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Topic: Black Mountain Thumb Picks? |
Rick Schmidt
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Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 3:11 pm |
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Has anybody tried one of these? I’m pretty happy with the thumb pick I’m using, but as someone who occasionally plays steel with a guitar around my neck doing double duty, these have perked my curiosity
https://blackmountainpicks.com/ |
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Len Amaral
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Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 23 Mar 2020 3:41 pm
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Interesting, I checked out the website and not sure about sizing. It looks like a one size fits all.
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 12:05 am
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Pretty cool.Rick,I just ordered 3!
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 1:35 am
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The spring loading seems like a different way of implementing something like the Fred Kelly Bumblebee pick - https://fredkellypicks.com/product-category/bumble-bee/
I double on guitar a lot too. I have some of the Bumblebees - my comment is that they are sort of neither fish nor foul. Not really a great flat pick, and not really a great thumb pick either. As a thumb pick, they feel too floppy on my finger and the blade is too clumsy in comparison to my main thumb pick, which is a Fred Kelly Regular Delrin. As a flat pick, they're too light and click too much - I use tiny, heavy & rigid flat 358 jazz picks a la Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton. Anything bigger than that feels awkward anymore.
I am curious to try these - $20 for 3 seems reasonable and I'd love to find something would truly bridge the gap. I certainly have plenty of time on my hands to try stuff. But how big is the flat pick? If it's a regular 351-sized flat pick, forget it, that's way too big for me. Stu, when you get 'em, could you please give us a report? |
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Gene Tani
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Pac NW
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 4:01 am
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Thanks for posting that, I was going to buy a couple at Wintergrass (bluegrass festival in February) but I forgot and couldn't remember the name.
They're the only comfortable t'pick i've ever put on, I tried one for a couple minutes on ukelele, but i don't know how to play uke. The tip is going to take some sharpening, but that's true of all my thumbpicks except hercos.
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 5:36 am
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Dave,Will do.
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 2:13 pm
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| Dave Mudgett wrote: |
| The spring loading seems like a different way of implementing something like the Fred Kelly Bumblebee pick - |
Dave...the Bumblebee pick never worked for me either. Actually I’m using the Fred Kelly “speed pick†now and love it! It’s almost good for guitar too, but still not quite there for up stokes. Since Stu took the plunge so quickly, I think I’ll wait for his report back to us 🤔 |
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Len Amaral
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Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 24 Mar 2020 2:42 pm
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I just ordered 3 of these picks. We’ll seeðŸ‘👀
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 1 Apr 2020 5:46 am
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I just received 3 Black Mountan thumb picks. Just my opinion but the thumb part of the pick seems loose and feels like it slips. YMMV
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Gene Tani
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Pac NW
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Posted 1 Apr 2020 6:08 am
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did you try snugging the band up w/tape or reshaping w/hot water?
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- keyless Sonny Jenkins laps stay in tune forever!; Carter PSG
- The secret sauce: polyester sweatpants to buff your picks, cheapo Presonus channel strip for preamp/EQ/compress/limiter, Diet Mountain Dew |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 8 Apr 2020 12:06 am
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I'm gonna have to say"No"I prefer a Zookies,or dunlop"Calico"the best use that I found was for my acoustic guitar Merle Travis stuff!
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 11 Apr 2020 7:32 am
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My cat loves this pick!
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Steeltronics Z-pickup,Desert Rose S-10 4+5,Desert Rose Keyless S-10 3+5... Mullen G2 S-10 3+5,Telonics 206 pickups,Telonics volume pedal.,Blanton SD -10,Emmons GS_10...Zirctone bar,Bill Groner Bar...any amp that isn't broken.Steel Seat.Com seats...Licking paint chips off of Chinese Toys since 1952. |
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Matthew Dyer
From:
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 10 May 2020 10:07 am
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Just got some of these yesterday. I struggle with finding a thumb pick that works for me (I have a Fred Kelly Slick that plays nice but feels bad, and a Golden Gate XL that fits nice but plays bad). I've got monster thumbs, but so far the Black Mountain feels pretty good.
I'm going to give it a few months. My biggest complaint about most XL picks is that I feel like I'm trying to maneuver an airplane wing on my thumb. So far the Black Mountain isn't giving me that problem. |
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