Re: How many great mandolin players *only* play the mandolin?
Originally Posted by
MikeEdgerton
I'm with you on the mandolin helping your guitar playing, in my case it opened up flat picking to a fingerstyle gutarist and added a new dimension. In regards to Skaggs, this song shows he was no slouch on the guitar.
I never knew he hybrid-picked on the acoustic. It is usually done by electric players, like that Tele picker in the video. Notice Bobby Hicks on fiddle?
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