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Originally Posted by tdq
I got myself an acoustic archtop after playing for many years. I play a mixture of styles and a lot of finger picking, but I've found my archtop really needs to be played with a pick, so I don't finger pick on it at all now. Jazz, specifically chord melodies and choppy chords, and alt-country type stuff works really nicely on it. YMMV of course.
EDIT: Heavier strings, too, than what you might be used to on a flat top. I use 0.013 but a few here go much heavier.
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It has mediums on it, the .013's. I was actually thinking of trying lighter strings because, as you say, that's what I'm used to on my flat top (a Martin 00015sm). Maybe they won't sound as good but I think I'll have to at least try that at some point. I don't think I'll go any heavier, it sound awful good to me now & I don't think my fingers would like anything heavier. I do feel like I need to expand my playing style to get the most out of this guitar. Yeah, a pick might be the way to go, clumsy as I feel with one.