sticky hands

[bigsnak]

Ok, we all know that sticky right hand fingers help grab the strings and slap when we are playing. Usually sweat or moisture take care of this, but last night I played a place that was pretty cool and could never work up a sweat, therefore having a lot of trouble getting a lot of good whop on the strings.

My question is: any one got any remedies to get ur fingers a little stickier ? Saliva obviously only works for a little bit and I've heard of gorilla snot, but that stuff never comes off!!!!! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Thanks
Bigsnak

[Gibson]

Big gloop of Murrays from running your hands through your hair. Works a treat ;)

[Sputter]

Originally Posted by Gibson

Big gloop of Murrays from running your hands through your hair. Works a treat ;)

That sounds like something that would work. Extra hold hair gel works great. Also been using a little tin of Carmax that seems to help long enough until I work up a bit of sweat on that hand.

I would also think some kind of natural wax that you can need in your hand. I also have some of the blue 'Fun Tak' putty, like for putting posters on the wall. If you roll it in your hand a bit the light adhesives in it tend to rub off onto the hand to make it slightly tacky.

[DCLXVI]

I wear sweatbands on my wrists so I don't touch my head or hair with my hands and bring a towel to dry my hands and bass neck if I drink in between.. my hands need to be as dry as possible..

[Buster]

I use Gorilla Snot on rare occasions that my fingers are too dry. I always have it with me. I don't have any buildup at all. It seems to wear off after half of a set.

[hillsider]

I'm a dry hand kind of guy too. Seem to have less blisters that way. My caluses are like hooks.lol

[Diogenes]

I usually worry about stickiness when playing the ho' bass so I fall back on Jaco's fried chicken grease solution... glad I don't slap the double... just another thing to worry about.