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Yes tried them. Forget them and all other 'solid' plastics. Use acryl powder. It is a much clever way since it adapts to the natural form of your nail. The powder sticks on the glue. And you dont need to cut it like those artifical nails. Glue on your nail, put some powder on it, blow off the superfluous powder, let it dry. Its faster, cheaper, and easier to deal with than artifical nails.
Been using guitar player nails for several years. They work great, but the learning curve for learning to do them is slow. However, they seem to last for several weeks, even months sometimes. They give a powerful, full tone that I could never equal with natural nails. Always leave about one third of the back of the nail uncovered for better nail health.
etta, when you say "last" do you mean the glue doesnt come off for "months"? Coz that would be a glue i would be interested in. ed, i bought powder+glue from Eubecos, they are based in Germany.
sidenote to this thread: i think the note is to a large degree based on the thickness of the layer, and not so much the material. I somehow disagree with Todd here who says that natural nails sound better because of their flexibility. I find that when playing with natural nails they are so extremely thin that the sound is very thin and high too. If i put one layer of glue and powder i get about 3-4 times of the thickness of my natural nail. I think THAT has much more influence on the sound than flexibility or material. Another topic would be how the surface is made up. You can polish the upper side of the nail, or of the powder layer, to get a smoother sound.
For Deniz; the glue is just your typical "cyanoacrylate," but the brand in the nail kit is "Bondtite" and is exceptionally thin. After weeks and maybe a month or more, the nail may pop off, but often I just re glue it after cleaning off the old glue. The directions with the nail kit are very complete. I resorted to these nails after giving up on my own thin and weak nails. The tone of the kit nails is far superior. etta
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