News Apr 8, 2026
“He said, ‘Yeah, you know, it’s kind of harder to play that way’, but he just loved the way it sounded”: Eric Johnson on why pick choice and picking style are fundamental to your playing – and how his favourite jazz player got his sound by using his thumb
Your guitar pick, the material it's made from and how you use it are "the beginning of the whole thing," says the Texan virtuoso
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