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Topic: Question about blue Herco thumb picks..... |
Mike Kowalik
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San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 30 Aug 2014 5:44 pm |
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Do these come in a large size?
Everywhere I look they are listed as mediums....I bought some off of eBay and the portion of the blade for picking is not more than a quarter inch long where as the blade on National's is longer.
So are the medium's what everyone uses?
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 31 Aug 2014 5:12 am
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| I thought they only come in one size. The red ones have a longer blade... maybe that's what you need. |
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Ronnie Boettcher
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Brunswick Ohio, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2014 5:20 am
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I think they mean "MEDIUM", as the physical size for the size of your thumb, not the length of the tine. I myself use Thumb picks with long tines. I cannot find any today that are made with long tines. I have to make my own, by super gluing a piece of pick onto the existing pick, to get the length I want. I boil 1 pick in water till it is straight, and then cut pieces to glue onto another pick. I know this sounds mickey mouse, but I get the length of the tine where I want it. I never had one come apart on me yet. Use them for steel, banjo, and dobro.
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 31 Aug 2014 5:29 am
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+1 on the Blue Herco! Mine are mediums, but I snipped the point off to make it feel more rigid. It's a matter of preference only. Frenchies sells them, I don't know anywhere else but eBay, to get them.
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 31 Aug 2014 6:13 am
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The nylon is kinda flexy, so the tang HAS to stay short.
They play really well, and I love them.
It takes a little while to get used to the short tang, but you CAN.
The other disadvantage is that they loosen as they warm. If you gig or otherwise play for long periods, you have to have 3 or more: one on your thumb, one ready to play, and one cooling because you just took it off.
I have 5: I put on the one nearest the pickup, and put the one I just took off nearest the keyhead
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 31 Aug 2014 8:27 am Herco's.....
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Thanks to all of you for your replies.
I figured it will be a matter of getting used to them as I've always used National's.
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 31 Aug 2014 8:35 am
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I have an original Blue Herco thumb pick. Its at least 30 years old. It's pick end length is about the same as a National.
I've tried the new version and didn't like it. Seemed to be not as rigid as the original.
I remember looking for another Blue Herco at St Louis one year, I went through all that Scotty had and all that Frenchy had before I found one that would fit. You can't reshape the originals, it either fit or didn't. |
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