Beauty and guitar playing might not be things you think of going hand in hand. Just take a look at any hard rock guitar player and I’m sure beauty or personal hygine aren’t two things that pop into your mind. How ever they likely do pay specific attention to their finger nails and how they take care of them. Why? Well many guitar players use their fingers nails to pick with and if they aren’t strong enough or break they need to be able to care for them so their playing doesn’t suffer.
I read a post today at gutiarlicksandtips.com about nail care products. I was surprised by what some of it said. Something that stood out for me was the mention of using acrylic nails as a guitar player. Personally it’s never been something I’ve thought of, but then again I use a pick 90% of the time. How ever I can see how they would work, and likely not break very often.
The products I was more familiar with were nail hardener, which is sort of like nail polish but not exactly. It’s used ot harden and toughen up your nails. Also crazy glue, which I have used to piece a broken nail back together.
I wouldn’t get too carried away with using products on your fingers but it is something to keep in mind. It’s one of those little guitar tricks you can keep in the back of your mind so that if you did crack a nail, rip it or feel your nails just aren’t strong enough you’d know what to do.
Here’s the post on nail care products I read earlier today.