Our group is so weird.....we have both a 5 string and a tenor, although sometimes the tenor player also brings a 5 string. Neither do clawhammer style. I have heard that there are "jiggy" fiddlers and "hornpipy" fiddlers....might be true, because I seem to be able to "hornpipe" almost anything. Al's comment about "classicists turned fiddleers" may be somewhat true. I am one of those.....but I don't know about the "linear thinking" bit! (GRIN)