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Carroll Hale
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EastTexas, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2008 10:35 am |
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I played reg 6 string guitar for many years with a flat pick. When I go my resonator, I was forced to use thumb/finger picks because..."I thought this was the way everybody does it"...........I have found now that I can use a flat pick (thumb/index) and use a finger pick on ring finger. This combination has worked for me and gives me the best sound and is easier for me to do......DOES ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE DO THIS.......or am I the only fool????.......can someone point out reasons to not use this....any suggestions on practice to help me with just using the thumb/finger picks.....also, sometimes I do not use picks at all......just thumb and naked fingers....any reason why this will not work...other than the "quietness" of it.....ok if I amp the dobro...also learning C6 tuning/playing on an old silvertone electric/acoustic that has been modified with a raised nut......
any help from any of the many wonderful experts
out there on SGF
ch |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2008 11:47 am
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2008 12:13 pm
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| dont understand.....junior brown...not sure who he is........only been around a few months.....explain or let me know how to locate him.....thanks.. |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2008 7:06 pm
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Tut Taylor plays resophonic square neck using a flat pick. He has two or three albums, which are still available.
Also, I personally watched a young Curly Chalker play a double 8 fender steel using only a flat pick and his bare fingers, and a borrowed bar from the drummer (who was learning to play steel). Curly said he had partied too much the night before and lost his some of his stuff which included picks and bar.
Do what works for you.
Thanx,
Jim |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado/ Lives in Arizona
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Posted 17 Jan 2008 3:56 am
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Dick Meis also plays with a flat pick and two finger pics. Mostly a pedal player but his rots are firmly in non-pedal.
Here is a youtube video:
Red Sails in the Sunset
Here is his web site. There is a nice article about him there. |
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Ali Lexa
From:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2008 5:29 am
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I recently saw a new 'alt rock' group on the Carson Daly show (sorry I don't remember the name of the group), and they had a guy playing lap steel with only a flat pick. He was mostly strumming it autoharp style, but also did some single note picking. I've seen a couple of other new bands with lap steel players doing the same. He had a lot of distortion and effects running too. If I recall the name, or find a youtube clip I'll add it here.
But the bottom line, like Jim wrote above is, "Do what works for you"! 
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2008 5:56 am
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thanks fellows....
for the good advice......I just love steel guitar...man, what fun.....a 60 yr old(dog)... learning some new tricks...(and they said it couldnt be done..... 
yall have a nice day..
bud |
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Gary Lynch
From:
Creston, California, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2008 7:18 am
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can someone point out reasons to not use this
Don't ever let anyone tell you not to play a certain way or use a certain method, especially if you invented it. The reason all this has come to be is because of invention and creativity. The studios have at times become so formulated it makes you shake your head.
Shake it up! Go for it!
Check Junior Brown out on Youtube. He's a wild man with a trainloud of energy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQWPeCDTiUA |
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Mark Mansueto
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2008 7:50 am
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Just as with a standard 6 string guitar your playing style will dictate what you use in most cases.
Kelly Joe Phelps is another example of someone that uses bare fingers for his acoustic fingerpicking. David Gilmour is an example of someone that uses a flat pick for rock.
I was a standard guitar player before playing lap guitar and I switched from flat to thumb and 2 finger picks for playing steel. There are times when I play with bare fingers but I prefer the volume and attack that I get with the picks. I've tried the flat pick with the finger picks but it felt a bit akward to me but maybe I didn't give it enough time so I'll have to revisit that. I have to admit that I do prefer strumming with a flat pick.
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Don Barnhardt
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2008 4:27 pm
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| I recommend you keep practicing with the thumb and finger picks. If and when you get used to them I think you'll find them more versatile. In the meantime keep using the flat pick. Alot oldtimers did and sounded pretty good. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2008 4:41 pm
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Carroll,Every one has an opinion on picks,blocking,the correct way to hold a bar,the BEST picks,the BEST bar,the BEST strings,the BEST guitar,etc,I thing what works BEST for each individual is BEST.DYKBC.
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nick allen
From:
France
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Posted 18 Jan 2008 5:59 am
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James Burton I believe also plays dobro (as well as regular guitar) with a flatpick plus fingerpick on his middle finger.
Nick |
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2008 7:45 am
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hey........guess I could do worse for a role model...james burton is no slouch.....
maybe if I live to be 100...and get lots of practice, I could play 1/2 as good as him.... |
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