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Right Hand Technique
Posted: 3 May 2004 12:05 am
by Martin Schmidt
I wonder, if I´m the only guy, who plays with a flatpick and two fingers (no fingerpicks). Are there any other guys, who play that way and what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of that style?
Posted: 3 May 2004 12:44 am
by Larry Robbins
Didnt' Tut Taylor play with a flatpick?
Posted: 3 May 2004 3:43 am
by nick allen
I believe James Burton plays dobro with a flatpick and one fingerpick on his middle finger (same way he playes regular guitar).
I think Junior Brown plays his GuitSteel with flatpick and fingers (or fingerpicks?).
And yes, Tut Taylor definitely plays dobro with a flatpick.
Nick
Posted: 3 May 2004 4:29 am
by Kevin Ruddell
I thought I remember reading somewhere that Freddie Roulette and Jimmy Rivers play with their fingers/no picks <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Kevin Ruddell on 03 May 2004 at 07:56 AM.]</p></FONT>
Posted: 3 May 2004 5:14 am
by Andy Zynda
You sir, are not alone. Per Danny Gatton's blazing telecaster technique, I also play wiht a flatpick, and my middle & ring fingernails. Allows for unparalleled speed.
I use this technique on electric/acoustic guitar, banjo, and steel. (My nails cant take the damage, so I get acrilyc extensions, and some funny looks from people...)
-andy-
Posted: 3 May 2004 11:39 am
by Bob Stone
Junior Brown!
Posted: 5 May 2004 9:45 am
by Mark van Allen
Years ago in South Carolina, I had just gotten a nice push-pull and a Webb amp, and I was playing at a festival with my shiny new stuff and saw a fellow in bib overalls, barefoot, playing a Maverick with a flatpick and just
tearing it up. That was one of many incidents that made me realize "it ain't about the gear"...
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