Question for you !

Hello my duckies,i was wondering if any of you have or can
build calluses on your fingers.I been playing for 4yrs+ and i cant seem to build any up.Your.thoughts?

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gs2112

I have 5 callouses built up(4 on the fretting hand, 1 on my tapping finger).
I also use a string lube that smooths and softens them considerably.
Mine usually get really pronounced when I play for a long period of time, typically to the point of my fingers start to hurt a little when I play(around 3-4 hours). The next day I've got steel callouses man haha

I practice eight hours a day,on 10's,with medium.action,and i still cant seem to get em,Maybe im too light of a fretter?

Do your finger tips get sore after playing? If the answer is no, you have them, you just cant see them. If the answer is yes, you play too often without giving your finger tips time to heal.

No my fingers do not get sore after playing.But there is no visible
calluses.

My finger tips are hard, but I only got calluses at first. Are your fret hand fingers 'harder'?

If you have a really light touch and have big frets you will still have something happen to your fingertips.

Doesn't matter what the string gauge is so much dude, that's more of a matter of finger strength. I play 10-52s and they don't give me harder callouses than if I play 13s(though my fingers will literally be fatigued if I do).

I don't have a callus, but my nerve endings are shot on my fretting fingers.

If you play often and your finger tips no longer hurt, you have calluses. They may not be visible to you but they are there.

I used to get them but now my fingers are just hard and it's like normal skin, just a little rougher. When I play for a few hours on an acoustic though they start to hurt, but that's about it.

I played my first year of guitar on a cheep acoustic with really bad action without ever changing the strings. thats how I got my calluses.

i used to get them but now i don't i feel alot of it is being light in the strings.

MY fINgerS aRe BaBY Soft On TEH TIps. wHEn I StarTed Me FIngers GOt Tore up a BIt, bUT SINce tHEn They HAve reTurned tO NOrMAl teXTure. IDK If I wOUld WaNt It ANy Other WAY...

I have no feeling in the tips of my fingers on my left hand because of calluses... it's fun putting it to hot pans and not feeling anything for a second :)

I do the same thing jeff. Ive gotten to the point where I can lay the tips of my fingers on a the stove and laugh at the person who tries to copy me.

same here.....but i think i play too much because my fingertips be killin me whn im done playing...like yesterday i went from 2pm to 3:30am(dead serious) with an occasional break but still it was a long time..

point is....i dont see any calluses either

I dont play too heighten my speed anymore,not to be cawky,but
I feel it is sufficient enough to Amaze,and play what i need
to play. So maybe thats why i cant build them,cause i font practice technique as much,more of a songwriter and Melodic player now.Now not to say i dont/cant shred,I just do it a bit more tastefully, and I just have other priorities now for my composing.

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gs2112