Manicure?

You_Enjoy_Myself · Post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:54 pm

Hey all. I'm a pretty avid fingerpicker, and the other night while jamming with some guys, I pretty much tore my nail off of my middle finger. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to strengthen the nail? And I don't want to use the picks that you put on the end of your fingers, because I don't feel as comfortable with them. I know some artists like Bruce Cockburn use superglue on the ends of their nails to help protect them a little. Has anyone tried this? I just wanna be able to fingerpick and slap without having to worry about fuckin up my nails and having them hurt for the next few days. Thanks

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:02 pm

i have my nails short... i prolly should grow em out, just never have, never had a problem finger picking though.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:03 pm

HAHA MITCH WANTS A MANICURE

You_Enjoy_Myself · Post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:03 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:i have my nails short... i prolly should grow em out, just never have, never had a problem finger picking though.

Yeah well, I can play with my nails short, but I like the feel and the sound of longer nails.

You_Enjoy_Myself · Post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 5:07 pm

bbatsell wrote:HAHA MITCH WANTS A MANICURE

DAMN RIGHTS

Oh and a funny little side-story. When I saw Don Ross in concert a few weeks back, one of his nails flew off midsong, and landed on someones table. They got a nice souvenir, and he had to spend the intermission fixing his nail. He said he has a mini tackle box filled with supplies for repairing broken nails.

You_Enjoy_Myself · Post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:24 pm

BUMP

So there's no fingerstylists who have had this same problem? weird, I thought it would be pretty common

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:27 pm

maybe search in yahoo about protecting fingers while fingerpicking.

Also, WAIT, they have nail strengthenor gels to apply dontthey? YES THEY DO. and it helps them grow. Its for people with "cracked or brittle nails"

Search walgreens website i dunno. something exists tho i remember

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:33 pm

gumbomadness wrote:maybe search in yahoo about protecting fingers while fingerpicking.

Also, WAIT, they have nail strengthenor gels to apply dontthey? YES THEY DO. and it helps them grow. Its for people with "cracked or brittle nails"

Search walgreens website i dunno. something exists tho i remember

I know my girlfriend uses this stuff called nutranail to keep her fingernails strong so they dont break when theyre long, you could try that stuff, she said it works. http://www.nutranail.com/

onid41 · Post by **onid41** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:59 pm

ask Esteban.

jeffro · Post by **jeffro** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:16 pm

onid41 wrote:ask Esteban.

also be sure to ask him how he does that astouding version of "House of the Rising Sun" on his infomercials

HCHaikuWarrior · Post by **HCHaikuWarrior** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:26 pm

this chef who i used to work with his father in law is a flamanco guitarist (very rapid finger picking) and he himself told me he layers super glue on them to strengthen them. give it a shot

onid41 · Post by **onid41** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:57 pm

jeffro wrote:
onid41 wrote:ask Esteban.
also be sure to ask him how he does that astouding version of "House of the Rising Sun" on his infomercials

yes but with his video tape that comes with the amazing acoustic package, YOU TOO can play it!!

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:27 pm

onid41 wrote:
jeffro wrote:
onid41 wrote:ask Esteban.
also be sure to ask him how he does that astouding version of "House of the Rising Sun" on his infomercials
yes but with his video tape that comes with the amazing acoustic package, YOU TOO can play it!!

Must come with Estaban himself then, to play over you so you think you're doing it

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:40 am

I think you have to have the Bolero to be as good as Esteban.

c_tietze · Post by **c_tietze** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 4:33 pm

You_Enjoy_Myself wrote:Hey all. I'm a pretty avid fingerpicker, and the other night while jamming with some guys, I pretty much tore my nail off of my middle finger. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to strengthen the nail? And I don't want to use the picks that you put on the end of your fingers, because I don't feel as comfortable with them. I know some artists like Bruce Cockburn use superglue on the ends of their nails to help protect them a little. Has anyone tried this? I just wanna be able to fingerpick and slap without having to worry about fuckin up my nails and having them hurt for the next few days. Thanks

Let it heal then let them grow. Use clear coat nailpolish, seriously.

I'd do a search to on google. There are lots of tips for keeping your hand in tip top shape.

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