Man, that‘s some incredible phrasing and tone control! Also his ability to smoothly transition between single-note lines and more chordal playing is amazing. True virtuoso on the instrument!

Jared James Nichols is hands down my favorite guitarist and his tone and style is so unique and he is the reason I decided to drop the pick because I never could get use too it and hated relying on it, but man what a humble guy he is. And a shout out to the Sweetwater interviewer... asked all the right questions and didn't interrupt and you could tell how genuinely interested he was.

wish him all the success in his career.. could not happen to a nicer guy..

Love this sweet water guy, picking the right words!

Modern Nugent without the baggage. Love this guy. Decent, humble and approachable. Great Ambassador for the P90 for the new players coming up. Hope he continues to have a great career.

JJN is a BEAST. Long live the blues.

Incredible feel and tone..sheer brilliance!

Thats some serious skills there!! Thanks for the tips!

Absolutely remarkable. His technique is so alien to most of us. What a lovely guy as well.

Amazing tones and playing style. I saw JJN open for John 5 last year and it was mind boggling what he could do...Great Great Job Jared

One of my favorites in a while. I’ve learned a lot from watching him the past few years.

I love JJN - what an absolute star and I'd love to have the chance to hear him some time. Great interview as well picking up on some points that I haven't heard him discuss so clearly before.

What a stud. Thanks Jared!!

Fantastic!

Great playing, and that guitar is beautiful. I'm generally more of a metal guy, but this dude is a beast.

It would have been good to mention Richie Kotzen while name-dropping, who is also a heavy guitar player that decided to drop the pick.

Thank you SW! Again, best birthday ever... and it isn't even my birthday. "I hate you" LOL! Well said, Nick.

Awesome

I’m lefty and play righty. I took classical lessons for 10 years. I’ve been exclusively using a pick for about 3 years because it is extremely hard for me to do. And it’s something I want to learn. I’ve always played using my fingers like JJN and using my 2 fingers like a pick.

I hate Nichols as well, what an amazing player! Seems like a really nice guy, and his passion for guitar is infectious! I have played my Blackstar and Gibson a lot lately, but I just don't sound anything like Nichols, can't figure it out. lol

Unreal ....I was originally taught finger picking style...maybe need to go back to that. Thank you JJN!

JJN makes it sing!!

I'm originally a bass player but now playing the electric guitar at church. Can't play with a pick to save my life and have been using the PIMA style. I did have to resort to using a thumb pick because the electric steel strings were wearing down my index and middle finger nail beds from strumming.

He’s got a great tone wow

tnx

Okay I redact my previous comment, at the end of the video this guy tears it up, great job dude

I’m lefty too u just because my favorite player!! I play righty too

holy cow :O

💪❤🎸🎶🎵🤘👏👏👏🔥 Dude...! I don't use a guitar pick... but my technique is so different! I'm so glad I got to see this... very interesting and inspirational. Awesome!

My man jjn, keeping it real

I have no idea how he gets that much attack with no pick. Crazy.

Never liked using a pick either lol

I'm a lefty that plays right handed and always had trouble with picking.

The T.J.Miller of blues /rock🤓. He's a great musician!! Love his style.

😳 Wow. Gotta be the best guitarist of present times 🎸

I love his style AND he’s like my hair brother.

It happened the same to me. I'm a lefty as well and learned guitar as a right handed. Never found it easy to use the plectrum and it's funny beacuse if I flip the guitar and use the plectrum with my left hand I can pick much much faster than with my right hand by then I would need to learn from scractch to play the freatboard with the right hand so I stood playing as a right handed. I always felt it easier to play with my fingers but somehow I thought I was wrong doing like that

JJ Nichols is inspiring.

A British bloke at Sweetwater ?

... and by the way, he is incredibly sympathetic! ☺

#stevehill is still the master of the thumb technique by far!!!!!

Me too dominant lefty play air guitar lefty.

Nick you got a bit done. And i dug it all.

Always felt like a weirdo for not using a pick but I prefer to use my thumb and fingers just like him, I even mute with my thumb 😅

Another killer player who rarely uses a pick is Chris Buck!

Yup "Controlled Chaos"

What kind of guitar is that?

This guy has probably never seen the inside of a gym. He got that big from bending 2 1/2" of hard wood a 100 times a night while playing

Everyone keeps making the Richie Kotzen analogy when it comes to Jared and I hear it to an extent but to me, he's much closer in style to Michael Lee Firkins...just saying. He's an amazing talent all the same though!

Wow. Inspiring. I have been thinking about losing my pick for the next 12 months. Hey, where did it go. Hello finger. Thanks for sharing the mojo.

Awesome tone from an Epi! Oh... must be the fingers! Eheeh

Only playing with your fingers are very limited.So mixing it up and using a pick half of the time is a cool thing but only fingers?No it gets boring pretty fast because you already kind of know whats coming.

11 people are super butt hurt

7:04 that's what my poops sound like

What is monotonous.

He looks and sounds like Justin Derrico! Great player though...

Hey Jared, why all the tattoos, originally the tats were for healing purposes on specific parts of the body only and that has been used since 8.000 years ago for instance with the Cucuteni culture in mid Europe, Otzi the Bronze Age ice man also had healing tattoos on specific parts of his body. You flaunt all that cultural knowledge which can lead to ill health and disaster.

I dont get it...beginner licks with histrionics and long hair....meh

Who cares