Anyone here play Chet Atkins?

[IMOCD]

Nope, not I. In fact my finger picking is pretty woeful really.

You selling the Gretsch? How come?

[StrummersOfThunder]

I love his mr sandman
Learnt it years ago when I had a Gretsch

[telefiend]

Little bit! Try Jam Man if you haven't already - easy enough Chet song.

[telefiend]

Little bit! Try Jam Man if you haven't already - easy enough Chet song.

Is that the bluesy one with all the bends???

Nah I think it was in car commercials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad6CHpiU6IU

[Cdog]

Cool... ima try learn mr sandman. Need a better thumb pick tho. I have a planetwaves and it's nasty. Any recommendations?

[Cdog]

Gah! My thumbpick is only good for downstrokes... is that normal? Watched a couple youtoobs... and I suspect they only downstroke the bass notes in Travis picking? The plectrum in me rebels against this.

Is there a thumbpick designed for alterate directions? Or should I just man up?

[k1w1]

Gah! My thumbpick is only good for downstrokes... is that normal? Watched a couple youtoobs... and I suspect they only downstroke the bass notes in Travis picking? The plectrum in me rebels against this.

Is there a thumbpick designed for alterate directions? Or should I just man up?

I have used Dunlop, Planet Waves, Acri pro and many others over the years. Currently running Fred Kelly Bumblebees, you can up pick very easy, just grab like a flatpick.

https://www.amazon.com/Fred-Kelly-Picks ... 145&sr=8-1

[jeremyb]

Gah! My thumbpick is only good for downstrokes... is that normal? Watched a couple youtoobs... and I suspect they only downstroke the bass notes in Travis picking? The plectrum in me rebels against this.

Is there a thumbpick designed for alterate directions? Or should I just man up?

I have used Dunlop, Planet Waves, Acri pro and many others over the years. Currently running Fred Kelly Bumblebees, you can up pick very easy, just grab like a flatpick.

https://www.amazon.com/Fred-Kelly-Picks ... 17&sr=8-12#

Those look a lot like the pick clip: https://guitarpedalshoppe.com/index.php ... -Pick-Clip

[k1w1]

Gah! My thumbpick is only good for downstrokes... is that normal? Watched a couple youtoobs... and I suspect they only downstroke the bass notes in Travis picking? The plectrum in me rebels against this.

Is there a thumbpick designed for alterate directions? Or should I just man up?

I have a few spares on the Bummblees, if you want I could post one for you to try.

[codedog]

Gah! My thumbpick is only good for downstrokes... is that normal? Watched a couple youtoobs... and I suspect they only downstroke the bass notes in Travis picking? The plectrum in me rebels against this.

Is there a thumbpick designed for alterate directions? Or should I just man up?

I have a few spares on the Bummblees, if you want I could post one for you to try.

I have offered him a small range of thumbpicks, including bumblebees And we're both in Christchurch too!

[Cdog]

Legends ! Thanks for the offers guys.
I'd like to take up codedog's kind offer some time in the near future.