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Originally Posted by neatomic
Here's a snippet of Clint teaching how to transcribe. It's not rockabilly but it's a valuable lesson, and his examples are jazzy.
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12-18-2017 10:18 PM
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Herco, heavy. You can use them like a flatpick, too. The mediums are too flexy
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i like the hercos too...they feel the most like a typical "celluloid style" pick..in old days i used national..whites..used to reshape the picking surface edges...very tight on thumb they are...hercos are comfy..and you can put'em back nearer the thumb joint (like i mentioned ^)
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Originally Posted by Kirk Garrett
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Originally Posted by Kirk Garrett
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
If I didn’t feel horribly limited with the flat pick I wouldn’t have explored other directions, and I’m glad I did!
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Don't forget Tommy Emmanuel. He has a few boom chick lessons on Truefire (I have the first one and can recommend it). There are also many videos of him explaining his style on YouTube.
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Here's Knopfler doing one of JJ's songs.
I found a copy of the whole CD as a YouTube video augmented with lots of photos. Made a separate thread of that, for fear of derailing this one any further!. (My apologies.)Last edited by MarkRhodes; 12-24-2017 at 03:03 PM.
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Company has left and at last I got a chance to record with the iphone. Just one chorus of a generic rockabilly backing (-only slower).
Sent this straight from the iPhone to YouTube without. Hence the absence of a title frame. Guitar's not plugged in. May monkey with the placement of the phone, but one has to start somewhere and "this must be the place." Be kind---it's the holiday season! ;o)
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nice..intro line based on the classic old blues -junco partner...performed by many..inc our louis jordan...but, here's nice version by bay area legend mike wilhelm...just about the best/most knowledgeable on the west coast for vintage authentic blues/folk picking
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
I wear my thumb pick low too, a bit close to the thumb joint.
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If I sit down to play dedicated Chet or Merle, I use a Fred Kelly thumb pick. If I'm working with a band, I use a Fender 358 heavy pick and use my fingers as needed. I've been doing it this way for so long that it's just part of my playing. I tried the James Burton thing with using a fingerpick on my middle finger but couldn't get used to it or would forget to put it on. I've always used the fleshy pad of my fingers - I don't like the feel (or sound) of using nails.
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Hey Phill Baugh is awesome, can't believe I never heard of him.
Maybe the way he practiced might have been the real key to his facility.
I don't think his choice of thumbpick had anything at all to do with it. But then I like practicing more than buying stuff.
D.
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I have enjoyed playing this style for many years...cant say that I do it great, but I get by. I used to play with herco but switched to Fred Kelly and use those for everything,,,guitar, steel, banjo...they really feel good to me. I might have overlooked it, but I didnt see Thom Bresh listed...Merle's son and a great entertainer. Merle's style was so influential and addictive to me...love it !
Last edited by pcpicker47; 02-25-2018 at 01:49 PM.
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Originally Posted by pcpicker47
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What I always found remarkable is that, unless I'm mistaken, Merle Travis played with his thumb and just one finger not fingers. The great Rev. Gary Davis did the same thing.
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Originally Posted by picodogg
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Merle Travis doing "Lost John". I love this song.
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that's cause merle had his right hand pinky looped through his bigsby vibrato arm!!!
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I just starting getting into this. This is a nice channel;
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thanks Stevebol for posting that...cool stuff !! I am going to work on those
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