Anyone here play Chet Atkins?

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Re: Anyone here play Chet Atkins?

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Cdog wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:06 am Gah! My thumbpick is only good for downstrokes... is that normal? Watched a couple youtoobs... and I suspect they only downstroke the bass notes in Travis picking? The plectrum in me rebels against this.

Is there a thumbpick designed for alterate directions? Or should I just man up? 😆
I have a few spares on the Bummblees, if you want I could post one for you to try.

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Re: Anyone here play Chet Atkins?

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k1w1 wrote: Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:53 pm
Cdog wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 7:06 am Gah! My thumbpick is only good for downstrokes... is that normal? Watched a couple youtoobs... and I suspect they only downstroke the bass notes in Travis picking? The plectrum in me rebels against this.

Is there a thumbpick designed for alterate directions? Or should I just man up? 😆
I have a few spares on the Bummblees, if you want I could post one for you to try.
I have offered him a small range of thumbpicks, including bumblebees :D And we're both in Christchurch too!

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could I get in on the thumbpick party :oh:

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Legends ! Thanks for the offers guys.
I'd like to take up codedog's kind offer some time in the near future. 😊

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Just an update I guess. I've been working on after you've gone (paul yandell's arrangement) and it's coming along well, much faster than the others. I can finally get some satisfaction from playing through an entire piece.

Probably the best I can recommend for starting out with this style.

https://fingertabs.com/wp-content/uploa ... veGone.pdf


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Re: Anyone here play Chet Atkins?

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Just found a fantastic collection of tabs including many missing from the usual places. Need TablEdit to view.

https://www.frettedinstrumentsnyc.com/chet-atkins-tabs

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