10 Tips to Build Calluses Fast for Guitar!

So many beginner students suffer from sore finger tips. I just read an Instagram post from Joe Satriani with the same complaint.
If you are among the many suffering, then suffer no more! Watch these 10 tips for guitar players with sore fingers and let me help you!

[@christjoeng]

That was a very helpful compilation mentioning all the tips I came across in the last few hours in just one video - wow! I am gonna try em all out.

[@bonarsmusic01]

I am glad! I use them all! Let me know what works best for you!

[@acbenepe]

I have a good friend who's a top shelf Jazz bassist who told me the crazy glue trick decades ago.

[@bonarsmusic01]

It works. I have used all of them, over the years!

[@chadcollier1070]

Here's a tip that actually causes pain, but if you can do it, you'll develop calluses FAST : play the opening riff to "When I'm Lonely" by Hootie and the Blowfish until your fingertips are absolutely on FIRE! Then go wash a decent sized load of dishes by hand, or soak in a bath for awhile, and the calluses will fall off. After your hands are completely dry again, pick up your guitar and play, but only for a few minutes. Then start the process all over again the next day, and keep doing that until you eventually reach the point where the calluses stop falling off after they've been in water, and that does eventually happen. But, this is more for first time learners, not people getting back into it after several years, because I'm pretty sure you're only going to have the patience to do this once.

[@bonarsmusic01]

Not sure I endorse this. I am more of a "baby steps" kind of guy, but I am sure your "extreme callus" method works - for the "hardcore" student. 😃

[@chadcollier1070]

@@bonarsmusic01 yeah, I did it many years ago at a time when learning/playing was really basically an addiction, and 27 years later, I'm pretty sure I couldn't do it again.