Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> > 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.

I think part of the problems lies in holding the sticks incorrectly or too 
tightly.  I had layovers of several years, several times over an 18-year  
period, and I never did develop blisters at all since I rededicated myself to 
music about a year ago, and I practice about 1-2 hours a day and more on the 
weekends, work permitting.

That said, I will say that I had a problem with correct gripping in both 
hands, with different problems in each hand.  It took me months to break the 
grip habits and hold them in a way that makes the sticks work for me, not the 
other way around.

Stephanie