Herd behavior. Never made sense to me. A lot of early finger picking stuff that got me going was done on dreads or slopes- Peter, Paul, and Mary, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Dave Van Ronk, Joni Mitchell. so it works both ways. You can flatpick the heck out of an OM, and you can finger pick a Dreadnought. It's not that complicated. Okay, it is, but it doesn't have to be. tom

I flatpick and fingerpick my OM2Hsb all the time. Works fine, sounds fine.

Looks very, very nice -- I'd go after that with fingers, pick or a little of both. There's no reason to put those kinds of restrictions on a guitar. Get everything you can get out of it.

Here's one more.

Howard

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Here's one more.

Howard

That's a beauty. I watched it come and I watched it go. You're a lucky guy and I would flatpick the heck out of it.

That maple and the dalmatian guard really does the trick. Enjoy!

Hi,

My buddy has a Collings OM "Deep Body" with Adi/Braz and we only flatpick the instrument. It's very happy to be flatpicked.

I also have a gustom Goodall "CJ" with 1A Mastergrade Adi and AAA Braz and I only ever flatpick that instrument. It sounds fantastic.

I also flatpick my custom made Brazillian classical. Love the way it sounds.

Mac

-mac

Lots of good responses to this!

For me, music is a means of expression, self and otherwise. Not repression. Translated to the instrument, this means that if the thing sounds good and works the way you want to play it then it IS good. A caveat for me is that the instrument should not be destroyed in the process. Otherwise, if you want to, say, bow it, or run a piece of metal or glass along the strings, why the heck not?

Of course there are provincials in every land who will make up rules of this and that. And mountain folk, and island folk too. Heavy on rules, customs, taboo. I guess they have to be. Fewer places to run and hide and do your own thing. Lots of eyes watching and ears listening in close proximity. Not all who breath and live do so freely. These are the ones most likely to imprison, no?

I say flatpick away, preferably with a silver peso! ML.

I mostly use mine for fingerstyle, but still use the pick some. I do think guitars need some breaking in. Figure using the pick probably speeds up the process. Besides, it is fun to cut loose and get loud.

Howard,

Who is your photographer? He is amazing. I bet he is a super-nice guy too ...

As for violating an OM with a flatpick, I say that if a person insists on using one of those wretched, barbaric, distasteful things, he/she should at least afford him/herself the pleasure of using it on a really nice guitar (whatever body size that guitar might have).

So ... knock yourself out. Or as my dad says, "dance with the girl what brung ya".

And for those of you who might be interested in Howard's ex-D1A, it has taken up residence with Kevin at Hill Country. I'm not a dread guy, but it's a really good one (not that there is such a thing as a "bad" D1A).

Many Happy Returns,

Mike,

Yes....the photographer IS a really nice guy!

As you can tell, I am really enjoying the guitar.

Howard

I have an OM1A ss that I (in the words of professor Wilkins) am constantly violating with a flatpick. If I were as adept with the digits (no not numbers) as Mike it might get a little kinder treatment.
It takes a pick exceptionally well.
Tom

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