I searched on this and came up empty. I’ve generally played (badly) dobro for my main jamming instrument, but can no longer play it for some stupid physical issues. I have on occasion played mandolin at some jams. Since I sold off my dobros I thought I may learn to flat pick guitar and make it my main jamming instrument. My thought process is that I am kind of shy, rarely lead a song and rarely take a break. There’s usually a 2x guitar to mandolin ratio, so easy to just blend in. As a mainly finger picker (20 years +) on guitar I’ve been working on flat pick accompaniment and some simple melodies for a couple of weeks and all is going well. I now need to decide guitar or mandolin to take to be my main jammer. I know it’s my choice. I know some will say take both (not happening-hauling a dreadnought, mandolin, chair, etc is just ridiculous).
So, to get to the point. For those who’ve faced this how did you pick (no pun intended)? What was your thought process? Just curious.......