[GuitarGeni]

I think it depends on what you’re playing. If you’re fingerpicking, it is recommended that you have an anchor of some sort, whether that’s your pinky, wrist or something else. If you’re strumming, you definitely don’t want an anchor. If you’re flat picking, you probably want an anchor sometimes, but not always. Hybrid picking is a whole other animal and I’m not really sure if, where or when you anchor. If you’re playing slide you might need the pinky to mute strings. So, you see, there are a lot of variables and no hard and fast rules.