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Topic: Finding comfortable finger picks |
Gary Steele
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2006 1:40 pm |
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| I have big hands and have a hard time keeping them from hurting my fingers.Does anyone know of a pick that has a longer wrap? I'm sure i'm not the first one with this problem. Tell us about your cure!! Thanks. Gary. |
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Ricky Littleton
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Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2006 3:05 am
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Gary:
I'm a pretty good sized person and cursed with big fingers. I've found the Kyser finger picks to be the best for me.
Ricky...
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James Sission
From:
Sugar Land,Texas USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2006 10:37 am
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I am very big as well. I wear a size 13 ring. I emailed Bobby Seymour and he sent some large picks that have a slight bevel to the area where they sit on your finger. They are extremely comfortable. They are nationals and are the largest finger picks I have ever seen. I really like the way they wrap around the finger and the bevel keeps them from hurting your finger even if they are bent to fit really tight...James
EDIT: Sorry, these picks with the bevel are Dunlop, not nationals.....James[This message was edited by James Sission on 13 February 2006 at 10:25 AM.] |
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Waisznor
From:
Berlin, Germany
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Chuck McGill
From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Feb 2006 1:31 pm
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| Gary you can probably find some different picks but have you tried a pair of needle nose plyers to shape the pick to your finger. I takes some fooling with but seems to work for me. I use standard Dunlop .022 |
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 10:16 am
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Pro~Pik,#2. Strait blade,single wrap.  |
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Steve Alcott
From:
New York, New York, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 10:52 am
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| What about us guys with skinny fingers? When I get a pair of picks , the first thing I have to do is file off some metal at each end of the wrap so they don't overlap when I put them on. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 11:39 am
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Steve, I have relatively "thin" fingers too and I just bought some National NP2 picks and they are the first ones that I didn't have to modify. The NP2's are a reissue of the original National Picks and I like them better than the Showcase 1941's which are supposed to be a copy of the original Nationals.
The Dunlop's seem to be a pretty good fit for me, too. |
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Scott Denniston
From:
Hahns Peak, Colorado, USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 1:01 pm
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| Gary, I kept hearing about the Showcase 1941's for years and finally got around to ordering a couple of sets. I've always used Nationals and have put up with the discomfort and picks flying off occasionally. These 1941's are so much like Nationals that they didn't take any time to get used to playing with them. BUT- they're comfortable and never fly away. |
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Sonny Priddy
From:
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Feb 2006 5:11 pm
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I've Been Usein Dunlops For Years And They Stay On Good And Feel Fine. Bobbie Is right. SONNY.
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Feb 2006 9:23 am
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Those little nosepads (the ones Pro Optic makes for glasses) solve a multitude of pick discomfort problems.
Gotta go reline my picks! |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 14 Feb 2006 10:11 am
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| Yeah, those nose pads look pretty comfortable. I just put a wrap of friction tape where the ends come together. |
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