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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:40 pm
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I was just wondering how many of you pick with this style.
I use a 0.53 Brain pick and my three remaining fingers sort of like Danny Gatton. I have to add sort of like him. And if you do what style of music do you incorporate it in. My style is a cross between blues-jazz-bluegrass-country. But heck there is a lot of guys that throw it in like John5 and even john pettrucci. :D


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Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:08 am
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I do the same, but it's pretty intuitive.. I used to play a little of classic guitar before playing electric, so I think it comes from there. I would often play electric only with my fingers for a period, then go back to a flatpick. Depends on the nails too :)

For flatpick I like those small and hard tear-drop shaped celluloid ones.


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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:32 am
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Lago, Ive never been able to to use a heavy pick pretty. intuitive for me also i can't believe more don't use this technique, arpeggios and string skipping are so much easier this way.


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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 9:47 pm
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I have been using the 1mm pitch black dunlop lately, but alternate between that and the dunlop tortex jazz III. I mostly play country with this style of picking, but have been getting into more Greg Howe and Brett Garsed lately so fusion is getting a lot of attention.


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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:12 am
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I don't know why, but I automatically incorporated hybrid picking early on in my guitar playing. I primarily use it for blues/jazz-influenced guitar work. I just love the sound I get from using my fingers!


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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:30 pm
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I do it too, it's by instinct, not thought out, though. Anything country, rockabilly, rocknroll - I just can't stop myself!


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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:26 pm
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I've ben playing for 38 years .I have lots of chops and can get around the neck pretty well with a pick.I love the sound of hybred picking but It just never seemed to work for me.After years of half hearted atempts it just started to work for me and it just feels so nice to play this way.I'm still alot faster with a pick but there's somthing so organic about using your fingers and a pick.


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YpsiTim wrote:
Lago, Ive never been able to to use a heavy pick pretty. intuitive for me also i can't believe more don't use this technique, arpeggios and string skipping are so much easier this way.


I feel that the small and hard celluloid picks just hmm.. "glide" better on the strings, I'd say. Seems faster for alternate picking. I started using them after noticing that that was what Roy Buchanan used.

Also, to me, makes more sense to use your fingers and pick at the same time than just the pick, saves pick-motion effort.


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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 6:17 pm
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I use a hybrid, typically also with a very light pick. I started with folkie type music when I was learning on my own, but soon found that my finger picking was "non-standard." I was just playing for my own benefit, so no big deal.

But then, when I started lessons, the teacher was mostly showing me standards, orchestral playing style, etc. ... that is, flat picking. For a while, I'd keep the two styles separate. If I was playing rock or whatever, I'd finger it; in lessons (say playing melody on a standard), I'd use the pick.

Nowadays, I use both usually in combination though if I'm doing something of a traditional jazz nature, I tend to only pick and if I'm doing something more blues/rural/county, I use fingers only. In straight rock (whatever that means), I mostly use the pick.


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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:50 pm
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I do but I use a style more similar to Joe Bonamassa, with alot of John Mayer and some Derek Trucks thrown in there. Its not what one would consider country chicken picking.


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I'm trying to use it more, especially after seeing Holger Bogen's working man blues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIMIGR4j78Y

no way I can play that, but it still inspires me.


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