Guitar Player

Thick and Thin

Gary Brewer for a few minutes and one thing rings clear as a bell: There is rhyme and reason behind everything on his mind. And that mind is full of wisdom acquired over more than four decades playing bluegrass professionally, as well as know-how handed down from his dad and his grandfather, whose tenure in the original Carter went deep with Brewer on his new acoustic guitar concept project, (see page 68), he went into the weeds on playing with a pick. Here, we share his knowledge and advice on the subject.

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