How often do you cut your finger nails?

[Already In Use]

How funny! I use those nail blocks with various grit on each side. I also polish the nails so they look nice to folks watching them work. Rarely use clippers..always jacking up my finger tips up trying to cut the nail short.

[Russell L]

Well, I'm also a guitar player, so I like a little nail, but only about 1mm for bass playing. I shape them daily, looking for snags or bumps along the curve. I trim them about once every ten days, or so. I control the clack with my mids.

That's on my plucking hand. My fretting nails stay short.

[73maverick]

At least a couple of times a week ... I'm a cardiology nurse and haven't had "nails" since my wedding 14 years ago. Enough sharp objects and germ vectors to worry about already!

I've been playing bass 9 months and have really had to learn to protect my fingers from daily wear and tear, though. Gloves are my friend.

[Kmonk]

About once per week

[FretlessMainly]

Yes; zombie thread indeed. But there's still info to pass along. I play exclusively with fingers, but I use the portion about 1/4 - 1/2 inch from the nail (and I dig in hard for the most part). If I cut my nails too short, I find that there's not enough "counter" support for the flesh of my fingers and I develop blisters more readily. I never actually use the nail portion, but I generally leave it with some white showing to support the flesh of the fingertips I use.

[SquierJazz72]

Whenever they start extending beyond my finger tip. When playing guitar, I can't stand the feel of my nails digging into the neck. On bass, I don't like catching the strings when I don't mean to, and if I want a pick sound, I'll use a pick, so short they stay.

[msaone]

As often as I need to. Good to keep clippers in your case or bag.

[atomicdog]

Left hand, frequently. I grow out the nail on my right index finger to use as a sort of pick.

[PWRL]

I cut my fingernails fairly often for both bass playing and my work. I work with my hands, and having long fingernails becomes bothersome fast, so they never even approach an 1/8" in length, ever. I usually cut them once ever week or two.

[Johnny Crab]

Left hand: whenever I notice the 3rd finger getting "snagged" on a string when playing faster passages.
Right hand(picking hand): whenever the nails start hitting the strings. I usually cut at a slight angle so if I pluck with my hand parallel to the bass body, all finger and if I tilt my hand slightly...I get some nail-on-string pick-like sound.