Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Jay" <jayluv6@y...> wrote:
> have any of you noticed that when you switched to e-drums you
> developed blisters in new and unusual places on your hands? what's 
the
> deal with this? the middle finger on my left hand has a big nasty
> blister from hitting the snare pad that i did not have when playing
> acoustic drums. my theory is that a mesh head trigger would cause 
much
> less blistering because of the natural 'bounce' of it. hitting that 
8"
> rubber pad must be doing this.

Jay,

Let me add that playing with a lighter touch may help. I also used 
gloves every now and then. Sometimes I could deal with the loss of 
feel, and sometimes I couldn't. 

Ed