weird having something come between my fingertips and the strings.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherNburn Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 snowy hills of Queens. Snow in Queens? Y'd better get down on it before it all melts! And I can't for the life of me think of where there is a hill in Queens! IIR, it's pretty flat. Um, Forest Hills? I see a Christmas Vacation flashback. If you think my playing is bad, you should hear me sing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Malone Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 When your playing rub your finger against the side of your nose and let your natural body oil work for you. Many years back I use to put a little bit of vaseline on my strings which also worked. Wally I have basses to play, places to be and good music to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Rocco Prestia says he uses a little bit of moisturizer before he plays. If it'll help me play like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo9247 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 snowy hills of Queens. Snow in Queens? Y'd better get down on it before it all melts! And I can't for the life of me think of where there is a hill in Queens! IIR, it's pretty flat. Um, Forest Hills? I see a Christmas Vacation flashback. I live in College Point; very, very hilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Ah, it's all coming back to me. Back in the mid 80's I dated a girl who lived in Forest Hills; F train, if I recall. She did live on a hill. More interesting, she was an audio engineer at NBC. I got to go see SNL, Letterman, Donahue, etc. Got to go to some of the SNL after-parties. Oddly, they were very boring for me; I was a nobody, and so nobody wanted to chat with me. But I did get Sam Kinison's autograph. Ahgggggg! Yup. But Phil Donahue could sure put on a show. That's were I got Linus Pauling's autograph. He's dead also. Linus, not Phil. Elmhurst has a little hill also. Things are just the way they are, and they're only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky McDougall Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Chicken grease has always worked well for me. Rocky "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb, voting on what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Any fresbee players out there????? I've never played a fresbee. Is it like a guitaron? "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jode Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Chicken grease has always worked well for me. Rocky Just eat fried chicken before the gig. Good enough for Jamerson, good enough for us. "I had to have something, and it wasn't there. I couldn't go down the street and buy it, so I built it." Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cthulhu Fhtagn Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 The Fresbee plays an awful lot like a Garden Weasel, Moot. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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