Billy Strings Flatpicking Medley on his 2009 Roy Noble Dreadnought 

I read through all the comments and I there was only one critical of him for flatpicking. So you’re just making 💩up to sound good. You’re so full of 💩 it’s pathetic. It’s sad how people just make stuff just to get an upvote or a like.

I literally don’t think anybody said that dude

@@steezymongo1270 No he's right, you see people who've never played on mediums asking why flatpickers don't play blues and fingerstyle on lights like everyone else.

How do you play so damn good? Amazing!

20?? That’s a 5000 dollar guitar

@@henryybenryy6575 he is not saying that’s a cheap guitar,he is saying it really doesn’t matter what Billy plays,it will always sound great

@@bzaden bro I was tweaking balls… I ain’t even remember saying that

"quid" lol

Completely agree!!!! The future of flatpick guitar is in good hands!!

He's great, but David Grier is his own musical genre. That crazy cross-picking that he does is (to me) entirely unique. I think Billy is more along the vein of Doc with a bit of Norman Blake in there for good measure.

You are high man, he’s no where near David Grier’s level. He’s not even as creative as his own contemporaries his own age. Molly Tuttle, jake workman, and trey Hensley all make billy look like a damn joke

@@dmcrisp go say that on Carter Vintage guitars page about him or Marcus King i literally started a race war over there expressing an opinion that was pretty close to yours

@@joshferguson9703 you can’t say anything the least bit critical about these new age players. I learned that most people that are on comment threads aren’t very good players themselves or they are trolls, or they are on the payroll team for the social media package that’s included with most record deals

Billy don't like music lol

don't like your music

When did it stop?

Don't like the sound of that guitar

Tony Rice and Billy Strings are the two Greatest flatpickers EVER. RIP Tony

iloverumi no shit

Not really, just some basic ass doc Watson runs in the c position. But you go ahead and keep confusing average talent with genius just like the rest of the general dumbass public. I bet you’re easily distracted in grocery stores by shiny objects as well lol

@@dmcrisp wow, relax dude

@@dmcrisp Well, he can play 50% faster than he is here and just as precise, so then who are the genius bluegrass cats out there? Certainly not the vids of the dude you posted on your channel playing with weak ass time (aka, less than average talent), but if it's the capo that's throwing you off, he can play without one, too.

@@ev25zv oh ok faster is better lol. Are you still stuck in middle school with your death metal lmao. How much real estate does apologizing for billy take up in your head? There are a ton of bluegrass pickers better than this little kid. Bryson Sutton, David Grier, trey Hensley, jake workman. Oh yeah, turns out you don’t know Jack about bluegrass

Check out another even younger picker, Presley Barker. Kid flat out tears it up and can't even drive yet. Great to see so many young pickers out there.

@@gutbucket260 Great recommend

@@gutbucket260 You are on every thread commenting about Presley Barker. Presley is amazing! But stop with the highjacking of comments to promote Presley's channel. If he's as good as you say is, you won't have to beg for subs.

@@gutbucket260 Named after Elvis! He has to be good.

Angus is a cavemen compared to this kid.

@@alexandergriggs9934 haha

Practice practice practice

Practice matters, but it takes a little more than just practice... :)

You should get out more

he plays preston thompson these days

He has been playing that Thompson lately, which I do not care for the sound all that much. Like his Martin and the Noble much better.

Because you're listening on your iphone?

@@bluto212 bahaha

Yeah it sounds like that mic isnt' on.

Mic could have been feeding a small PA.

Not quite. He can’t touch the guys a few years older than him like jake workman or trey Hensley. They make billy look like a repetitive amateur

@@dmcrisp I disagree, they just have different style, trey is a total monster but Billy has just as impressive licks he's just not quite as fast. And Billys rhythm playing is great. Listen to Billy and trey play solo, it's hard to say treys better imo. And I love trey man.

@@Jay-lr3me it’s not a different style lol. It’s called being more versed. Both trey and jake workman have a way more diverse bag of tricks to pull from than billy does. Billy plays the same licks over and over again, these other guys have endless ways to express themselves. The phrasing, melodic approach is just way more mature. Billy is also much younger than those other two guys I mentioned. He’s 25, the other two are 31 and 33. So yeah naturally they’re farther ahead in the craft, give credit where credit is do. They’ve been at it for longer and it shows in there playing. Billy almost never leaves granny chord positions and that pretty much proves everything I just said

@@dmcrisp I disagree, Billys rhythm playing is above treys. Trey has more licks that's true. Just cause u think you're right, doesn't mean you are. We all like different things

@@Jay-lr3me it’s not above treys. Just because you think so doesn’t make it true either. The same crap applies to you to bud. It’s not subjective. Trey knows way more cool lead in and outs (Clarence & tony style) in his rhythm playing. So does jake, who you seem to completely ignore in your dumb billy fan boy argument.

Tony Rice relaxes his fingers off the strings, Bill pulls them up with power, like the est of his great playing. Bluegrass music is in great hands going forward, pun intended.

You got that right, and uncle Ronnie!

Just learn it the ol fashioned way or slow it down

Its not really that tough. Use your ears.

He did a rig rundown video and said he uses D'addario Phosphor Bronze Mediums.

billy strings

Fiddlers dram and 2 others. Look in show notes

Whistling Rufus and a little of another song near the end.

And insanely good playing by the way 😀

It’s a cradle capo by daddario

@@stephengilley6836 thanks !

How do you slow it to 25? My phones only slow option is 50

All you see on his videos is a bunch of middle aged losers commenting on how amazing these simple ass doc Watson runs are

Not to die thank you

Dont be so quick to judge, lots of rappers grew up on hee haw and soul train. Lol. Those 8 people are probably jealous guitar players with tiny dicks