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RE: Playing Flamenco with Finger Picks
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britguy
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From: Ontario, Canada
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RE: Playing Flamenco with Finger Picks (in reply to Kalo)
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Do you need to use the electric rotary file to trim them? No, you do not! After trying several alternatives (including using plastic Alaska fingerpicks, from my banjo days) for the past three years i've been using the " Guitar Player" nails from the guy in California. Yes, initially they can be a $%^&iing pain to cut to size, shape properly and put on straight, and sometimes the glue does mess up the fingers. The whole process needs a bit of practice. First time I tried it took me about an hour to do one nail! Now it takes about 15 minutes total. But I've never used an electric rotary nail file. I find quality emery boards work fine with practice. I use a piece of hard cardboard to buff and polish the final playing edges. I use these plastic glue-on nails because I break and split nails a lot during manual farm work. I find them convenient and relatively fast to replace - 15 minutes after a little practice. I just use them on the top third of the nail. They play fine (for my level anyway?) and generally last about three weeks, although I have had some last well over a month. I'd like to find a simpler system, but so far nothing else has worked as well for my purposes. I'm still looking, though. . .
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Date Mar. 26 2014 13:25:54
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Ricardo
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From: Washington DC
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RE: Playing Flamenco with Finger Picks (in reply to rojarosguitar)
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ORIGINAL: rojarosguitar After all advice I received here I decided to give the nail glue a try. How do I go about the application? Especially, how do I protect the neighboring skin for getting glued together with the nail? Any way of masking, or is it just a matter of intense mindfulness? Thanks Just brush it on. Don't worry about it touching any skin....but make sure to hold your hand flat so it doesn't run or build up in one spot do to gravity. Give it about 15-20 minutes to dry. Obviously don't touch it, blow on it, or sniff it till then. After it is dry, file and play. If you don't like it for some weird reason, DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE IT. If you have an allergic reaction or something weird just go to the doctor. If you find you are not happy with it, it will flake off naturally after a week or so, or your playing will wear it off over time. If you like it and it starts wearing or flaking off, dont' try to scrape off what is left. Just brush on more right over top. If you do get a little on your skin around the nail, it will flake off much faster than it did on your nail, but again no need to try to scrape it off.
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Date Apr. 3 2014 13:25:20
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Kalo
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RE: Playing Flamenco with Finger Picks (in reply to orsonw)
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Just brush it on. Don't worry about it touching any skin....but make sure to hold your hand flat so it doesn't run or build up in one spot do to gravity. Give it about 15-20 minutes to dry. Obviously don't touch it, blow on it, or sniff it till then. After it is dry, file and play. If you don't like it for some weird reason, DO NOT TRY TO REMOVE IT. If you have an allergic reaction or something weird just go to the doctor. If you find you are not happy with it, it will flake off naturally after a week or so, or your playing will wear it off over time. If you like it and it starts wearing or flaking off, dont' try to scrape off what is left. Just brush on more right over top. If you do get a little on your skin around the nail, it will flake off much faster than it did on your nail, but again no need to try to scrape it off. I would just like to ad a question...But, why use glue when you can use a product like Sally Hansens or other products that harden the nails. Most of those products have glue inside them or at least that is what I read on the forum. It seems like with Glue, one has to keep reapplying it every week just like a Sally Hansen product. So, my questions is why do the professionals like using glues instead of a nail hardening product? Kalo
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Date Apr. 3 2014 18:55:23
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