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Topic: A nice new discovery |
J Hill
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 6:14 pm |
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Hi,
I asked my husband if he wouldn't like to 'invent' the perfect fingerpick because I haven't tried anything yet that's really comfortable or secure.
But today...I bought a cheap little package of those small round Velcro "dots" in the fabric department of Walmart. They're no bigger than a dime and I took the soft-sided one and 'stuck' the adhesive side up under the part of the metal fingerpick that comes together over the fingernail.
It kills two birds with one stone, making that part of the pick soft against the fingernail and tender skin right above it, (no more pain there now), and it makes the pick snug and secure. In fact, you may need to 'stretch' the pick where it comes together just 'ever so slightly' so its not too snug. If you can feel your heartbeat in your finger, its too snug. 
I paid $1.97 and got 20 of those soft-sided dots. Nice.
Leila |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 6:18 pm
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Thanks for the heads-up,
and have a great Christmas. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 6:31 pm
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| For years my finger picks wore sores or would tare the skin just above the nail.Then one day someone,I forget who, mentioned I should adjust my picks to be tight on the sides of my fingers and just snug across the top.Worked like a charm for me.Maybe this will work for someone else.........bb [This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 23 December 2004 at 06:32 PM.] |
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J Hill
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 6:46 pm
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I put this in the wrong Forum. Sorry, I just noticed!
Leila |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 7:15 pm
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| Guys: Just a tip. Take needle nose pliers and bend just the edge of the pick that contacts your cuticles.(The sides of the picks) Voila, no more torn cuticles or sore fingers. Works like a charm. I know it worked for me. |
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Lloyd Karenke
From:
Eagle River, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 8:46 pm
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| So simple yet so effective...works great for me! Thanks for the tip Jim Bob! |
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 8:50 am
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Another thing to try is the pads used for the bridge of a pair of glasses. Sticky on one side, soft on the other. One on each side of the pick, usually no cutting is required.
Jay |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 8:53 am
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I had used cloth medical tape, real cheap by the roll.
A bit of trimming and all was well. |
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J Hill
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 9:08 am
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Maybe I have here another discovery but one not so good. Does anyone else notice there seems to be a 'dulling' of the tone when we use something to pad the inside of the picks. Or is this all in my head? I seemed to notice when I played this morning.
Leila |
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Frank Parish
From:
Nashville,Tn. USA
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 10:03 am
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| John Pearse high riders are the only picks I'll ever use again. I tried all of the above but it never worked as well as these picks. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 24 Dec 2004 5:33 pm
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Sometimes, I would cut the sticky part of a Band Aid, (off each side of the pad)and put that over the cuticle on my fingers when they were sore, lasted most of the nite.
Bill |
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Michael Holland
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2004 6:36 am
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There's no difference in tone whatsoever. I have the pads in all my sets of picks. Snug and comfy!
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