Members Jessz1 Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 damn... I must cut off my fingers cause they lay limp as I flail around with a plectrum.... I must learn fingerstyle and be adept at it!!!! New resolution... make myself play with my fingers... throw the picks away!! Do it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Members Highway_61 Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Jessz1 damn... I must cut off my fingers cause they lay limp as I flail around with a plectrum.... I must learn fingerstyle and be adept at it!!!! New resolution... make myself play with my fingers... throw the picks away!! Do it now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure: Was yours a Kottke reference?
Members knockwood Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 I kind of fell into fingerstyle because of my crappy building. Paper-thin walls and bitchy neighbors... Fingers are quieter. Except lately I'm feeling deficient in that I should be comfortable with picks, too. So I'm trying to play with a pick now and then. Fu*k the neighbors. What was my point? Oh yes. I am fond of licorice.
Members tonedrops Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 The guitar is a very personal thing with me. Bare fingers on the strings is all I know how to do.
Members Jessz1 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Members Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Highway_61 I'm not sure: Was yours a Kottke reference? yes, I picked up 6 and 12 string guitar and also, one guitar no voice. Damn... the man has skills....
Members JasmineTea Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 Ah, yer all nuts. I use the clawhammer, sometimes a crowbar for a different tone. But I do fingersyle too. Usualy for a few months and then get into something els. Mostly I play with a Fender medium.
Members JasmineTea Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Jessz1 one guitar no voice. Damn... the man has skills.... That IS agood one. I enjoy it.
Members suprswd Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 guitars were meant to be played via fingerstyle.
Members kwakatak Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 After seeing Tommy Emmanuel live I've taken to beating on my guitar like a drum. Believe me, like excessively low humidity it can take it and any marks just add character IMO. As for the strings, fingers with just a little bit of nail or a medium-strength nylon pick is all I'll take to them. I save all other picks for playing on "the dark side".
Members Freeman Keller Posted March 22, 2006 Members Posted March 22, 2006 Originally posted by Highway_61 I'm not sure: Was yours a Kottke reference? fwiw - when Kottke recorded Busted Bicycle I think he was still using picks but he later gave them up because of tendonitis or something. And believe it or not, Busted Bicycle is one of the "easier" Kottke tunes - it is played in open C and is very similar to Fahey's Sunflower River Waltz. It sounds pretty darn good on a 6 string and just roars on the 12
Members Jessz1 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Members Posted March 22, 2006 Yeah that one isn't incredibly hard but it just jams!! I believe he was using a thumbpick back then. He aquired carpel tunnel from the position he had to hold his hand in. Good record.
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