bvstudios wrote:So is anyone but me having a devil of a time with Roger's picking style??? I flat-picked my various accoustic 12strings for nearly 40 years, but with my new 370/12 I thought I would at least attempt to learn the style with the flatpick and the two metal fingerpicks... (pictures helped. Thanks to jimk) But after many hours of trying, it isn't coming together for me... Oddly, a thumbpick makes a whole lot of difference, and I am progressing that way, but the idea of constraining the index finger seems completely foreign to my brain and it's driving me nuts.
Am I the only one?
I was watching the McGuinn video last night, and I seem to remember that he briefly mentioned that he originally used a thumbpick along with finger picks, but eventually changed. Not sure when he switched, though.
Looking closely at the video, it looks like a lot of the time he's flatpicking, then adds the fingerpicks when he wants embellishment, like on the "Eight Miles High" solo.
