Steve Baughman: I am sorry that the discussion has focused more that I would like on my referring to the Travis pick as 'the Prince Charles pick.' As for why I did that, Rob Naylor gets it right in his October 16 post. I'll direct the curious to that post (thanks Rob), though I think the matter is sooooooo trivial it does not warrant the effort.

I'm glad that I understood your comment properly, Steve. As a Brit who's fairly ambivalent about the royal family it didn't worry me at all...it just came across as a gentle tease and I think some of those who are "huffing and puffing" above are not seeing the forest because the trees are in the way! For me, your vid was great. I've known for some time "intellectually" what was really meant by "Clawhammer style" but to see it demonstrated so clearly was great.

I'll sit down and really focus on it one day...but first I need to work on my orthodox fingerpicking. Thanks again for the very useful video.