“It’s a little bit softer and you get a different attack”: Matteo Mancuso took the guitar world by storm with his otherworldly playing style – now he’s revealed the secret to his flawless fingerpicking tone: fake nails

Matteo Mancuso.

Matteo Mancuso’s electric guitar playing style is, by and large, defined by two traits: an otherworldly level of technicality and a pristine fingerpicking tone that oozes clarity and precision.

There is, of course, more to the young Sicilian’s playing – don’t even get us started on his elite phrasing – but it’s that borderline-incomprehensible level of effortlessness and flawless fingerstyle tone that first attracted plaudits from the likes of Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa and Al Di Meola.