pick or fingerstyle? i cant decide! - Page 4

Asa Samuel · #61 07-21-2007, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by smogg

Why would you show up to a gun fight with just a knife?

cause then yu can wimp out and say 'ok, this dont count cause i dont have a gun'

BassistforLife · #62 07-21-2007, 08:27 AM

I've been playing for over 25 years, always with my fingers. Picks were never hard enough to give me the oomph that my fingers could. Recently, after taking a couple of years off, I started playing again. I discovered thumb-picks. (Talk about a closed-mind) Thumb-picks allow me to go back and forth, even within the same song, and get just the sound that I need. I'm loving it. I can actually get a harder, dirtier sound with the thumb-pick than my fingers. All while not taking off the calouses that I spent years developing.

gabe_r169 · #63 07-21-2007, 07:33 PM

Use whatever is right for the song. Who the crap cares what some pretentious bozo thinks if he sees you using a pick?
Personally, about 70% of the time I play fingerstyle, but I have a few songs where I use distortion. With those, I use a pick to have a more defined attack, even through the grind. (I use a Metal Muff.) Whatever sounds right, is right.

Sneckumhaw · #64 07-23-2007, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smogg

Why would you show up to a gun fight with just a knife?

I don't think you should bring a knife at all, let alone just a knife. Wouldn't guns be the only weapons at a gun fight?

MammaryVest · #65 07-24-2007, 07:30 PM

He means that you would be stupid to bring a knife to a gunfight, because everyone else would shoot you. Just like it would be stupid to be an exclusive finger style player in a situation where you need to use a pick.
And if you think there is no such situation...I'm afraid you are wrong.

owensea777 · #66 07-24-2007, 08:00 PM

I use strictly fingestyle. I love the sound of it and it just feels more natural to me. My pick playing is sloppier and more inconsistent. My friend uses a pick because he plays metal and can play faster that way. I would never put him down for it though. I wish I could play with a pick because palm-muting seems easier that way, and I bet if I could pick fast enough I put together some nasty chord combonations.