what do you think of guys with long nails?
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i think a bit still still ok, as in not over the flesh of the fingers, sometimes cut too short, even typing or pick coins etc, a bit hard, or will be a bit pain, but too long, cannot lar..
anyway, for guitar, i thought dun need to be all long one right? wont use all the fingers anyway. -
it depends on who's the guy having those long nails.
but guys with long nails should keep them clean lar.
not those yellowish ones.
some even kept their nails nicer than girls. -
wrong again. they don't use their nails they use their fingertips.Originally posted by Rejected:It's called a Pick. Some musicians do not use a pick, instead they use their nails. -
lol i think ure the one who knows nothing about playing guitar. ask any guitarist and they'll tell u that having short fingernails does making playing much easier.Originally posted by unclebutcher:obviously you know nothing about playing a guitar. -
sorry to "cha jue"Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:lol i think ure the one who knows nothing about playing guitar. ask any guitarist and they'll tell u that having short fingernails does making playing much easier.
but then... there are guitarist who leve long nails to play guitars...
different people different preferences.
its what they like. not a rule. -
http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=214Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:lol i think ure the one who knows nothing about playing guitar. ask any guitarist and they'll tell u that having short fingernails does making playing much easier. -
Leave the emo kid alone.Originally posted by unclebutcher:
He trying to act he the very happening and hype type la. -
orh ok lorOriginally posted by Xephone_xenon:Leave the emo kid alone.
He trying to act he the very happening and hype type la. -
No offense btw.Originally posted by unclebutcher:orh ok lor
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coolz!!!!!!!
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Ah wrong again, I used to learn classical guitar and you only need your nails a little longer than usual not until the white part is 1cm long like the TS described. You use most of your fingertips to pluck, the nails are there to protect your fingers when you strum. I'm sure if you grew your nails to the length the TS described you'd break them whilst playing. And having long nails on your left hand is not a good thing as it would be hard to press down on the frets.Originally posted by unclebutcher: -
obviously you cant read my original post properly. i said 4mm idiot. and only on my right do i have nails. read boy, read.Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:Ah wrong again, I used to learn classical guitar and you only need your nails a little longer than usual not until the white part is 1cm long like the TS described. You use most of your fingertips to pluck, the nails are there to protect your fingers when you strum. I'm sure if you grew your nails to the length the TS described you'd break them whilst playing. And having long nails on your left hand is not a good thing as it would be hard to press down on the frets. -
well i'm sorry if i got confused because u did say 1cm. and its very mature of u to start calling me names because i misunderstood but i guess u havent hit puberty yet.Originally posted by unclebutcher:obviously you cant read my original post properly. i said 4mm idiot. and only on my right do i have nails. read boy, read. -
Enlighten me leh! What religious wants male to have long nails??????Originally posted by iceFatboy:maybe, some do it for religious reasons.
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learn to read.Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:well i'm sorry if i got confused because u did say 1cm. and its very mature of u to start calling me names because i misunderstood but i guess u havent hit puberty yet. -
grow up.Originally posted by unclebutcher:learn to read. -
ive seen an ah pek with a long nail with a flower on it
cb...these people go manicure wan ah? -
They DO use their nails, once again. plucking.Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:wrong again. they don't use their nails they use their fingertips. -
Long nails are disgusting. But some people need it to pull the guitar strings.
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"You use most of your fingertips to pluck, the nails are there to protect your fingers when you strum."Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:Ah wrong again, I used to learn classical guitar and you only need your nails a little longer than usual not until the white part is 1cm long like the TS described. You use most of your fingertips to pluck, the nails are there to protect your fingers when you strum. I'm sure if you grew your nails to the length the TS described you'd break them whilst playing. And having long nails on your left hand is not a good thing as it would be hard to press down on the frets.
Actually, the string is supposed to sort of "slide" across the nail, to produce a clearer, and IMO better, sound than simply using the flesh of your fingertips. They're not really there for "protection." I never heard of anyone getting injured from plucking or strumming with the flesh of his fingertips.
"And having long nails on your left hand is not a good thing as it would be hard to press down on the frets."
um...I don't know of ANY guitarist who has long nails on his LEFT hand (or opposite, if he's left-handed and using a left-handed guitar). I thought it was pretty obvious that we guitarists were referring to the nails on the right hand...
Obviously, if it's too long it'll get in the way (hitting wrong strings, etc.). Too short and it's hard for your nail to "connect" with the strings. The "optimum" length depends on individual, lah. -
There are good classical guitarists with nails that resemble eagle claws and those who hardly have any nails at all, but most are somewhere in between and have some nail at least.
I like to keep my "p" and "a" nail relatively long, but I've recently shortened my "a" a bit it.
I use a pretty sharp angle on my "p", and a very slight angle on my "a", but my "i" and "m" just follow the contour of my fingertip. What about you guys? -
"Who's da badass private dick who's a sex machine to all them chicks?Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:grow up.
JON!
Ya damn right."
look who's talking. -
it's a quote off the movie Shaft. nothing wrong with some lighthearted humour.Originally posted by unclebutcher:"Who's da badass private dick who's a sex machine to all them chicks?
JON!
Ya damn right."
look who's talking. -
hmm...guitar got "fen" classical and non classical one? The non classical ones are electric guitar or wat?
Or is the song that you play more traditional types
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Originally posted by jondizzle foshizzle:
Ah wrong again, I used to learn classical guitar and you only need your nails a little longer than usual not until the white part is 1cm long like the TS described. You use most of your fingertips to pluck, the nails are there to protect your fingers when you strum. I'm sure if you grew your nails to the length the TS described you'd break them whilst playing. And having long nails on your left hand is not a good thing as it would be hard to press down on the frets.
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I need my nails to be long and sharpened.
Otherwise how would I defend myself against every other guy that tries to pick a fight with me?