kidblast Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Helping with the kitchen cleanup tonight, managed to slice the tip of my index finger requiring 4 stitches (Picking hand...) grounded for about 2 weeks. Could be worse I guess, , damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-RAM Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 OUCH! 4 stitches is big-time - :blink: I get all bent out of shape over a lil' paper cut! I feel for ya... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 "Kitchen Cleanup" involving sharp knives?! Hope you heal up, soon, kidblast! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Grounded? For just ONE finger? I don't think so. Still got a thumb, and 3 more fingers. Have at it all you want. That's my prescription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Sounds like a good time to develop a new technique of holding the pick between your thumb and middle finger. Seriously though. Glad it wasn't worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 1461726730[/url]' post='1764633']Sounds like a good time to develop a new technique of holding the pick between your thumb and middle finger. Seriously though. Glad it wasn't worse. That's what I'd do. Where there's a will, there's a way. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Bad, but as has been said, could've been worse! Get rid of those sharp knives & get rubber ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Hello Ray. Get well soon! Bence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Ray be careful! Heal up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 I was cleaning one of those machines that makes pasta out of zuchinni, there was a small blade I did not see.. wups... it's about 1/2 inch long, starts from the outer side of the finger to the center, I may be able to use a pick, but there is no finger picking possible. the doc said to not put pressue on it for at least 7 days, I can take the dressing off this afternoon,, supposed to be jamming tonight, I could use of course other fingers, but my powers of awesomeness will be greatly reduced with out the index finger available!!! oh the humanity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. C.O. Jones Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Hmmm.... As I broke my phalanx while wiping the dust, lots of people gave me the same advice: don't wipe the dust! I start to believe that guitar players shouldn't do such risky things! Get well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Hmmm.... As I broke my phalanx while wiping the dust, lots of people gave me the same advice: don't wipe the dust! I start to believe that guitar players shouldn't do such risky things! Get well! ha! yea.. the doc that stitched me up noticed a scar on the same hand asked what it was from, a knife cut from 10 years ago, we bought new knives and the packaging sort of caused a freak accident. she says : You maybe should do more take out!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Oh dear. Take care! rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Sounds like a good time to develop a new technique of holding the pick between your thumb and middle finger.... ...or this? Get well soon! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 wow Kid, yes it could be worse but still sorry to hear that hope you heal up quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 thanks for the kind words brothers. It will be a long tortuous few days with out being able to play guitar.. I expect I can get around a bit on the 88s sooner.. Trying some differnet types of band aids but all them just will get in the way of the strings. what a buzz kill. I have a family wedding service that I need to play at in about 4 weeks, by then, this will be a memory, just glad that it is not THIS weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Helping with the kitchen cleanup tonight, managed to slice the tip of my index finger requiring 4 stitches (Picking hand...) grounded for about 2 weeks. Could be worse I guess, , damn! OUCH, sorry to hear this. You're right, it could have been worse, it could have been your Fretting Hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Dude; bad news. Sorry about your misfortunes on that; be careful with it, and don't do anything silly that might prolong the recovery! Hope you're better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Sorry to hear about your mishap. My best wishes for a quick recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Some sage advice I received years ago from an old guitarist Heal up quickly brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Helping with the kitchen cleanup tonight, managed to slice the tip of my index finger requiring 4 stitches (Picking hand...) grounded for about 2 weeks. Could be worse I guess, , damn! Yes, it could be worse. Five or six years ago, I was slicing a potato with a kitchen Mandoline (basically a veggie guillotine) Link: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cuisinart-Ctg00Man-Mandoline-Slicer/38444416?action=product_interest&action_type=title&item_id=38444416&placement_id=irs-106-t1&strategy=PWVAV&visitor_id&category=&client_guid=5b9be379-569d-450c-a41f-e16dc1443763&customer_id_enc&config_id=106&parent_item_id=41486490&parent_anchor_item_id=41486490&guid=66c869c1-8fde-48f0-99e0-a27363dc55ab&bucket_id=irsbucketdefault&beacon_version=1.0.1&findingMethod=p13n About the time my brain thought about using the guard, I neatly sliced off just the slightest bit of the tip of each of my picking hands thumb, index and middle fingers. OUCH and an emergency room trip later, I was out of action for about 3 weeks. Really dug into theory during that time, and I've used that guard ever since! The bright side, if there was one, is that I learned if you're bleeding really bad, you get to go to the front of the ER line LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Rev,,, Sage advice indeed!!! LOL! Dennis, in a previous dispute with a box of new kitchen knives, yet another mishap to the heel of my right hand, that was 10 stitches, (about 10 years ago). you're right, if you are in fact bleeding profusely, (I was!) they will tend to you pretty quickly... it's healing up, so all will be well, can feel the tip just fine so nothing long term going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 That's good Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Those mandolin slicers are crap IMO, I had one. Dangerous and inefficient. With me it was using a sharp knife to get an avocado stone out. Few years ago. Hold half avocado in left hand, try and poke knife into stone with right....you can guess the rest. Thumb muscle. I learn each time but there's always a new way to do it, usually involving some labour-saving device and such. The singer/2nd guitarist in my band was recently pruning his lavender the 'correct' way...holding a bunch up with his left hand and swiping inwards with a billhook held in his right....(facepalm emoticon)...so I played all the guitar parts on the next gig and rehearsals ](*,) Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it...or something. BTW I never tried playing (slide) guitar using my..uh... [laugh] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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