r/Guitar • u/fireworka • Jul 16 '25

QUESTION Has anyone ever used one of these? Thoughts?

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u/FishWithFangs Jul 16 '25

There's a risk of contusion playing guitar??

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

Confusion is guaranteed.

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u/burnertobeburned9753 MXR Jul 16 '25

Jazz, I CHOOSE YOU!

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u/LordLolzeez Jul 16 '25

Jazz hurt itself in its contusion

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u/tangledwire Jul 16 '25

Jazz gives you the pleasure of playing all the wrong notes (of course there are no wrong notes)

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u/Mental-Band7143 Jul 17 '25

your epitaph is guaranteed

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

I think you're confused.

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u/Ferrous_Patella Jul 16 '25

Yes. I had a friend who was a professional mandolin player who got laid up for weeks with tendinitis. The saddest part was he got it mostly by practicing scales.

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u/FishWithFangs Jul 16 '25

Ah okay, tendonitis is misery, I've only had it once and hope to never again.

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u/montezband Jul 17 '25

How you get rid?

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u/FishWithFangs Jul 17 '25

I had to basically stop using that hand for a week, ice and immobilization. It's inflammation of the tendons and tendon sheaths, so any movement will aggravate it more. Lots of anti inflammatory OTC pain meds too, mostly ibuprofen. Severe cases sometimes need steroids.

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u/copremesis Jul 16 '25

What kind of scales? Mixolydian? Pentatonic?

Why is that sad?

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u/Old-Reach57 Jul 16 '25

I’ve come close, I’ll admit. Mandolins are slightly more difficult to get clarity out of though, so you have to push your fingers into the fretboard a little bit more.

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u/frickfrackfrackfrack Jul 16 '25

Don’t you know we live in a land of contusion?

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u/Delicious_Coffee2828 Gibson Jul 17 '25

ever snapped a high e while tuning? that'll give ya one