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08-02-2015, 08:14 PM
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Anybody else prefer a dreadnaught for fingerpicking?
I'm trying out guitars before i get a new one and im finding that even though i play a lot of fingerstyle I am still preferring a dreadnaught. It just seems to have more power/punch to it. It might have something to do with me being used to playing on a dread. I'm just wondering if anybody else has this preference even for fingerstyle, or am I crazy?
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08-02-2015, 08:17 PM
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Yup. Have since 1975… My main guitar is an Olson Dreadnought - 1993 - Rosewood/Cedar. It's the most versatile guitar in my arsenal.
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08-02-2015, 08:35 PM
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Not sure why you would think it is unusual to fingerpick a dread or a jumbo. Plenty of folks have and still do. For me it has always had more to do with the nut width and string spread at the bridge than the body style.
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08-02-2015, 08:35 PM
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A D really comes into its own fingerstyle with use of a thumbpick, imo.
A lot also depends on your repertoire and attack. Merle Travis or John Hurt material is different than, say, Beatles or Paul Simon instrumentals arranged for fingerstyle. I play fingerstyle on everything, including electrics, and flatpick everything too, including classicals. Why the heck not??  .
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08-02-2015, 08:46 PM
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You have been around the forum long enough to know that many consider smaller guitars best for fingerstyle (finger picking). I don't agree, nor is there much reality to what's been said, and it's oft repeated by people who don't seriously play. I own a dreadnought, mini-jumbo, and 2 OMs all of which fingerstyle just great. I'm an all-fingerstyle player, and my main guitar remains my Dreadnought.
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08-02-2015, 08:47 PM
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I think that depends on two things…
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#7
08-02-2015, 08:48 PM
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Finger picking or using a plectrum is more a personal preference than a guitar preference. A Les Paul will sound just as nice as a Stratocaster using a Line 6 amplifier,
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08-02-2015, 10:49 PM
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My Martin dreadnought is the only acoustic I own. (Multipurpose including fingerpicking).
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08-02-2015, 10:53 PM
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Didn't really realize there were other guitars till a few years ago.
Dreads are my main staple.
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08-02-2015, 10:54 PM
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Play what you want how you want. I have a dread, a GA and a GS and all get fingerpicked.
So does my Tele, my Les Paul, my... oh I think you get the idea. 
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#12
08-02-2015, 11:08 PM
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The best guitar for fingerpicking is a fit between you and the individual guitar, set up to your specs. The size of the guitar is secondary.
The individual guitar may be more critical for those of us who play without fingerpicks. Some guitars need more input to drive the top. Those are often dreads, but smaller guitars can have that same characteristic. Nope -- don't see anything strange about preferring a dread for fingerpicking.
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08-02-2015, 11:33 PM
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Dreads all the way. Of course, some people fingerpick guitars bigger than dreads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wTVLIZaxMk
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08-02-2015, 11:45 PM
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Dreads can be great for fingerpickin- no doubt.
I think some folks consider smaller guitars to a better fit in some ways....for example many smaller guitars will also have wider string spacing at both nut/saddle, they might also have a shorter scale. Smaller can sometimes feel more intimate as well. I currently own a newer 000-18 and D18- Both are wonderful guitars and both sweet finger pickin' machines - the new string spacing at the nut and saddle really provides the perfect compromise for versatility. If it feels right and sounds right - it is right!  Have fun!! madhat.
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