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Title: Silk Gloves?
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on December 17, 2010, 03:28:26 PM: Been playing with wool & leather gloves on sometimes these cold winter nights so Googled to see if anyone else is doing this & Voila!
Meet Etienne Mbappi:

http://www.etiennembappe.com/uploads/files/EtienneMbappePress2010-240k.pdf

He's with John McLaughlin now.

I was wondering if rubber gloves would work. Y'know, like food handlers & tattoo artists wear.

I'd like to market some bassplayer gloves called Second Skin once the best material is determined by developing & testing.
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: nofi on December 17, 2010, 04:10:10 PM: second skin gloves already exist.
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: dadagoboi on December 17, 2010, 04:16:58 PM: Quote from: nofi on December 17, 2010, 04:10:10 PM
second skin gloves already exist.

How about second foreskin gloves?
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: Highlander on December 17, 2010, 04:41:56 PM: are they Kosher...?
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: Pilgrim on December 17, 2010, 05:02:09 PM: Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on December 17, 2010, 04:41:56 PM
are they Kosher...?

No, but one size fits all.
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: rahock on December 18, 2010, 06:02:36 AM: Quote from: Pilgrim on December 17, 2010, 05:02:09 PM
No, but one size fits all.

I would be worried that sliding up and down the neck they might grow too big and fall off ;D
Rick
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: chromium on December 18, 2010, 10:26:51 AM: just don't go outside in the cold with them - the shrinkage will cutoff your circulation! :o
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on December 18, 2010, 05:15:41 PM: Quote from: nofi on December 17, 2010, 04:10:10 PM
second skin gloves already exist.

Really? Must be where I got the idea. heh
Are they for bassplayers? I want some!!

Fixed the link to Mbappe in my first post btw.
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: clankenstein on December 18, 2010, 06:47:13 PM: heres holger czukay doing it in 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uITESaEQMuY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uITESaEQMuY)
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: rahock on December 19, 2010, 04:54:35 AM: Quote from: chromium on December 18, 2010, 10:26:51 AM
just don't go outside in the cold with them - the shrinkage will cutoff your circulation! :o

That could be fatal :o. Yet another way to die of irony ;D
Rick
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on December 21, 2010, 03:28:17 PM: Quote from: tubehead on December 18, 2010, 06:47:13 PM
heres holger czukay doing it in 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uITESaEQMuY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uITESaEQMuY)

Cooool 8)

Not just for warmth but to make it possible to keep playing when the fingertips get worn out &/or start to bleed.
Great for long gigs & long tours!!
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: nofi on December 21, 2010, 04:08:20 PM: real bassplayers don't where gloves. anytime. and their fingers refuse to bleed. that's a sissy guitar player story. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: uwe on December 22, 2010, 05:51:37 AM: That really is like advising "sex with condoms feels better" to me. From experience, I remain unconvinced.

Gloves!!! I even think them silly with drummers! If you can't play without gloves on a long tour you either have no callouses or the wrong technique.
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: pamlicojack on December 24, 2010, 05:29:54 PM: Quote from: nofi on December 21, 2010, 04:08:20 PM
real bassplayers don't where gloves. anytime. and their fingers refuse to bleed. that's a sissy guitar player story. :mrgreen:

I use a pick. End of story...

(except when I play upright)
Title: Re: Silk Gloves?
Post by: Pilgrim on December 24, 2010, 05:45:54 PM: Quote from: pamlicojack on December 24, 2010, 05:29:54 PM
I use a pick. End of story...

(except when I play upright)

I use both, but am still learning pick technique.

On upright I tape my fingers, every time.