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Terry VunCannon


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Post  Posted 13 Feb 2017 1:27 pm    
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I have had a lot of conversations with players complaining about how much their finger picks hurt lately. I always tell them about the picks I use, the Perfect Touch finger picks. These things feel like a part of your hand, and great tone also. One less thing to worry about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtWtnxCQbcI&t=0s
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Dave Thier


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Fairhope, Alabama, USA
Post  Posted 13 Feb 2017 1:32 pm    
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I have also had very good success with Perfect Touch finger picks on dobro. I've been using them for several years, they are comfortable and stay put.
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Keith Glendinning


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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 5:51 am    
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I have tried quite a few different types of picks so far and I can't get away with them at all. I can use them for maybe 20 ~ 30 minutes, but then I go back to my fingernails.
By the way, I love the tune you played Terry, what tuning did you use? Don't suppose you tabbed it?
Keith.
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Stephen Abruzzo

 

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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 6:47 am    
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Terry......I see they have round-face and flat-face fingerpicks. Which do you have and why? Just curious.
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Michael Lester

 

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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 7:03 am     Perfect Touch fingerpicks
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$25 for two? --- VERY expensive.
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Dave Thier


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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 7:15 am     Re: Perfect Touch fingerpicks
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Michael Lester wrote:
$25 for two? --- VERY expensive.


Not really, I've used a set for years. What do you pay for a set of strings?
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Stefan Robertson


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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 7:17 am    
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So everyone is different.

Try out plenty whichever one feels snug is the one you are looking for.

Then keep them on

Make a cup of coffee
Smoke (if you are a smoker/vaper)
write a letter or type.

Just get used to the feel.

PS don't use the bathroom with them. Could scratch your bum. Whoa!
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Terry VunCannon


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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 7:34 am    
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Thanks Keith, I used my National Dynamic in Open E on this one...no TAB.
Stephen, I like the round face PT picks, although I do have some of the flat face. It depends on you personal feel I guess. To me the round face feel more like my natural fingers.
Michael...$25 a set is not bad at all. I still have a set from about 15 years ago, they are TUFF. Only one I have lost is from a pick falling of my guitar amp onstage & I stepped on it. They really do last a long time.
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Terry VunCannon


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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 7:45 am    
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Here is a picture of my Round Face Perfect Touch finger picks...



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Jeff Bell

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 9:57 am    
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Those look interesting. I've been using Propik finger tones because I felt there was too much clicking when I used some national finger picks I picked up. Also, I'm used to using my fingers because I play ukulele too. They've felt great and I feel like I have control but still get a more precise attack. In Rob Ickes' workshop last week he suggested I try more traditional picks because I was too quiet. I'm thinking the finger tones would work with my Weissenborn and maybe I'd like to try something like these when I play dobro.

Those rounded picks look like they may do the trick. Any difference in tone between the brass and the nickel?
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Terry VunCannon


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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 10:33 am    
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I think the brass are a little darker in tone, the other brighter. And, no click sound with these, with the shape.
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Terry VunCannon


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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 10:35 am    
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Here is my demo vid of the Perfect Touch Finger Picks...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hyEVXYagUE
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John Limbach

 

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Billings, Montana, USA
Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 11:58 am    
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Saddle Picks. End of problem. Comfortable and DO NOT slip.
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Terry VunCannon


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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 12:10 pm    
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The Saddle are thumb picks...I do have one of those. PT I am talking about are finger picks.
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David M Brown


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California, USA
Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 12:37 pm    
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Stefan Robertson wrote:


Make a cup of coffee
Smoke (if you are a smoker/vaper)
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Be really careful with flames and plastic picks - they can catch fire, at least many types can.
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John Limbach

 

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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 1:34 pm    
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Terry VunCannon wrote:
The Saddle are thumb picks...I do have one of those. PT I am talking about are finger picks.


Well, I bought these as a three piece set from Saddle, along with the aforementioned thumbpick. I never could get to like the thumbpick, but these finger picks are "da bomb". I tried plastic, brass, nickel, inexpensive, expensive, etc. All except the brass were hard to adjust and when tight enough to keep from moving, cut off circulation to the fingers. With the Saddle Picks, the fleshy part of your fingertip extends through the little cutout so that even with it fitted relatively loosely, the bulge of finger through the opening keeps it from moving at all.

I quit messing with picks once I found these.



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Guy Cundell


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Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 2:07 pm    
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My search for comfort, tone and security has ended with Acri, deeper and heavier than anything else I've tried.

Cool playing on the Perfect Touch demo, Terry.


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Chase Brady


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 14 Feb 2017 9:01 pm    
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I'll put in a plug for my favorites:
http://old97banjopick.com/

Like the perfect touch picks, the bands fit behind the cuticle, not on top of it. It makes a world of difference. Why National, Propik, Dunlop etc. haven't figured this out is beyond me.
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Jeff Bell

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 15 Feb 2017 9:57 am    
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Terry VunCannon wrote:
I think the brass are a little darker in tone, the other brighter. And, no click sound with these, with the shape.

Great service too! I placed my order at 8:30 am and received a shipping notice at 9:30 am. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll let you know what I think.
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Jack Aldrich

 

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Washington, USA
Post  Posted 15 Feb 2017 3:49 pm    
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Long ago, back in the late 70's, I took a beginner's pedal steel 1 day seminar from Jeff Newman. He told us how to get finger picks to be comfortable. You take a pair of needle nose pliers and form the pick so it touches the finger maximally, but not to tight - just firm. You can easily slip them on and off, but, if you snap your wrist, they stay on. It's the friction that keeps them on. I can play all night without pain. I hope my explanation is understandable.
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Phillip Vaught


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Dallas,Texas, USA
Post  Posted 18 Feb 2017 1:52 pm     perfect touch
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received mine today and they are really comfortable, comes with a miniature potatoe sack bag and a hand written thanks you, these are the real deal, everyone should try them. thanks phil
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Terry VunCannon


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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 18 Feb 2017 2:56 pm    
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Thanks Phillip...so glad you like them. I am always saying that I don't see why everyone is not using these finger picks.
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James Kerr


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Scotland, UK
Post  Posted 19 Feb 2017 12:44 pm    
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This is not my own idea, I got it from someone else to solve this common problem of the pick digging into the cuticle.
I put a piece of shrink wrap as used to seal cable joints over the two pick clips and shrink it on. The rubber is very soft and comfortable and just as important, non slip and no clicking. You can just about see it here on my middle finger in the second half of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTmg9o1UXOo

JK.
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Steven Pearce


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Port Orchard Washington, USA
Post  Posted 20 Feb 2017 1:50 pm     Saddle Finger Picks!
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After thirty years of excuses, resistance an a whole lot of discomfort, my one New Year resolution was to finally get it together an start using finger picks.
Tried all the standard pinch'n squeeze types and no amount of cushion, stickum made em work. After reading this thread last week I ordered a pair of Saddle finger picks. They got here in two days, well packed with good directions and Very Happy Exclamation
Played my first show with them last night and they feel good, they don't slip and I DID IT! I'll never go back.
Like John Limbach said
"these finger picks are "da bomb".
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Keith Glendinning


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United Kingdom
Post  Posted 21 Feb 2017 9:19 am    
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Further to my earlier post I realisd that if the majority of players are using picks, it must be the way to go. So I tried a pair of round nosed finger picks by Doctor Sherpa that had been lurking in my briefcase for quite a while and I'm finally getting somewhere with them. I "think" they're originally intended for Banjo playing, but they fit slightly behind the cuticle and they are comfortable.
For my thumb I'm using a Dunlop faux tortoiseshell pick, but I have a metal pick on order to try out.
I'll still play with my fingers when I need to use 3 fingers and also a flat pick depending on the tune I'm playing, but the picks look the way to go???
Wish me luck.
Keith.
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