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Topic: Left hand cramps! |
Ben Godard
From:
Jamesville NC
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Posted 2 Aug 2012 7:40 pm |
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| I was wondering how many have this. I am only 38 years old but my right hand starts to hurt after not playing that long. It's a real pain, no pun intended. I wonder how many professional player have this and how do they deal with it. And how can they play an entire gig? |
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Billy Tonnesen
From:
R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 2 Aug 2012 8:33 pm
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The left hand should guide the Steel Bar over and up and down the strings with only enough pressure to get a good tone. You are probably holding the Steel Bar too tightly and it is cramping your hand !
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 4 Aug 2012 8:10 am
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Does your left wrist make either a hump or a dip where it transitions from arm to hand?
Bad back-of-guitar height causes that in just half an hour of playing.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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