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Lee Holeman
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San Benito, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2014 7:40 pm |
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What are the favorite thumb picks today? I'v used National M for years, but the last ones I bought from Amazon are terrible--only last a couple of gigs then break. I live in South Texas--went to two music stores looking & no luck.
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 30 Dec 2014 8:09 pm
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| I like Golden Gates. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 30 Dec 2014 8:16 pm
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Zookies
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Billy McCombs
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Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2014 8:17 pm
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Golden Gates.
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2014 8:32 pm
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Zookies for me. I used to bend standard picks in the steam from a kettle until I found those. They don't last forever, but at $1- $!.25 a pop no big investment.
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 30 Dec 2014 8:46 pm
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Lee, a lot of players are using the orange Fred Kelly speed pick.
It fits like a glove and performs very well.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 30 Dec 2014 9:13 pm
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John Pearse and Golden Gate
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 4:06 am
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| Blue Hercos |
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Dick Hitchcock
From:
Wayne, Nebraska
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 6:25 am
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Lee....I use and old Dunlop thin line .....Works good for me
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Craig Schwartz
From:
McHenry IL
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 6:44 am
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PRoPIk, at a steel show Tommy Dodd turned me on to these kevlar tipped animals, he custom ground the tip like the tip of a fillet knife and then shrink wrapped the nail side or top, I now hear the root note when I play.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 9:11 am
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My grandson broke my National thumb pick and I went to a Golden Gate, very nice.  |
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Tony Glassman
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The Great Northwest
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 10:15 am
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Thumb picks have been a "thorn in my side" for the last 30 years or so.
My thumbs are fairly small in girth, and it's hard to find one that stays put (doesn't rotate on my thumb when striking strings). The worst for me are the ones I like the most - Blue Hercos. The best fitting are the National Mediums, Golden Gates or Zookies, none of which I especially like tonally......but "needs,must"
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 1:33 pm
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John Pearce - they don't "wilt" when they get warm from playing.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 1:39 pm
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| Jack Aldrich wrote: |
| John Pearce - they don't "wilt" when they get warm from playing. |
Which is one reason I like them. I wish the tongue was a tad longer. The Golden Gates (if you get the right one) also stays put. Again, I wish they had a longer tongue.
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Joe Rouse
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 1:43 pm Thumb picks
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| Like Craig said...ProPik...Tommy Dodd sold me the first and I bought the rest from Elderly Instr. and put my own heat shrink on and am happy...plus I have a knot on my thumb and I can bend the metal loop so the knot doesn't get sore from a plastic thumb pick rubbing it....jr |
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 31 Dec 2014 6:31 pm
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| Tony Glassman wrote: |
Thumb picks have been a "thorn in my side" for the last 30 years or so.
My thumbs are fairly small in girth, and it's hard to find one that stays put (doesn't rotate on my thumb when striking strings). The worst for me are the ones I like the most - Blue Hercos. The best fitting are the National Mediums, Golden Gates or Zookies, none of which I especially like tonally......but "needs,must"
Anyone else with this problem? |
I have that same problem and solved it by wrapping a thin peice of gaffer tape around the pick to stop it from opening . I know there are commercial solutions that are similar but I have had that tape on the one thumb pick for a few years now . |
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 1 Jan 2015 8:47 am
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I use my John Pearse thumbpick the most. Sometimes I switch to a Johnson if I want a more mellow sound.
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 1 Jan 2015 9:30 am
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Bob Mainwaring
From:
Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 2:53 pm Thumb Picks
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For many years I`ve used metal thumb picks on my old Z.B`s. and five string banjo to get away from the muted plastic sounds.
The metal ones corelate with the metal finger picks and sort of equalize the sounds that`s coming from the ol`steel.
This has come up many times in the past and I find it erasistable not to use metal thumb picks.
All Z.B.est.
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Lee Holeman
From:
San Benito, Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 3:23 pm
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| Bob--thanks. What kind of metal thumbtacks do you use? |
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Bob Mainwaring
From:
Qualicum Beach Vancouver Island B.C. Canada
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 4:41 pm Metal Thumb Picks
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Hi there Lee,
They're Jim Dunlop 94530 -- whatever the number means, possibly the type thickness gauge.
They last the longest without having to mess around with or file.
The strength is kept there because of the 90% bends either side of the face where it makes contact with the strings.
All Z.B.est.
Bob. |
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Lee Holeman
From:
San Benito, Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:06 pm
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Thanks Bob--I'll try to order a couple to try out!
Lee |
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W. Van Horn
From:
Houston, texas
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:19 pm
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| My favorite by far are the white Fred kelly picks. I think they are derlin. They sound very good, the band is not huge like most picks so it stays out of the way. A lot of my friends use them or the kelly speed picks(banjo players). |
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Bob Snelgrove
From:
san jose, ca
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:29 pm
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| Tony Glassman wrote: |
Thumb picks have been a "thorn in my side" for the last 30 years or so.
My thumbs are fairly small in girth, and it's hard to find one that stays put (doesn't rotate on my thumb when striking strings). The worst for me are the ones I like the most - Blue Hercos. The best fitting are the National Mediums, Golden Gates or Zookies, none of which I especially like tonally......but "needs,must"
Anyone else with this problem? |
Try the Fred Kelly whites.
bob
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John Booth
From:
Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2015 7:29 pm
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The best and most comfortable thumb pick I've ever used is this Propik. I'll never use another.
It's less filling but tastes great !
JB
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