anybody play electric guitar w/o a pick?

[marnold***]

This guy has done just fine without a pick:


I was listening to some of his stuff more closely recently. I never really realized what a banjo-like quality his playing has to it. Part of it is from his picking technique, another part is from the hollow bridge-middle quack tone.

Since my hand injury, I can really only play with my thumb and pinky on my right hand. I can do some interesting hybrid double-stops but no real fingerstyle.

[birv2]

And there's Mark Knopfler with one of the great guitar solos of all time, with no pick:

[birv2]

And another one! Albert King and Gary Moore. Albert plays a few notes with those fingers, as opposed to Moore and his gazillion notes a second. Albert wins.

[Katastrophe]

Here's one, where he "palms" the pick and plays with the fingers. Listen to how those notes pop. I really dig this tune by Joe Bonamassa.


I like playing bluesy stuff without a pick. I have no technique at all, but it's fun.

[Spudman***]

Here's one, where he "palms" the pick and plays with the fingers. Listen to how those notes pop. I really dig this tune by Joe Bonamassa.

That smokes!