Varigrip Finger Trainer

After more than ten years of abstinence from the theme electric guitar, I decided eighteen months ago to deal with me again much to the instrument, and that more serious than before. So I bought my dream ESP and got to work. Not unexpectedly proved my (in contrast to other stately OB 1,80er Men Body) very delicate and small "female hands" as a full initial handicap. Especially the little finger was with me, as well as in many others, a problem. Since my time missing by profession and the single-parent status, relatively quickly build up the force by really intense exercise, I ordered unceremoniously the Varigrip, in the knowledge to be able to expect miracles, which I would like to emphasize here. The actual skills evolve now times on the fingerboard by exercise. So now the big BUT: fortified fingers do themselves (often much) easier when flitting about's fretboard as weak, which must be brought to the finish strongly and at the expense of playing the guitar essentially important looseness of the gripping hand carry. The vaunted speed improvement I think is doubtful, since this the necessary for the stretching of the finger muscles must be trained more. However, the Varigrip acts only on the bow's responsible for muscle. So you can lump say that you certainly "better" is with this Trainingsgerätchen not within a short time in the strict sense, but it makes it easier to the learning process in a portion on which you can then rebuild. Of course people are with big, strong hands have little need for this hand coach, but the target group also does not consist of everyone.

So much for the theory, how, then, are my personal experiences? By and by good I can say. Initially, the finger did himself hard in minimally-biased springs and had quickly pain in his paw, but something you generally recorded under adjustment period. Since one and a half weeks I use the Varigrip now in bed at night front of the telly, in the lunch break, go ... General precisely where you can fire up the times Klampfe including Splicing not level (ie everywhere except in sweet home). Hand and fingers have gotten used to, especially the little finger acknowledged that additional training noticeably positive. As I said, I'm not going to blow by blow better, but have a soothing relief. Exactly what I had hoped for. No more, no less.

Is there at Varigrip also find fault? Yes, and the rubber stanchions are not particularly slip resistant. You can slip painful before, if you do not put on your fingers clean or they are greasy. This can, for example, with the stick encounter a small piece of sandpaper, which should also have the positive side effect of corneal promoting effect. Whether the slightly embossed on the back strings have this effect, I can not say. The second drawback is that the device eventually loses its raison d'être for daily use, the fingers are again strengthened enough, but that's one of the points which are vorrauszusehen.

CONCLUSIONS: not a panacea, but a useful supplement for beginners and people with rather small / schächeren hands. Not only for guitarists, but of course the (counter-) bassist, violinist, trumpeter, etc. The Varigrip could possibly be of interest to people who have to overcome the effects of a stroke. My uncle then had a hand exerciser just for this purpose in use.