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07-26-2013, 01:24 PM
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The hardest thing about growing your nails for picking...
Learning how to take a dip of Skoal left handed!
 Getting it all over the floor, walls, ceiling, in the dog's eyes, etc! (Exaggerating a bit.  That stuffs too expensive to waste! You know, they are not quite long enough yet to play with yet, but I can still hear a pleasant difference in my padding the strings. I guess they are giving the finger pads more back support and causing a mildly sharper sound. Even if I don't like it when they get long enough to play with, I think I will at least buff them back to where they are right now. Sounds good to me.
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07-27-2013, 11:59 AM
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I've had to switch which hand I pop open a soda can with so I don't chip a nail pulling the tab. Small price to pay for good sound.
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07-27-2013, 12:32 PM
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There's a lot to dislike, and I've almost scrapped the idea several times and cut them back.
I've come this far, so I will see it thru to see if I like them enough to keep them. If I can only have the tone of Ed Gerhard it'll all be worth it.What is certain is that I DON'T like finger picks.
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07-27-2013, 01:00 PM
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Mine are thin and flimsy - I've tried every hardener/thickener/strengthener out there.
About to go get acrylic nails!
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07-27-2013, 01:32 PM
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Another audience member at the Doyle Dykes clinic I went to asked him about nails. He answered that he uses acrylic nails and told us about the funny looks he gets from non-playing friends and family. "Sure, we'll go fishing after I finish getting my nails done." Cracked up the whole audience. Sure sound good, though.
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"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great." -Zig Ziglar Acoustics 2013 Guild F30 Standard 2012 Yamaha LL16 2007 Seagull S12 1991 Yairi DY 50 Electrics Epiphone Les Paul Standard Fender Am. Standard Telecaster Gibson ES-335 Gibson Firebird
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#7
07-27-2013, 01:43 PM
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I have never felt any need to "grow out" my nails for fingerstyle. If you looked at my hands you would find little to tell that I played guitar (for about 40 years) at all.
My lefts are very short, of course, but the rights are scarcely longer... Usually about 1/16" I use the same technique classical players do; a combination of nail and flesh that allow the nail to break across the string just enough to produce a clear tone. The most important thing is to keep them at optimal length and to bevel them properly from the underside... Preferably with a fine-cutting diamond file.
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#8
07-27-2013, 04:10 PM
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I think that's where I am now, and I like the sound. If I don't like em longer I'll scale back to this.
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07-27-2013, 06:38 PM
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