Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway, "Chinquapin Hunting" | Santa Cruz Guitars

Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway, “Chinquapin Hunting” | Santa Cruz Guitars

Pacific Northwest guitarists perform the flatpicking standard on a pair of Santa Cruz flattops.

October 10, 2023

Pacific Northwest guitarists Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway are each well-established in fingerstyle guitar circles, but their latest duo album, Over the Waterfall, finds them flatpicking fiddle tunes. In this video, Eric and Jamie play “Chinquapin Hunting,” with Eric using his Santa Cruz 00-SKYE signature model, and Jamie playing her custom redwood-topped Santa Cruz 000.

Also check out Eric’s demo of his 00-SKYE, as well as both Eric’s and Jamie’s lessons in Peghead Nation’s Advanced Fingerstyle Workshop!

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