Fine time I picked up a guitar was an old Spanish guitar that my Dad had bought on a whim. Didn't even know that picks even existed, but managed to pick out a few Shadows numbers. Once I realised that most players used picks, I started using one and got on fine with single notes. However I could never get the same finesse with strumming that I could with my fingers. For ages I used a pick for licks etc, but palmed it for strumming. In the end I ditched the pick altogether and really, I should have got rid of it much earlier than I actually did.
I play guitar because I enjoy it rather than because I’m any good at it
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I tried but it doesn't feel natural, I can play any style including metal and people always give me a puzzled look when using my fingers.
Initially I started out using picks but used to lose them, however the main reason was when I started my first electric was an encore strat, as a rank amature I only ever used the bridge pickup and didn't even consider tone controls or other pickups and it sounded so shrill, I found using my fingers make it sound abetter, I started to learn properly but stuck with fingers, plus I saw them as a ball ache, as most people struggle to play without one and Im to forgetful to always have a pick on me.
Fast forward 10 years, now i'm trying to play bluegrass and finger-style has gone straight out the window!
These days it's probably mostly because I play a lot on the sofa...
I'm equally happy with pick or fingers these days - if I'm gigging then I'll use a pick where it suits the material, and fingers where that's more appropriate. I've never got my head around hybrid picking tho.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
And I can play with pick, which is probably how I play maybe 60-70% of the time. And I'm decent enough, although though there's still work to do, with a pick.
But thing I can't do, and really wish I could, is hybrid. There's lots of music I like that would benefit from it. But, the angle my fingers pluck at when playing fingers only, and the angle that works with a pick, is different enough that I can't really do it. At some point, I really need to learn.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself