Your Favorite Hybrid Picker....

[Butch Snyder]

Mine has got to be Steve Piticco, hands down. Love his style and phrasing. I also like his versions of various tunes.




So, who's your favorite?

 

[Sea Devil]

To each his own. I find those clips technically impressive, but not at all musical.

 

[LOSTVENTURE]

That would go way back to the very early 60's. Nokie Edwards of the Ventures snuck in just enough modified finger picking to throw me off. He was followed by Jerry McGee in the early 70's, and then Stewart Smith in the 80's.

 

[Sea Devil]

I don't even know who's a hybrid picker, even though I certainly am. That's assuming thumb picks and bare fingers don't count. Love Nokie and Jerry, though.

If thumb-pickers do count, then Chet, Merle, and Paul Pigat are at the top of my list.

 

[fender4life]

I wish i could hybrid pick. I started fingerpicking and got fairly good at that then started playing pick style not long after and stuck with that for electric. But somehow i just never put them together and many years later started watching guys who do and kicking myself or not learning that early on. It feels so un natural to me now that if i were to try and learn today at my age i'd die from old age before i ever got good at it. Probably my biggest regret as a player. One of my favs is greg koch.

 

[Digital Larry]

Richard Thompson
Simon Nicol

(both from Fairport Convention)

 

[Bob M]

Albert Lee and James Burton. Lots of other great players but in my mind these 2 are remarkable technicians who are incredibly musical as well. When you listen to the way they support a singer it’s a beautiful thing.

 

[johnny k]

Jerry reed, oh wait he was a thumb pickler ?
Johnny Hiland, Brent Mason.
I will have to think a bit for that one.

 

[Wallaby]

For me it's Danny Gatton, but I might need to listen to my Hellecasters playlist today and rethink things.

 

[uriah1]

I would put Volkoert and Kirchen in the pot

 

[darkwaters]

I’ve always hybrid picked without giving it much thought. Nowadays I include it as part of my practice. Richard Thompson is a big hybrid picking influence.

 

[telekaster1999]

To many for me to pick a favorite, but I'll say the best sounding country hybrid picker I've heard in person is Marty Stuart.

 

[Sea Devil]

I love Redd, Bill K, and JB! I thought of Danny G, but figured he kinda slips in and out of it, and thought he might not qualify. There are tons of other players I love that may or may not be hybrid pickers. I'll let you guys tell me who's who.

I have no idea when I started hybrid picking, btw. It wasn't a conscious decision. Long ago, someone pointed to my right hand and asked what I was doing. I honestly replied, "I don't know." It just happened.

 

[Fretting out]

It’s me!!!!!!

 

[SRHmusic]

I'm more into blues, and can't say I seek out hybrid pickers, but Josh Smith has some very tasty hybrid picking sections in his solos. I'll have to check out Steve Piticco. Thanks!

 

[Dukex]

I love hybrid picking, and there are lot of different types/styles, but I don't gravitate toward any particular player(s).

 

[UPtele]

Maybe a little unconventional but Junior Brown was the first guy I ever noticed

 

[willietheweirdo]

Greg Koch is the modern archetype

(Does that switchy stuff Chris Buck does count? It's like his hand can't make up its mind...)

 

[SonicBlueByYou]

It is hard to leave Glen Campbell out of this conversation.

 

[Tall-Fir]

Saw Nokie Edwards decades ago at a dance hall in Richland, WA.
He used a thumb pick and as far as I could tell, all four fingers. Incredible player.

James Burton and Marty Stuart are my favorite hybrid pickers.