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Topic: Thumbpick Question....Small But Important |
David Soreff
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North Las Vegas, NV
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Posted 15 Apr 2009 8:16 pm |
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Aloha,
Since I'm still relatively new to steel, I'm still trying to settle into my equipment and my choices regarding bars, picks, amps and so forth. My question today has to do with my thumb pick. I have been using a John Pearse, which from what I gather is a version of an old National pick. Does anyone know of any thumb picks that offer a little more "give"? In guitar pick terms, I'm looking for something like a Dunlop Grey....maybe .63 or .73. I'm not sure if there is such a beast but I'm sure if anyone will know, you all will.
Mahalo Nui Loa,
Dave Soreff |
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Chris Scruggs
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2009 9:24 pm
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You're going to want your thumbpick on the thick side. The thickness of the pick helps it to lock around your thumb so it doesn't tear off when you dig in. There are thumbpicks on the thinner side, but the heavier ones are good to get used to.
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 15 Apr 2009 10:28 pm
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Try the Fred Kelly standard thumbpicks. The delrin has a good solid feel to me. What I do is try just about every thumbpick I run across. They are pretty cheap. I keep the extras around for students. Different picks work for different people. The Golden Gate thumbpicks are nice also.
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John Bushouse
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Posted 16 Apr 2009 4:25 am
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| I rotate my thumbpick so that the business end points back slightly towards me, rather than being vertical. Not so much that I run in to another string, but enough so that it doesn't feel like I'm just pushing this big flat wall into the string. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 16 Apr 2009 4:46 am
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I really like the Fred Kelly Speed Pick. They are small, yet rigid. Either that, or I use Zookies which are not really rigid at all, but comfortable.
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 16 Apr 2009 6:11 am Thumbpick Question
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| I use a small National white thumbpick and rotate the tip back towards my body so that I can get more of a "brush" action through mulitple strings as opposed to "plowing" through them if the pick was vertical. I don't like having much pick showing either, which is why I felt the National was excellent in that regard. |
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Twayn Williams
From:
Portland, OR
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Posted 16 Apr 2009 10:24 am
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I use one of these:
It's a Propik thumbpick.
See Propik
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 16 Apr 2009 10:41 am
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Me along with many others use the good old blue Herco nylon picks, there's another one just like it which is red but I can't remember who makes them. I always file mine to a point to get a sharper tone on the bass strings, keeps 'em from being muddy.....JH in Va.
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2009 4:59 pm
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For plastic kind picks, you can start off a bit thicker than you like and sand it down to your perfection.
But it stinks! |
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