Guitar Pick or Finger Pick

deicer · Post by **deicer** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:51 pm

Ok - I just cannot figure out if Dave, in the Dave and Tim performace of 3/28/2003 (the DVD), if he is using a guitar pick or he is finger picking while playing The Stone. Does Dave play most of the time with or without a pick, or does it depend on th song?

I am trying to learn the stone...but it looks like I just need to figure out the muting of the strings. Dave looks so fluent and effortless when he plays...wow.

Thanks everyone, this forum is amazing.

--Dave J.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:09 am

Well, Dave does use a pick, it's very hard to play it without a pick and make it sound right, it took me 2 months to get it. Tim, on the otherhand, was most likley not using a pick, he only uses one when he is rapidly alternate picking, like in Stream.

whip3512 · Post by **whip3512** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:19 am

Dave almost always uses a pick. I can play The Stone without, but it sounds like ass if I don't use a pick. There are a few songs he fingerpicks on though. Baby, Oh, Some Devil, Christmas Song are some. Just practice man, you'll get it. If I can learn that song, then anybody can.

dmb_tatertot · Post by **dmb_tatertot** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:53 am

also, studio WAYG & Grace is Gone

whip3512 · Post by **whip3512** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 1:54 am

dmb_tatertot wrote:also, studio WAYG & Grace is Gone

Good call. And some versions of Everyday too.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:37 am

can't forget Heathcliff

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:40 am

I don't think studio WAYG is fingerpicked. In the studio it was on a 12 string, you really can't fingerpick on a 12 string. Now live, yes he has fingerpicked it live, mainly before Busted Stuff (and on the music video).

Also, isn't GIG is always fingerpicked?

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:43 am

Ranting Thespian wrote:I don't think studio WAYG is fingerpicked. In the studio it was on a 12 string, you really can't fingerpick on a 12 string. Now live, yes he has fingerpicked it live, mainly before Busted Stuff (and on the music video).

Also, isn't GIG is always fingerpicked?

I think sometimes he may pick it.. i don't know

whip3512 · Post by **whip3512** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:13 am

DMBFan63 wrote:
Ranting Thespian wrote:I don't think studio WAYG is fingerpicked. In the studio it was on a 12 string, you really can't fingerpick on a 12 string. Now live, yes he has fingerpicked it live, mainly before Busted Stuff (and on the music video).

Also, isn't GIG is always fingerpicked?
I think sometimes he may pick it.. i don't know

I would be hesitant to say always, but I have yet to see a version where he doesn't fingerpick it.

c_tietze · Post by **c_tietze** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:51 am

Ranting Thespian wrote:Well, Dave does use a pick, it's very hard to play it without a pick and make it sound right, it took me 2 months to get it. Tim, on the otherhand, was most likley not using a pick, he only uses one when he is rapidly alternate picking, like in Stream.

You play without a pick mostly right?

I used to, but to get that "Dave sound" I went on a picking mission.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 4:04 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:can't forget Heathcliff

dammmmmmn straight

ericwormann · Post by **ericwormann** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:43 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:I don't think studio WAYG is fingerpicked. In the studio it was on a 12 string, you really can't fingerpick on a 12 string. Now live, yes he has fingerpicked it live, mainly before Busted Stuff (and on the music video).

Also, isn't GIG is always fingerpicked?

There are more than one guitars playing on the studio version of WAYG.

GIG is always fingerpicked.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:48 pm

I havn't used a pick for the longest time now, maybe a little under a year.

NJPearce22 · Post by **NJPearce22** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:10 pm

I have troubles finger picking a lot of songs. I can do the Watchtower intro, everyday, and Christmas song. Also Good Riddance by GreenDay and most of Stairway to Heaven. I find I have more accuracy with a pick, and you have to learn double when fingerpicking (fingerings and picking patterns)

dmfollower · Post by **dmfollower** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 1:47 am

Ranting Thespian wrote:Well, Dave does use a pick, it's very hard to play it without a pick and make it sound right, it took me 2 months to get it. Tim, on the otherhand, was most likley not using a pick, he only uses one when he is rapidly alternate picking, like in Stream.

ranting, that is a great point for me in the discussion that we haven't had yet. you must use a pick for certain songs if you want to match the sound perfectly. fingerpicking/no pick is an amazing skill but you can't fingerpick everything, especially dave!