Well dang! This thread makes me proud to be an American.
Lots of good advice here, and not all of it from the proud, the American, the fingerpickers (many of whom are not American).
Interesting comments from buddyhu about Richard Gilewitz. JonPR is an endless wealth of information too. One could publish a book on fingerstyle guitar simply by collecting all his posts in many threads here.
Good thread all around.
Tony