I've been experimenting with this weird fingerpicking thing my friend and I have always done. We use nothing but both E strings and just kind of jam away. The fat E is kind of a bassey thing and the little E serves as a melody machine. It only works clean and does well with reverb. Getting down to business, how we do things when we do is by using the thumb to strike the fat E in a downward motion, then using the index in an upward motion to strike the little E. It's almost like playing bass, only it isn't playing bass. It gives a nice spacey/ambient/calming/melodic sound when done correctly. Granted, it has its limitations, but it's a very fun and simple playing style that most people can adapt to. I don't have any recordings of it, but it's on my list.

Enjoy and experiment.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

It's a good reason to crank reverb.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

WOW You're a genius Buxom. You've invented fingerpicking.

I'm not even going to give you the long, thought out, response I had for yet another one of your sarcastic remarks. Here's a kitten.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Or Carl Perkins or Keith Richards or Angus & Malcom Young or Eric Clapton or Chet Atkins or George Harrison or John Lennon or...

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

I dono, but usually people think it's lame outside of my circle of friends. We didn't really think it was conventional fingerpicking, considering it sounds terrible sped up.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

I did it. Cool

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