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Topic: Licking is Good |
Larry Ball
From:
Airdrie, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 11:19 am |
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I first saw this on UTube, when Buddy Emmons was playing the St. Louis Convection (I can't remember the year?)He was going to be playing the Nameless Shuffle. He was introduced on stage and as he sat down in front of his steel he proceeded to start "Licking his Thumb and two playing fingers" as he put his picks on. I thought, well ok this is Buddy Emmons and there must be a reason for this. I have not seen it since however I read something on the Forum that suggested this was a method that helped keep the picks on your fingers.
My picks always feel loose though the 1st set and as my hands warm up the picks tighten. So I "Licked" and I had to pull to get my picks off later. I could not believe how secure they felt on my fingers.
So "Licking is Good"
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 11:21 am
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I have been doing it for 43 years.. It works very well... bob
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 11:22 am
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Been licking my fingers for decades. It really does work for keeping picks on. I tried all the gooey crap that people recommended, and always went back to licking my fingers.
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Carl Williams
From:
Oklahoma
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 12:04 pm
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| Same here for 45 years...still kicking and licking—-haven’t poisoned myself “yet!†|
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 12:36 pm
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You can't beat spit! 
Erv |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 2:28 pm
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| Same here,,,,a little shot of hair spray every so often helps add a little "sticky" |
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Pat Moore
From:
Virginia USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 4:48 pm
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Take a lickin' & keep on kickin'!! 
Started lickin' when I began playin guitar years ago, and moved right into PSG thumb and fingerpicks after that!
God's natural glue!
Finger lickin' good!  |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2019 5:11 pm Licking is good
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Steel players are clean musicians, We wash our hand on break. When we get on stage we have to lick our fingers to seat our picks.
I chew tobacco and that gives my picks their own glue. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 1:35 am
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When I got my latest set of picks (Nationals) I had to lick them (my fingers, that is  ) but as time has passed I don't need to. I think maybe the combination of spit and sweat has etched the metal so that it's less slippery.
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 2:20 am
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| Just eat a piece of KFC chicken. Picks stay on for life. At least that's my findings. I learned the licking finger method from Herby Wallace. Works for me too. The chicken is optional. |
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Dennis Detweiler
From:
Solon, Iowa, US
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 5:16 am
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Yes, when they're slippin', lickum' and stickum'.
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 9:31 am
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I was intrigued by the title of this topic, and was going to make several pertinent comments.. However when I got into the discussion it was about playing the steel guitar, and realized it was a different site I was thinking about.
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Matt Elsen
From:
Deer Harbor, Orcas Island, WA
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 10:22 am
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| Are you a philatelist or something, Bob? (Stamp Collector) |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 10:25 am
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No, he's a former Timex salesman.
"Takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'" 
Erv |
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 2:28 pm
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Wash your hands after setting up ^_^
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William Morgan III
From:
Hephzibah,GA
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Posted 20 Mar 2019 2:42 pm
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| I too am a "licker". I often wonder what people out in the audience must think. It must look pretty strange! |
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 21 Mar 2019 4:59 am
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I actually could not use Dunlap finger picks ( only nationals) till I learned about saliva.
I was the one that posted that Emmons video. It made me feel better when I saw E do it! |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2019 3:06 pm
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I recently started doing this licking ritual after reading about it on the Forum... it works! I also lick my left hand palm, helps hold the bar better, usually a powder-coated Hillman bar.
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