Would you fingerpick to be heard among all those fiddles? I don't care if you have ceramic fingertips, that is a flatpicked guitar if I ever heard one. I have a couple of vintage resophonic guitars and I know how they sound played in various manners. Don't hear what ain't there, no need to elevate his playing above what it is (was). Riley's playing dosen't need hype, or anything else. I hate guitar groupies who overthink everything and trash honest-for-God contributions with a bunch of bullshit trivia. Listen and learn, do we need a debate about fiddle bows and rosin? Get serious and just get on with it!