Fell in love with clawhammer. Bought a nice Gold Tone banjo. Bought a good case. Only thing I couldn't buy was fingernails!
I decided to grow some, but I have never had fingernails in my entire lifetime. I have chewed them down so long (since I was a kid), I wasn't sure if I could grow any. But grow they have, and they seem strong, and make my banjo sound great.
Problem is they drive me crazy. I'm not used to having any, and they feel weird! They are handy for picking my guitar picks up off the floor, but they have messed up my finger picking guitar technique, which I had developed over the years, with bare, bald fingertips.
Oh well, I guess it's good to give an old man new problems to solve. May be all that's keeping me going.
Gene Warner
repairman