Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "ozteevan" <ozteevan@y...> wrote:
> I have a birthday coming up and I was thinking of asking for a pair 
of 
> drumming gloves. I don't have a problem with my grip of the sticks 
but 
> I do get blisters on both hands if I play for more that 30 mins or 
so. 
> When I am playing with my band for the night I end up with half a 
box 
> of plasters on my hands and then I do start to have a problem with 
my 
> grip!
> 
> Would the gloves help or do I just have to toughen up my hands?

Hey Roger,

Maybe both. After layoffs, my hands blister, too, but eventually I 
grow callouses in the right places when I start playing again. I have 
a pair of Ahead gloves to protect me during the transitional phases, 
but if I rely on them for too long, my fingers never toughen up. It 
always takes me some time to get acclimated to the gloves; I consider 
them a necessary, temporary evil at best. 

Ed