Articles:
Alternating Between Nail and Flesh: Is it Possible? (Soundboard, March 2026)
Historical Evidence for Using the Right Hand Little Finger
A very brief history of no-nail guitar
John Roberts’ Guitar Travels: A Selection (Roberts was a life-long no-nailer and Guitar Travels is an account of his time on Emilio Pujol’s annual courses; the nail issue is mentioned often)
Papers:
Forthcoming: An Alternative History of Guitar Playing: No-Nail Players in the Twentieth Century [Abstract]
GFA Symposium, Denver, June 2026
Pulp Friction: Discussions and Controversies Surrounding No-Nail Technique
IGRC Conference, Surrey, March 2026
‘The Number of Fools is Infinite!’ The Nail Question in the Nineteenth Century [Abstract]
19th Century Guitar Symposium, Innsbruck, January 2026
An Alternative History of Guitar Playing: No-Nail Players in the Twentieth Century [Abstract]
IGRC Conference, Festival Homenaje, Padua, September 2025
No-Nail Guitar 
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