Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] amusing solo guitar trick: Bohemian Rhapsody

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Yes, one of my CG teachers in town, Thom Howard used them, especially 
for his thumb.

However.. another problem exists when it's a man using acrylic nails for 
their 'utility' value.  It means that instead of popping them off and 
cleaning their nails and pushing back the cuticle and then reattaching 
them periodically, they just let them grow out with the nail and then 
file the leading edge while the trailing edge has pulled a quarter inch 
away from the cuticle and the whole thing has turned yellowish and sick 
looking.   When a woman puts them on, the aesthetic value is foremost, 
and anyone who's seen these women with 3 inch nails can tell you that 
utility is a distant last.... especially when they won't use them for 
fear of popping them of f.

I've used them before myself but could never really get a handle on it.

Another option are the Alaska picks which  wrap your finger, but your 
nail extends through a gap and leaves the pick portion below the edge of 
the nail.  I've heard really great endorsements for them with greater 
kinesthetic awareness.

Mike Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Jonathan King wrote:
>
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ9jrBg4Lwc
> >
> > There's some cheating here and he leaves a few things out, but this 
> > is still interesting. I note that his fingernails are *perfect*,
>
> I just received the DVD.  In the early part of the first lesson he 
> says that his fingernails are acrylic.  I have heard of this before.  
> He learned about it from a flamenco player.  His nails used to break a 
> lot and that can be pretty devastating to a serious professional who 
> uses his fingernails for a living.  So he tried the acrylics and they 
> worked great.
>
> Some people's experiences:
>
> http://www.acguitar.com/issues/ag92/dear92.shtml
> http://www.guitartips.addr.com/tip83.html
> http://www.guitarseminars.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000486.html
>
> This guy prefers self-adhesive silk wrap (whatever that is):
>
> http://www.flamencoshop.com/flamencoguitar/guitarnails.htm
>
> It is possible to have problems, like nail fungal infections...
>
> http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acrylic-nails/AN01261
>
> ...but I guess most people don't have that problem.
>
> Mike
>
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