What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
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What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
Must be time for some creative discussion!
They say tone is in the fingers so, what's best, fat or skinny fingers?
Many famous blues players are/were rather large with lots of body fat & fat fingers and had great tone.
Equally, there are/were many great skinny players.
What are your thoughts.
They say tone is in the fingers so, what's best, fat or skinny fingers?
Many famous blues players are/were rather large with lots of body fat & fat fingers and had great tone.
Equally, there are/were many great skinny players.
What are your thoughts.
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Re: What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
I think the answer is to replace the bottom joint of each finger on your left (or right, if you're a lefty) with good tone wood.
Korina or Maple if you are a shredder, or Mahogany if your preference is Jazz.
Korina or Maple if you are a shredder, or Mahogany if your preference is Jazz.
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Re: What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
I think the parts that matters most for tone is: how hard is the pad of skin on the end.
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Re: What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
You don't think that a soft fat finger gives a more mellow tone?
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Re: What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
Quote from Steve Vai
" Well before I hit the stage I like to down me a bucket of KFC cus the grease from thems chickens gives me the slippery didgets required to shred away "
Hence the term Finger Lickin Good
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" Well before I hit the stage I like to down me a bucket of KFC cus the grease from thems chickens gives me the slippery didgets required to shred away "
Hence the term Finger Lickin Good
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Re: What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
I guess he has a lot of gear he can sell to afford that damned elusive KFC!Olderama wrote:Quote from Steve Vai
" Well before I hit the stage I like to down me a bucket of KFC cus the grease from thems chickens gives me the slippery didgets required to shred away "
Hence the term Finger Lickin Good
Fact Boom
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Re: What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
Maybe we need a whats the best KFC combo for toan thread?
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Re: What's best for tone - Fat or Skinny Fingers?
Or does any other fried food provide good tone?jeremyb wrote:Maybe we need a whats the best KFC combo for toan thread?