it affects your tone. . . usually people would just trim off the ones that are really getting in your way. . . there was this G3 behind the scenes part where Satch and Vai were comparing their fingers and complaining how those extra skins screw with the tone. . . thats why vai uses hand cream xD

hehe gotta surprise you then, i play acoustic, and they are barely seen now, like wat sweet tooth said

Last time when i just got started, it was pain lol, like one of my vain being pressed. How to say that feeling

Try to get some lotion.

soon pharmacies will be filled with guitarists buying lotion, hand cream and every other beauty product there is.

oh and dont forget shampoo for that shiny hair when doing helicopter spin.

Ooooooooh..... I'm not surprised they come out with a guitarist hand cream!
"Prevents against cracks and smoothens your hand to slide across the fretboard!"

but if cellous is not thick, then when slide, very likely to cut thru ur skin. right?

i always 'trim' my callous when i cut my fingernails... and use FastFret(R) to avoid skin cut when sliding..

my finger had a blisten after plying lol..

i guess u cud relieve tat abit by applying "fastfrets" or "nose oil"
at least wen u glide over the strings, less friction

It wont cut, our skin is not that soft.

wats a fastfret?

ghs fasfret

trim off the fingers? pretty drastic solution...

yeah well, Satch and Vai are well... Satch and Vai...

jikolo, relax man... it'll go away after a while. But if it's affecting your playing, by all means just take out the nail clipper and trim the parts that stick out. And if you accidentally snip off a chunk of flesh, well... cheerz bro.

may b vai wans the hand cream for a "smoother" tone

Use plaster maybe?

I notice that my calluses go through a cycle as the skin sloughs off and new calluses form. At time it begins to flake off, then they get softer as new skin comes in. When they have new skin on them, I notice that they are a bit more tender then usual. When the tips are rough, use a sandpaper or apply lotion to smooth them out so they don't catch on the strings.

plaster tone?!

vivian: sandpaper???!?!

sandpaper ur fingers..
that is so METAL!!

first word that comes out from my mouth when i saw tis..

WHATTTTTTTT !!!

haha ! Sandpaper xD

sandpaper LOL

anyway when the callouses break and new skin starts to form, bending .010s or .011s in that period is HELL!