Nickel Allergy - Allergic to my own Guitar Strings
I’ve been playing guitar for about 20 years now, and never had any problems before.
But just recently I’ve noticed that after playing, the skin on the tips of my fingers, mainly on my left hand, starts to peel. Pretty soon I have no surface skin left, and quite uncomfortable fingers to say the least!
Apparently it’s quite common to be allergic to nickel, which is used in most electric guitar strings, and also guitar hardware such as frets. Oh dear.
New Strings
So today I thought I’d try and fit some strings without nickel in them. I got hold of some D’Addario XLS stainless steel strings. I haven’t fitted them yet, but I’ll give them a run and report back. I’ve heard that stainless steel can also contain nickel, but I’m hoping that it will be significantly less than standard nickel coated strings. Watch this space!