OK, I was visiting Charlottesville last night and managed to catch a two-man bluegrass/blues act called the Banty Roosters. Anywho...the guitar player had cut up ping pong balls and crazy-glued them to his fingernails to use as picks...it was friggin crazy! Anyone ever heard of this technique (or anything similar)?
"All of us contain Music & Truth, but most of us can't get it out." - Mark Twain
A fingerpicker named John Renbourn uses ping pong balls also.
"He grows his normal nails out substantially, but doesn't pick with them. He glues contoured pieces of ping-pong balls to the underside of the natural nails. This gives him consistent tone from one finger to the next, and the nails' support behind the ping-pong balls as he picks. John is also very careful with his hands in everyday life; something all fingerpickers should be aware of. "
Ping Pong Fingernails
Posted - 01/29/2003 : 10:56:59 PM
