archtop players post your nails

[thetrooper9]

I hybrid pick and I cant seem to get my fingernails right. i want to be able to quickly arpeggate chords. My nails are either too short and i end up using my finger tip or too long so that they catch the string and slow me down.

can someone post a pic so i can see what i need to do with my nails?

[1001gear]

While you await the nail porn, I have an Epi nylon that spent a couple years on a long time ago. What I discovered is that for most mortal picking, the nails don't have to be long at all. Most of the nail tone can be produced from a rest stroke just grazing the string as it snaps by. I can see your issues are with sustaining arpeggios vs breakage though. (?)
A buddy from the old days solved this with ceramic extensions from a salon. This only just worked for classical. Another bud just uses Alaska picks.

[thetrooper9]

yeah i would be fine with nylon strings but im using 11 gauge flatwounds.

[Stackabones]

I hybrid pick and don't worry about nails at all.

[Santuzzo]

I never used nails for picking on my jazz guitar. I don't hybrid pick that often, but for comping I do use my fingers more often than the pick.
I think I prefer the sound this way rather than the sound of picking with nails.

[Virgman]

I hybrid pick and don't worry about nails at all.

Me neither.

Keeping nails perfect is too much trouble.