Hi GB,
If you're just getting starting out with this style the easiest thing to do is to start out without the fingerpicks and first get used to technique of fingerpicking.
Once you're comfortable with the fingerpicking basics then give fingerpicks and the thumbpick a try... allowing for at least a few weeks to get past the new challenge that using them presents.
At that point you can make up your mind as to whether or not to stay with them... or to use a combination of bare flesh for some songs and FP's for others.
There's no wrong or right way to play in this style... both camps have their positive and negative points. It'll be up to you to decide what suits your individual style.
For the record I've been using steel fingerpicks and plastic thumbpicks since Moses wore short pants but I started out learning the style using just my fingers. The picks suit exactly what I do so I'll stay with them.
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