Hi Dave, I have heard that about Rib cartilage injuries. Both are very uncomfortable.
How did you get around the broken index finger with all those gigs lined up?
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Hi Dave, I have heard that about Rib cartilage injuries. Both are very uncomfortable.
How did you get around the broken index finger with all those gigs lined up?
The Saturday it got broken was interesting, after I bumped the gear in and tuned up I stuck it in a glass of iced water which dulled the pain but when we started the first song and I fretted with it, it hurt like hell so from that moment on for the next six weeks or so I was a three fingered bass player.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Guitar or bass I have always used all four fingers on my left hand but it was a bit weird for a while
Lucky it wasn't the next finger as folks would have thought you were flipping the bird haha.
Suppose a lot of open stringed notes may have helped get you through.
Funny that I rarely use open strings on bass and being a bit of a Paul McCartney disciple I play lines and not just thumping root notes like so many modern players.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
Did you play 'Birthday' whilst the index finger was out of action as that one has a lot of stretching and done at a cracking pace?
Nope, only Macca style not his music. At the time we were playing country rock from the song books of the Eagles, Pure Prairie League etcQuote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
The Eagles still had some tricky stuff that would have been challenging for a 3 fingered left hand.
One finger for root, one finger for the fifth, leaving a finger completely unused! ;)
Third toe on left foot, please meet angry angle grinder loaded with 1mm cutting disk.
Somehow only hit that toe, didn't get to the bone and left the Hawaiian safety boots unharmed.
I was notching out a steel rule to use as a notched straightedge and dropped it.
Four stitches and a splint to hold it straight for a week and it will be as good as new.
Does give me an excuse to sit on my fat freckle and do music stuff ;)
Completely ruptured bicep tendon in my strumming arm while lifting weights, can't be fixed, and cramps and locks up when my elbow is bent too long, ( like when strumming a guitar) handy. Also a buggered neck due to whiplash injuries mainly from exiting a car through the windscreen, probably wouldn't have been so bad if I wasn't sitting in the back seat at the time. Other than that just the usual industrial deafness and arthritis in my right hand from 20 years of butchering. Getting older is so much fun.