|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Do longer finger nails make pizz. sound different?
I've grown my nails slightly because I need to play guitar at work (I teach music to classes of adolescents). The nails are not good for bass guitar playing, but I really like the sound I get with pizz. on the big fiddle. The nails aren't actually brushing the strings but, somehow, they seem to give a bit more attack to the sound. They give a sort of NHOP sound and I like it. Any thoughts?
Last edited by Richard Prowse; 08-28-2009 at 05:05 PM. |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
you now have a new unique selling proposition
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
what? I should sell my fingernails?
|
#4
|
||||
|
||||
i think that fingernails always get in the way on the bass. they have their place: on classical guitars and chalkboards!
__________________
music is taste - aesthetics -not esthetics. http://www.reverbnation.com/tomassbouda |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
When I mentioned finger nails, I didn't really mean ones long enought to play classical guitar - I was more thinking of finger reinforcement. There's a length that seems to make your finger tips a little more rigid (no pun on my Christian name intended). |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
i'm still not sure about finger re-enforcement. i mean, pizz should be played more with the entire finger - not just the tip. that's how ray brown got his massive sound out. finger tips are too weak on their own and i don't think that any nail length will fix that problem. still, its my opinion that fingernails of all lengths get in the way. i keep mine as short as possible at all times!
__________________
music is taste - aesthetics -not esthetics. http://www.reverbnation.com/tomassbouda |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|