Been playing fingerstyle since 1967. My nails are my 'picks' and I pick in one direction; up, with the flesh of the fingertip making brief contact with the string and the nail finishing the stroke. Always upward whether Kotte, Doc Watson, blues, Slack-key, you name it. Pick more or less aggressively to adjust for tone and loudness.
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AZ Slacker
Bourgeois JOMC, MadRose/Adi
Baranik, JX MadRose/German
Baranik, JX Brazilian/Italian
SCGC OM, Brazilian / German
SCGC OMG, Brazilian / Moon Spruce
Dan Roberts Troubadour, Mahogany/Adi
Collings CJ35 Mahogany/German
Jimmy Edmonds OM Braz/Adi
Greven '1937' D18
Greven '1937' OM Braz/Adi
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