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Topic: Herco flat/thumbpicks |
Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Andy Sandoval
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Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2009 7:19 pm |
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| I've used them before. Once you get used to them, their great. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 11:30 am
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Since I play lead guitar with a thumb and fingerpicks I thought I'd try these but they just don't feel right. The flatpick is OK I guess but I like a small blue Herco filed to a point for guitar, it's a nice even sound. I have a couple of these picks in the drawer and that's probably where they'll stay..........JH in Va.
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Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 12:03 pm
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| I use them so I can switch to flatpicking by pressing my thumb and first finger together, rather like I'm holding a regular flatpick. I can also use the same thumb and fingerpicks when changing from steel to flattop, banjo, and mando. |
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Chris Buchanan
From:
Macomb, IL
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Posted 13 Jan 2009 8:30 pm
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Can't use them on pedal steel, but for some reason they work great on lap steel. Probably something to do with posture, the different ways I play each, etc.
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Darryl Hattenhauer
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2009 9:20 pm
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| Interesting. It must be the angle of the pick striking the string is different. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 13 Jan 2009 11:21 pm
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They're not tight enough for me. I tried 'em years ago, no soap. I want a thumbpick to bloody near weld to my finger, no flopping around.
The closest thing I've found to a thumb/flat pick is the Fred Kelly Bumblebee - http://www.fredkellypicks.com/component/page,shop.browse/category_id,8/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,84/
They're tight, but still don't really feel like a flatpick. I expect it would be possible to make something that really felt like a flatpick in that mode, but I've never played anything that really got it completely down, to my tastes. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2009 7:26 am
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| They're way too loose for me - the plastic is too thin. To achieve the same effect but in a way that holds on for vigorous upstokes on six-string, I modify regular Dunlops or Dunlop Calico "Heavies" with a metal file, so they look like a shark's fin (it looks like the shark is swimming towards the ball of your thumb). One line you file affects the upstokes, the line you file on the leading edge affects the downstrokes. I can actually "flatpick" faster with one of these than I can with a flatpick, because I don't need my index finger to hold it. I've tried the various Kellys too, but they're not as useful to me. |
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Tamara James
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Posted 14 Jan 2009 9:20 am
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| Darryl Hattenhauer wrote: |
| Interesting. It must be the angle of the pick striking the string is different. |
I would be more inclined to think it was the width of the string space. It may not look like much, but it makes a difference for which pick I use. The steel being much closer together than the Dobro or mountian dulcimer. |
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Marlin Smoot
From:
Kansas
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Posted 14 Jan 2009 10:30 am Picks
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Dave M;
I called Hellen at Fred Kelly Picks and ordered up several Bumblebee picks on your suggestion. I've been using the Herco picks for years for Tele work but the FK's look really interesting.
Thanks for the tip. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 14 Jan 2009 11:10 am
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Yup, I think the bumblebees are worth a try. I like 'em, but not enough to replace both my thumbpick for steel and my flatpick on guitar.
I'd really love to find something that really felt right to me on both pedal steel and guitar. I double a lot, sometimes in the same song, and it's a pain pulling off the thumbpick and index fingerpick and vice-versa when changing. But I play guitar with middle/ring fingerpicks anyway, so it's not unworkable. |
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 14 Jan 2009 12:19 pm
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I remember trying these years ago, and not liking them for either. Being a flatpick 6-stringer, it never felt right. And nothing beats the old Blue Hercos. Never thought it was that inconvenient to switch between the two.
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 1:25 am
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Slide guitar monster Sonny Landreth uses the Herco thumb/flatpicks...to spectacular effect, I must add. If you've never heard his playing, get online and sample some!
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