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Topic: Poll: What type thumb picks do you use? |
Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 11:15 am |
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Just wondering what type of thumb picks some of you like the best.
Up until about a month ago I'd been using a Dunlap (M) that's when I had broke my last one of that type. Now I'm using a National (S). It has a thinner & pointier picking edge which I really like. This pick feels good to me so I went and bought (5) more. I think I'll stick with this type for awhile. I even notice it's seems to help on some of the licks I play. NR |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 11:41 am
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I use those trusty old blue Herco thumbpicks. I file 'em to a point for a sharper tone on the bass strings. The last time I was at Billy Cooper's store he had some red picks which were just like the Herco's so I bought about 6 of those! I use 'em for both steel & guitar and they never break and always deliver the goods....JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!
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John Ummel
From:
Arlington, WA.
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 11:57 am
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Dunlop medium on my thumb.
.0225 on the fingers, way more comfortable than National. |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 12:28 pm
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| I use a Dunlap multi colored medium pick,it's a pretty firm one.Most of the steel players I know use those blue thingys |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 12:35 pm
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| I use Zookies with the blade on a bit of an angle - I used to grind the edge off conventional picks after a while so the Zookie works for me. |
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Michael Garnett
From:
Seattle, WA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 12:44 pm
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I'm loving what the GeorgeL's thumbpicks are doing for me. They only come in one size... Black with red writing. And JF picks for my fangers. Cheap, comfortable, good tone.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 12:44 pm
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My grandson broke my favorite thumb pick a few years ago. I looked around for a replacement and settled on a composite thumbpick from Frenchy's in Belen, New Mexico. It is a white pick with some tortoise shell stuck to the picking area. I really like a good substantial thumb pick and this one serves the purpose extremely well.  |
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thurlon hopper
From:
Elizabethtown Pa. USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 1:49 pm
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Right now , i'm using a stubby looking orange pick i got from Wally's in Hamburg, Pa., but aside from that my favorite all around thumb pick is John Pearse. Give one to an experinced steeler friend of mine a nd a few days later, he called and asked how to get them and proceeded to order them direct from Breezy Hill Music. Hard to beat.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 3:23 pm
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| I've been using Golden Gate thumb picks for about 2 years. Prior to that I used the old Blue Herco thumbpicks. |
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From:
Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 3:30 pm
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Old National. I'm down to my last one. Anyone have a supplier for the originals??
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 3:33 pm
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| Zookies L-10 |
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Bruce Etter
From:
Columbus, Georgia
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 3:39 pm
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| Thumbpicks by Jeff Newman (Jeffran) They're really .comfortable |
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 4:08 pm
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Al Terhune
From:
Newcastle, WA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 4:14 pm
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| Surprisingly (and I bought them on a whim a few years ago), Peavey's thumb picks fit me the most comfortable. |
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Ken Williams
From:
Arkansas
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 5:18 pm
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I use the blue Herco thumbpicks. The only complaint I have is that when they heat up a bit from body heat, they don't fit as tightly as I'd like. I usually keep 2 or 3 in between the necks, and grab another when one seems to be a little too limber.
Ken
http://home.ipa.net/~kenwill
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John Cook
From:
Sarasota, Florida, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 5:26 pm
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I gotta agree with you Al. Those balck Peavy thumbpicks are really comfortable. They also come in white but I think they are smaller. I buy them from Bobbe. jc
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Michael Haselman
From:
St. Paul
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 8:14 pm
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Blue Hercos. Bought a box of 50 back in about '85. Still have 40.
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Marrs D-10, Webb 6-14E
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 8:37 pm
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| White plastic ones that fit. I have big thumbs, and most are really uncomfortable. I have to go through bins of 20 or so to find ONE stinking pick that works. |
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Joe Smith
From:
Charlotte, NC, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 8:42 pm
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Dunlap .0225 on the fingers and the blue herco thumb picks.
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 9:43 pm
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I’ve been using Dunlop .025 finger~picks for years. (Thinking of dropping to .020) And for a thumb~pick, I’ve been using the White Dunlop – L for quite a while. It seems to remain a snug~fit, w/o slipping!
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“Big John” Bechtel
Coming Soon: New Burgundy D–10 Derby (w/6 &  ,
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15” Eminence.
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Dan Galysh
From:
Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 10:29 pm
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| Kind of like the Golden Gate thumb picks, lately. |
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Bosse Engzell
From:
�ppelbo, SWEDEN
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 10:34 pm
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Blue Herco.
Bosse in Sweden |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 10:38 pm
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| I was going through my big pile of stuff the other day and found an old metal thumbpick,almost tossed it,on a whim I tried it,what a surprise,I play about 98% C6th, I discovered I got more bite and clarity on my 4 or 5 bottom strings than I ever have,also this pick is easy to shape to fit.This may not work for any one else,but it's the one for me.Now if I could do away with the finger picks like Mr.Seymore,I would be a happy camper. |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 1 Dec 2005 10:59 pm
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| Orange or yellow Fred Kelly Slick Picks. In a pinch, Fender Confetti mediums. I like the old National mediums also, but I'm down to a handful, and they're geting hard to find. |
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Allan Thompson
From:
Scotland.
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Posted 2 Dec 2005 2:10 am
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| Another one for Blue Herco. |
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