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I was always led to believe that smaller, wider nut guitars are more for finger picking and dreads for flat picking.
Good job I didn't believe then.. All my collection, which includes three dreads are used for finger picking, and other than a style of thumb pick and hammering the strings with my ring finger, that's all I do. Presumably, someone will tell me my style is {insert some American guitarist from yesterday} style, but whatever it is or isn't, I m as happy doing it on a dread as I am on an OM, OO etc etc.. |
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A dread is fine for fingerstyle as evidenced by all the people that play fingerstyle on dreads (including myself for many years). That said a smaller guitar, if made well (certain ones style themselves as "fingerstyle" guitars - perhaps due to lightness of build, string spacing, ect) will have a better balance bass to treble, a quicker response time, and for many people will simply be more physically comfortable to play (especially when sitting, which is what most fingerstyle players do most of the time).
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In my limited experience, I find my 000 to be more comfortable to play than my dreads but by no means better for finger picking. In fact, my Gibson really shines with it's fullness and shorter scale and always puts a finger picking smile on my face.
I think the "dreads are less suitable for finger picking" idea comes from small guitars being generally less suitable for big ensemble (Bluegrass jams) strumming, thereby inferring that if big guitars are better for that, then small guitars must be better for finger picking. All-in-all, I think that if the string spacing is good, a dread probably is more versatile. After all, I can play a dread quietly or delicately but it's hard to make an un-amplified small body boom if it's set-up for finger picking. I sure like the comfort and intimacy of my smaller bodied guitar, though!
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I won't say you can't fingerpick a D, as I did for quite a few years with a D28.
That said, nothing I have played touches my Martin 00 for fingerpicking. It's just far more balanced for that style. I have been exploring another Martin D or OM for strumming, as the 00 isn't quite in its wheelhouse there. Been looking at D35s and OM28 and OM35.
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I recorded my acoustic guitar Christmas album using my Dell'Arte dreadnaught. All but one song were fingerpicked. Here's one of them...
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I've always played low to mid-range dreads for fingerpicking.
However, on the more mellow instruments I do notice a fall-off in treble, bite, and perceived volume - a sort of muddying. The grand auditoriums and OM-type guitars are probably better jacks of all trades, and as I do less heavy strumming these days might be my next buy, but I still like a dread if it's brightly voiced and can work with 11s. |
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Very pretty...Dell'Arte makes superb dreads...some of my gypsy jazz friends play the Selmer-Macaferri designed models (One Leg Up). IMO I do notice a lack of some midrange sparkle, may be the mix though. The dread is actually pretty closely matched to the cello tone wise. It works well in this ensemble. Nice work!
Last edited by nobodeuno; 08-04-2015 at 07:27 AM. Reason: Bad English :-) |