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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/no-no-my-nail/paged/2/#post-97878</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Haha, Illicit... Good tip, and somehow I know I won&#039;t follow it...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Haha, Illicit... Good tip, and somehow I know I won't follow it...]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Jonsi</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/no-no-my-nail/paged/2/#post-97874</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ok, maybe I&#039;ll play without nails for a while (like I have a choice) and see what&#039;ll happen. Do you know if there are ways to stimulate growth of calluses (other than playing)?

Perhaps you ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, maybe I'll play without nails for a while (like I have a choice) and see what'll happen. Do you know if there are ways to stimulate growth of calluses (other than playing)?

Perhaps you could borrow a steel string guitar from somebody, and play on that for a while. The rough windings on the strings would definately stimulate calluses on the picking hand, just as they do on the fretting hand.

Actually, peeing on your fingers will make them build callouses faster. It's an old trick jazz bassists used to do. I also think Chris Novoselic of Nirvana sweared by it religiously.<br><br><br>Anyway.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Illicit</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[xg5a: Good idea! I actually have e steel stringed one, that I never use. But maybe I should try it for a while!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[xg5a: Good idea! I actually have e steel stringed one, that I never use. But maybe I should try it for a while!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Jonsi</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/no-no-my-nail/paged/2/#post-97806</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ok, maybe I&#039;ll play without nails for a while (like I have a choice) and see what&#039;ll happen. Do you know if there are ways to stimulate growth of calluses (other than playing)?

Perhaps you ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok, maybe I'll play without nails for a while (like I have a choice) and see what'll happen. Do you know if there are ways to stimulate growth of calluses (other than playing)?

Perhaps you could borrow a steel string guitar from somebody, and play on that for a while. The rough windings on the strings would definately stimulate calluses on the picking hand, just as they do on the fretting hand.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>xg5a</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/no-no-my-nail/paged/2/#post-97689</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2005 02:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[A few days before a gig, I did something stupid and lost the nail of my right ring finger. About a third of the songlist required fingerpicking style including some classical pieces. There w...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[A few days before a gig, I did something stupid and lost the nail of my right ring finger. About a third of the songlist required fingerpicking style including some classical pieces. There was not enough nail left to do anything so I tried to ignore all embarrassment and forced myself to go the local nail tech at the shopping mall. It cost me a few bucks for a new nail but that nail lasted for about 6 weeks before the natural nail was long enough to survive by itself. <br><br>I was really expecting to lose the fake nail on the night but surprisingly, it worked very well and was very strong. It was embarrassing to go there but when I explained that I needed the nail for guitar playing I actually got another gig out of it for a party they were arranging for one of their people.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>ElijahBaley</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2005 21:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thanks, John]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks, <br>John]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>300m</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/no-no-my-nail/paged/2/#post-97642</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2005 19:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[300 m, good question. It depends on how much you use them - if you play it stimulates them to grow faster.Say a month (for the thumb and the ringfinger, the other two will be long enough in ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[300 m, good question. It depends on how much you use them - if you play it stimulates them to grow faster.<br><br>Say a month (for the thumb and the ringfinger, the other two will be long enough in shorter time), give or take a couple of weeks.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Jonsi</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/no-no-my-nail/#post-97606</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2005 16:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[jonsi, that is a bummer dude!  I have been considering trying my nails, how long do you have to let them grow?]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[jonsi, that is a bummer dude!  I have been considering trying my nails, how long do you have to let them grow?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>300m</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Yoyo: It&#039;s not funny!Hummerlein: And it&#039;s boring to play without nails too! It&#039;s so hard to play fast! Tremolos is impossible to play good!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yoyo: It's not funny!<br><br>Hummerlein: And it's boring to play without nails too! It's so hard to play fast! Tremolos is impossible to play good!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/">Guitar Players Discussion</category>                        <dc:creator>Jonsi</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: No! NO! My nail!</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/no-no-my-nail/#post-97535</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2005 04:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[As a classical guitarist who has played with nails and without, I wouldn&#039;t recommend playing with just the flesh.  The sound is much much duller and worse.  Nails produce much better tone.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[As a classical guitarist who has played with nails and without, I wouldn't recommend playing with just the flesh.  The sound is much much duller and worse.  Nails produce much better tone.]]></content:encoded>
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