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Re: Pinching fingers in mic stands...don't know how old you are but... i had a similar experience until i turned about 40-ish. somewhere in there i kinda stopped hurting myself on gear. i'm not sure if i got smarter [doubtful] or i finally got to the place where i got to tell other people to put themselves in harm's way more than i was doing it myself...
Re: Pinching fingers in mic stands...
don't know how old you are but... i had a similar experience until i turned about 40-ish. somewhere in there i kinda stopped hurting myself on gear. i'm not sure if i got smarter [doubtful] or i finally got to the place where i got to tell other people to put themselves in harm's way more than i was doing it myself...