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The nail shapes that Chad has shown are how I approach my nails, too. I don't want my nails to look strange to the rest of the world, so I keep them short. Shorter nails provide a less strident tone with what I think is a fuller sound. Even at age 66 I still drink a fair amount of milk daily, and that keeps my nails very strong. I don't do anything else for my nails except file them to shape with an emory board. I also have some very fine emory boards for polishing the nail ends. Polishing seems to make a big difference on the tone. Best of luck to you on starting the guitar!! - Glenn
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http://www.giltrap.co.uk/discussion/...ic.php?f=4&t=5
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Oddly enough, I keep my index nail shorter, primarily using pad, but just enough nail for occasional emphasis. My middle, is a bit longer, not too much, as I use nail & pad, depending. My ring finger, I keep the longest; primarily use nail, mostly on the E string, getting a good ring. It's also my strongest nail.
Hard as nails clear coat, always keep em smooth. All pad for thumb, filing the nail back.
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If you're a raw beginner (or not even that far into it) as I suspect there's a lot more basic fundamentals to get your head around before you need to pay too much attention to your nails, especially if, as you say, they grow super quick anyway.
That said I have no more than about 1mm of clear nail on fingers 1,2 & 3 of my right (picking) hand showing. I have to deal with construction work the rest of the time & have other hobbies/pursuits that would make the nails vulnerable, not that there's any need to grow them any further as there's enough of them out there to work just fine.
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Pretty good picture!
Also Onymyrrhe is good stuff to use to help make nails strong. and here is the Hard As Hoof
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https://soundcloud.com/waynedeats76/...-original-demo Your guitar of choice needs to be a good match your playing technique.
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I keep the nails quite short so that the string runs off the fingerpad and just catches the nail. I naturally use thumb and three fingers; however, some years back I read Stefan Grossman saying that to get a more rhythmic, punchy sound he recommended using thumb plus two fingers, and there are some pieces I now play with just the two. Apparently, many of the famous early fingerpickers used just thumb and one finger, including Merle Travis and Gary Davis.
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I believe Laurence Juber is a no-nails player. I'd say the majority of fingerstyle players use nails (natural or enhanced), many use finger picks, and some use no nails.
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With nails and a thumbpick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43SnhSZ_SDM Juber with all flesh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hINKAQBHtFY Personally, I like to hear the bass more clearly in songs. I wish I could play half as good as Laurence or Brooks!
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