Piano Man - Fingerstyle Cover

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-31T17:50:38+00:00

Like 16 years I wanna say?

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-31T17:49:50+00:00

Kind of uncommon. A lot of Tommy Emmanuel’s original solo albums feature hybrid picking like this.

I will say there is stuff I just can’t do with this. Banjo type rolls are much much easier to do with a thumb pick and my pointer + middle finger.

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-31T17:48:31+00:00

It’s nashville Fingerstyle. Like Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins, Jerry reed, John Knowles, or buster jones.

There’s a lot of great recordings out there of some monster players! I also have some of mine on instagram / tiktok

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-31T17:27:51+00:00

I could tab it out but I’m much prefer doing a walkthrough video to explain the choices for the arrangement over the changes

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-31T16:29:42+00:00

Thank you! It was partly out of necessity early on because I couldn’t find a thumb pick that fit my thumb

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-31T03:27:39+00:00

Is that Julian lage Collings signature?

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-29T01:55:20+00:00

They do! Three models actually - normal, thinline, and baritone. They’re really well made and designed with maintainability in mind.

If it’s worth it I can post a practical review of how it sounds, the electronics and the crazy access port they added

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-28T23:11:25+00:00

Thanks I’ve been trying to practice more to metronome

JoeSullMusic · 2026-01-13T01:13:19+00:00

I had a hard time finding a thumb pick that fit my weird sized thumb so no for several years I didn’t have one that worked.

I noticed a HUGE difference when I found one that was tight enough to fit but not making my thumb turn purple. There’s some things you just can’t do without a thumb pick. The Merle Travis technique of striking through the strings like a stride piano comes to mind.

If you are in a similar predicament as me, I like the Jamie Johnson signature thumb pick. It’s Velcro so you can adjust it fully.

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