It's always a process. I know what you mean about little bits (cries at the thought of all the ones scattered about here, lol). I did get strings, got them on, busted the brand new low E string when tuning (never did that before in my life), so that was interesting watching it curl, lol. I put another one on and it was fine. Maybe it had a defect, I'm not sure.
Long nails don't work so well with playing. I forgot, so had to stop and chop short four claws. 🤪
Sucks about the string, hope you upload some recordings sometime!
I had an extra string, so it was okay. I'll have to practice a heck of a lot more to do a recording, although I do have a cam now, so I better get the fingers going. 🤪