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Originally Posted by r1p32
Oh yeah I forgot to ask... Should i practice more with finger-picking or will using a pick still be ok for jazz. thx!
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Playing in an ensemble setting you will generally be using a pick. Traditionally a jazz guitarist will use a heavy pick to help produce the darker tones often associated with jazz guitar. There are always exceptions to that though.
For years I used the red Jim Dunlop Jazz 3 picks, that are around 1.25 mm thick and very small. Recently I went up several gauges and started using Jim Dunlop Gypsy picks, that feel like a 50 cent piece in thickness. They transfer so much more energy into the strings I don't really feel the resistance from the string.
Freddy Green is a good player to track down and have a listen to, and study his approach. There are a few sites on the web discussing him, well worth doing a search.