Get Beautiful Tone with this Quick Trick!

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This is a very old trick of how you can shape your nails for fingerpicking and classical guitar when you just can't find the right shape or angle. It's something my first teacher showed me around 15 years ago, and I keep seeing this trick being used all around the world.
All you need is a few sandpapers or sanding sheets that you can put on the guitar strings while you are picking on them, then smoothen the corners and edges, make the surface mirror shiny with softer and softer sandpapers and you're ready to go :) This trick ALWAYS works for me!
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@aspiringnormie9499 4 месяца назад

Insanely talented. Clearly trained. Magnificent.

@harkoffsband 5 месяцев назад

My friend and guitarist Indyk Vladislav learned me to use this method (with attaching the sandpaper to the string ) of finding the right form of the nail couple years ago. When I found this angle and form I just use the HB Nail buffer. Okay, it was not couple years ago. II counted so it was 5 or 6 years ago.

@katanafourzeronine 5 месяцев назад

BeatrixManicure

@c4arschfisch51 3 месяца назад

Japp... i think Paco de Lucia did it this was too.. i try it and it helps to find the best spot to make a straight Line on the nail. It work super

@HESOMADBRO 3 месяца назад

Great tips, thanks a lot :) I use fine glass/buffer nail files instead of sanding paper, but it works great too. I have weirdly shaped fingernails and it's really tough to make every finger sound the same on every string so I do your routine on all of them, working myself up to those pesky wound E-A-D strings making sure they are not scratchy. Turns out what I thought was the ideal shape for me, wasn't quite perfect :D

@beatrixguitar 5 месяцев назад

I normally use at least 2 but preferably 3 different sandpapers each time I shape my nails, one of each of these: - 1x between 1500-2500 grid - 1x between 3000-5000 grid - 1x between 8000-12000 grid If this was helpful, consider supporting my work on Patreon! www.patreon.com/beatrixguitar

@ValentinKovshikMusic 5 месяцев назад

This is the micromesh grit system. For the sandpaper, an approximate conversion will be like this: 1500 ≈ 400 (USA) ≈ P800 (European) 1800 ≈ 600-800 (USA) ≈ P1200-P1500 (European) 3000 ≈ 1200 (USA) ≈ P2500 (European) Larger micromesh grits have no equivalent, maybe in US, you can find 1500 one. Personally, I use waterproof Klingspor PS 8A sandpaper sheets. P800, P1200, and P2500 for the final touch.

@ValentinKovshikMusic 5 месяцев назад

This is an absolute game-changer! I always spent so much time trying to make the nails smooth for playing. The plucking approach is much faster and much more reliable. So, thank you very much! However, I decided to wrap the sandpaper around the nail file's edge instead of the string to avoid getting all the dust inside the guitar.

@RockFahim007 5 месяцев назад

Beautifull

@brent_f 5 месяцев назад

I follow the same sandpaper sequence but finish with a “4 in 1” nail buffer, for the final polish. The one I use is the “Revlon Shape N Buff,” but other manufacturers make a similar product.

@jrsobrado 3 месяца назад

This is like the method of nail filing Sakari Heikkila mentioned in his book...

@viarnay 18 дней назад

Use wet sand paper with a lot of cold water and you will get a cristal polished nails..

@rgkafk5djsk291 5 месяцев назад

Anyone else fallin in love with Betty ?

@medmen1230 5 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@HandyL 5 месяцев назад

Huh? Very interesting. Never seen that before but it makes so much sense.

@GuitarBySamMartinez 5 месяцев назад

What did the string say to the nail.........Don't pick on me....Seriously, thank you for you advise.

@RichardGutierrezRG 5 месяцев назад

Great tips, one of the biggest tricks I've used since coming back to the classical guitar is when I bought a cheap set of jewelers loops from Harbour Freight. They've about $7 US. When you find the right magnification loop for you, you will see how unclean and how imperfectly many players think is well filed or sanded. Using a loop, you can cut so much filing and sanding time from your prep. Hope people will try it, it's amazing what and how your nail grows...

@EJej-z5g 5 месяцев назад

Did you know that you can also sand the STRINGS (nylon bottoms, not wound ones). Strings aren't slippery anymore, completely different feel, you play more with fignertips/flesh not so much nail. For nails, I think a good diamond nail file is enough if you know what you're doing.

@timwhite7127 5 месяцев назад

With my playing ability I might as well use a 4 inch DeWalt grinder...

@dominikprauseguitar 5 месяцев назад

After my gel nails broke off, and my normal nails rolled/flipped backwards during daily life activity e.g. soft scratching, because they were too long (and they were really short already) I have enough. No nails for me anymore.

@gjoseph1628 5 месяцев назад

Interesting. But one may question the durability of the result. Some guitar players coat their nails with nail polish to protect the nails from frequent aggressive hard-hitting the strings.

@beatrixguitar 5 месяцев назад

I have gel nails, very strong ones, it’s never been an issue 😁

@libertypastor1307 4 месяца назад

Off topic, but do you compose music? Have you written any melodies for classical guitar?

@cswalder7675 5 месяцев назад

Sorry if you've gone over this one or more times but what guitars do you primarily use?

@riskerin 5 месяцев назад

Do they measure grit differently in Europe than in the US? The finest grit I’ve ever used for myself is 500 that I get from GSP

@Kiaulen 5 месяцев назад

Based purely on visual, I don't think so. You can definitely get 2k+ stateside. I wouldn't want to use lower grits like 220, it'd take too much off too quickly

@oromani1842 5 месяцев назад

Look in hobby shops. They have it there

@DanDoroshDetroitMusic 5 месяцев назад

I'm in the states and buy this exact product in the same grits. I get them from a company called strings by mail. The product is called micro mesh and the grits are as she mentioned.

@ValentinKovshikMusic 5 месяцев назад

That is the micromesh system, the sandpaper has different system

@puddle5 5 месяцев назад

Is it wrong to pluck the strings with your fingertips instead of your nails? I have such fat flabby fingertip pads and poor dexterity. My nails are short and I seem to be unable to play with my nails when they are long.

@beatrixguitar 5 месяцев назад

It’s okay Emma, it’s only a matter of playing style. Brandon Acker talks a lot about playing without nails, he even made a course for people who played with no nails. I just teach this style because this is what I got used to and learned to control the best. Don’t worry about it 😊

@DonnySath 4 месяца назад

My nails curves down like eagle beak as they grow out.

@angelaskipping3110 2 месяца назад

What a great tip. Than you so much.❤

@Rookblunder 5 месяцев назад

When installing the sandpaper on the string which piece should we play ? 🤔 I usually start with the diamond nail file and I just recently bought a 3000 grit circular sand paper to finish off.