Can you play Fingerstyle on a Dreadnought?

Dominic

Michael Watts SIr , lovely playing and touch ......I used to enjoy your NAG demos as much for the voiceover as the music .
You have a very soothing voice ........get up to speed with the Country World ....Whispering Bob Harris can't go on forever and I think you're just the chap for a seamless transition !

ToneControl

Dominic said:

ICBM said:

bertie said:

both my elbows are buggered,  its the right one that impacted body size "changes"  I snapped my biceps tendon off, had to have it re engineered and attached with a metal pin  - that severely impacted what was and wasnt comfortable.

My left elbow had a tendon debridement and repair - but hasnt affected me so much, oddly

I can understand that. I actually like the bigger body sizes because my right arm seems to naturally hang in the right place over the top when I'm playing sitting down, so I imagine if your elbow is causing trouble it could affect that. I also like the neck to be a bit higher up, which helps my left-arm position - a smaller guitar has the neck lower down because the body is narrower. I'm probably playing wrong, but I prefer to have the neck roughly horizontal, not angled up like a classical guitarist would - apart from when I'm trying to play a classical .

For what it's worth I also find Telecasters more comfortable than Strats to play sitting down! The squarer body edges make it stay put, whereas a Strat tends to try to slide downwards and outwards.

I know exactly what you mean ...........bizarrely it also about what trousers you are wearing !
Some have less friction resistance and the guitar slides away ( sweat pants are pretty awful for this but don't get me started on the Lycra ! )

I use those rubbery work mats

Lewy

Dominic said:

Michael Watts SIr , lovely playing and touch ......I used to enjoy your NAG demos as much for the voiceover as the music .
You have a very soothing voice ........get up to speed with the Country World ....Whispering Bob Harris can't go on forever and I think you're just the chap for a seamless transition !

Imagine a conversation between Michael Watts and Paul Davids. I can feel my blood pressure lowering just thinking about it......

prlgmnr

ToneControl said:

Dominic said:

ICBM said:

bertie said:

both my elbows are buggered,  its the right one that impacted body size "changes"  I snapped my biceps tendon off, had to have it re engineered and attached with a metal pin  - that severely impacted what was and wasnt comfortable.

My left elbow had a tendon debridement and repair - but hasnt affected me so much, oddly

I can understand that. I actually like the bigger body sizes because my right arm seems to naturally hang in the right place over the top when I'm playing sitting down, so I imagine if your elbow is causing trouble it could affect that. I also like the neck to be a bit higher up, which helps my left-arm position - a smaller guitar has the neck lower down because the body is narrower. I'm probably playing wrong, but I prefer to have the neck roughly horizontal, not angled up like a classical guitarist would - apart from when I'm trying to play a classical .

For what it's worth I also find Telecasters more comfortable than Strats to play sitting down! The squarer body edges make it stay put, whereas a Strat tends to try to slide downwards and outwards.

I know exactly what you mean ...........bizarrely it also about what trousers you are wearing !
Some have less friction resistance and the guitar slides away ( sweat pants are pretty awful for this but don't get me started on the Lycra ! )

I use those rubbery work mats

As trousers?

Tannin

No no Prigmnr, as underpants. Do try to keep up.

Jimbro66

Absolutely beautiful fingerstyle playing there from Michael Watts. It was clear to me though that the guitar came alive when being flat-picked. The dreadnought sounds absolutely monster in bluegrass bands.

I have a folk singer/guitarist mate who plays a Martin dreadnought and he's about 5'5" tall. He doesn't seem to have any difficulty with it at all and it sounds wonderful both finger-picked and strummed. As a finger-picker I've played guitars from 00 up to super-jumbo of various makes and qualities and find I'm most comfortable with an OM or LG2.

This comparison of Martin D18 and D28 by talented finger-picker Pauli Halme is interesting:

https://youtu.be/VN64NrWntXY