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Vladimir Offline




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Posted: April 11 2002, 07:43

Long nail on the Mike's left hand thumb - what for?
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Posted: April 11 2002, 07:53

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Vladimir Offline




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Posted: April 11 2002, 08:07

But how?
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Posted: April 11 2002, 15:04

i *think* it allows faster and smoother guitar playing when he can play a string with a nail rather than having to press his fingers down...ever see Serpent Dream live? he played like 8 notes a second and I don't think that it would have otherwise been possible had he not had long nails...

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Posted: April 11 2002, 18:19

I suppose there are several possibilities...

One is that it is musically useful. I can't see any real use for it when playing guitar (unlike those on the right hand), but at the same time, it won't be getting in the way of his playing like long nails on the rest of the fingers would. It would, however, be quite useful for playing an instrument like the harp, where both hands are plucking the strings.

Another is that it might have come about because he never got around to cutting that nail (that might sound a bit strange, but it's possible...believe me wink ) and then found he quite liked it (I'm sure people can all imagine non-musical uses for long fingernails...folding paper would be one, you can have fun thinking of the rest...).

Or it might be a completely different reason...
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Posted: April 12 2002, 02:02

Nails on the left hand would be useful when you do the slide...
At least playing the acoustic guitar.

And I think that long nail on the left hand thumb is useless in this case.
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Posted: May 31 2002, 05:18

My brother has long guitar nails. They are useful for him when I annoy him, but they're evil for me!

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Posted: July 06 2002, 07:11

you're right raven4x4x, i do have very long nails. and i do annoy you with them.

they are used for playing with. plucking the string with the nail produces a louder and more vibrant sound than plucking with the finger itself. i play guitar, but i can't play at the moment because i have a brused nail. thats one of the downsides of having nails so long. another is endless amounts of people saying "wow, you have long nails"


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