Tony Cox - Nailcare for the Lockeddown guitarist

V8

Ummm...not your usual guitar related video, but for some it'll be interesting and a few, even useful!

warrenpridgeon

My nail care consists of "keep em short". When my finger nail begins to drag on my mousepad in annoys the daylights out of me.

V8

warrenpridgeon I need some nail for the picking hand - not nearly as much as the majority of fingerstyle players. I used to keep 'em far too long - I only really need a sliver of nail 2mm max) on the thumb and index finger for what I hack away with.

A.t.m they're all short n trimmed - not needing any nasty's lurking trying escape the multitude of handwashes.

warrenpridgeon

V8 when I use my fingers (as per the lockdown challenge one cos I was doing string skipped double stop things) I use the edges of my fingers and not my nails... maybe I should work on the nails?

V8

warrenpridgeon maybe I should work on the nails?

Entirely a personal preference - to do my fakemenco sh1te on the nylon stringer I need a bit of nail on thumb and index (and the other fingers, but I'm super kak @ rasgueo) . I do like the sound of nail vs a plectrum - for me, it's just a extra tool rather than fingernails are better than a plectrum.

Oddly...I do use a bit of nail when fingerstyling bass - which isn't common. I'm pretty sh1te at picado (flamenco fingerstyle) on guitar, but on a bass, it seems to work for me.

So....I dunno -> explore, experiment and have fun I say 😆