I have what some call the golden touch.... My hands can rust chrome and stainless steel with a blink of the eye. While at the mandolin symposium 08, the Brazillian fellas used the nose before every song. I kept wondering about a possible drug issue, not that i care about that but it would have explained playing so damn fast and the nose scratch but they explained they use the oil from there nose to get the slides in. My hands are constantly sweaty but it seems to me the baby powder, as in billiards that cone of chalk, would clump or become wallpaper paste and enhance tackiness not smooth it out... I have issues of a tacky substance on the neck of my mando from my hands as it is and creating glue with the powder doesn't seem like a good Idea, but if it works???
All interested in spicy food and the load of beer come on down... Clyde we have some Rogue brewery stuff too so you can feel at home... wish we could get some Deschutes Brewery stuff though, I miss my Mirrorpond Pale Ale and Black Butte Porter, damnit! Adam On Aug 26, 8:33 pm, ljt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to the person who suggested nose oil to grease the strings and > corn starch when its hot and hands are sweaty. I am checking out the > concept of nose oil (cause it ain't hot here in Hobart right > now) ...to see what happens, an experiment. Will lodge a report in a > few days... > > <G> > > It seems there is a good discussion to be had about acidity and > alkalinity in hand secretions..but we need a chemist and a dietitian > at minimum for that. > > It might be that one needs to eat more fresh greens and/or have more > best quality olive oil in our diet to keep those strings singing at > maximum levels and our health in best shape too. > ha > ljt > > On Aug 26, 11:42 pm, ljt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Got the dictionary out...I sees what you is getting at.... > > linda > > > On Aug 26, 2:16 pm, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > No, that's "spooge". Not to be confused with "smooge" or "stooge"... > > > > Tbug > > > > On Aug 24, 8:48 pm, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I wonder from time to time about the connection between say hand > > > > lotion, or other ungents put on the hands and how that in some cases > > > > can effect string sound and string life. Even maybe certain kinds of > > > > soap, used to wash hands could have residues that one might want to > > > > avoid. > > > > > At the bluegrass workshop I attended a while back, I noticed the Tater > > > > used a cloth to wipe off his hands and he kept it in his case for that > > > > purpose. I asked about it and he said it was to deal with 'hand > > > > smooge' . > > > > > So..another question is what exactly is hand smooge...and ..no jokes > > > > please!!!!!! <G> > > > > > Are these really dumb questions or has anyone run across any kind of > > > > info about this, or are there some opinions out there in Taterville? > > > > > dry cracked hands here > > > > Linda --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
