OK call me weird but after years of burning eastern Indian incense I finally discovery hardcore church incense like pure frankincense and a blend called Russian Lump, my favorite.  Seriously fills the house with smoke, smells like a cathedral, death, immortality, etc. - but here's the point:  after handling this stuff there's a little powdery resin on my fingers - like from a pitcher's resin bag, right?  It's dried West African tree resin... and my right (plucking) fingers suddenly have super powers!  It feels more dry, tight, and accurate, but may be leaving a little frankincense on the strings (flatwound).  Comment?

I've done similar (by accident) and it gave me some painful blisters deep under the surface of my fingertips.  Tore up my fingers badly.  I hope you have better luck!
 
John

Well, that's scary, John!  I think maybe I don't play long or hard enough to do that, but I can see how that would be possible.  I was reading Wiki about the use of resin on bows to make strings speak by increased friction, and I can see how one could overdo it and F up the interface between the fingertip callouses and the softer tissue underneath - but for an hour of careful playing or recording, like a gymnanst getting a little extra friction, seems harmless

Plus now your strings will smell like death & immortality! I hope you are playing doom metal or spacey psychedelic prog!

O ya they SOUND like death and immortality too, man!  That's what it's all about, I always tell the sound man Make me sound like God.

Mine usually smell like death and immorality...  

Resin at the tail end of a good joint is what makes my fingers do what they do.

Oh, THAT resin got on my fingers sometimes, too!
 
Ha, ha, ha, ha

I love to use Gorilla Snot, leaves no visible residue on the bass finish
 
(Message edited by FunkyJazzJunky on December 05, 2011)

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