Wegen picks. G7th Heritage capo. Amplification: Neumann KM 184 external mic. Billy Strings got his nickname as a bluegrass-obsessed kid in Michigan trying to keep up with his dad's all-night picking parties at the campground.

What guitar pick does Billy strings use?

This is the same model as used by the likes of Bryan Sutton and Billy Strings, so there must be some serious mojo in this pick! Slightly thinner than the . 050” coming in at .

What is wrong with Billy strings ear?

Strings has a sort of young Matthew Broderick innocence about him that shines through despite a prodigious amount of ink on his chest and arms and an earlobe torn by a gauge that was yanked out of his ear at a heavy metal concert.