Topic: Fingerpick alternatives
I keep breaking my nails. I have tried the metal fingerpicks that slide over your fingertips and cannot stand them. Not only do they cut into my cuticles, but I can't feel the strings so I wind up picking wrong strings, or picking right strings too loud or too soft. They and me are not a good marriage.
I am not going to get Lee press-on nails.
So, I would like some suggestion for either fingerpicks with feel, or for how to keep my fingernails strong enough not to break so often. I don't need very long nails to play, but when I have to keep trimming back to the quick and growing them out it gets a bit frustrating.
I suppose I could learn to use a pick, but I like the fingerstyle. Flat-picking is in my future, but for now I'm enjoying learning the style. It's just keeping my nails and/or picks that's the trick.
Any help is appreciated.
- Zurf
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