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Post by windmill on Feb 10, 2020 0:39:38 GMT -5
I have some that occasionally get and try.
It occurrd to me to try again the other day
It really thows me off when i start using them and I am not sure why.
Anyone here use them regularly ?
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Post by jefe46 on Feb 10, 2020 13:32:11 GMT -5
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Post by Lefty Rev on Feb 10, 2020 13:42:36 GMT -5
I'm trying to use them/get used to them again (used them years ago). They come in handy when you want some more volume and articulation...but they do take some getting used to.
I have two different gauges: .015 and some thicker .025. Slightly thicker tone from the .025, as you'd expect.
Getting them shaped to fit your fingers comfortably is important, and I wear them at an angle on my fingers so that they strike the strings "perpendicular" rather than at an angle - otherwise the wound G strings can sound pretty scratchy. Takes some time to develop your technique. Keep at it.
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Post by rickyguitar on Feb 15, 2020 22:20:00 GMT -5
I have never tried them on guitar. When I was playing banjo I used metal thumb and finger picks. A plastic thumb pick seemed to throw off the balance to me. Funny thing, I went and bought a set hoping a banjo comes my way, baiting the trap as it were.
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Post by 6l6 on Feb 24, 2020 11:10:38 GMT -5
I've been using two or three metal fingerpicks (0.013) and a plastic thumbpick since 1965. I like the 0.013's because I can easily shape them to my fingertips.
It does take some getting used to but the gains in tone/sustain/volume (when needed) are well worth the effort.
I actually do get a lot of compliments on my tone. People attribute it to the guitar I'm playing but I always tell them, "90% of my tone is the fingerpicks. The guitar accounts for about 10%."
Take the time and learn how to use them.
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Post by larryguitar54 on Mar 2, 2020 22:40:15 GMT -5
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Post by LTB on Mar 3, 2020 2:03:13 GMT -5
I like this video! Thanks for posting it
I tried plastic finger picks and adjusted them the way he did on his fingers so that they would hit the string straight up. I like what this guy is doing. The thing about plastic finger picks even though I heated them up so they would conform to my finger diameters they would tend to try and return to original position and squeeze my finger to tightly. I am going to try the metal finger picks with the plastic thumb pick.
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Post by saltyseadog on Mar 9, 2020 23:37:36 GMT -5
Nice video of you playing. I also use the same type of finger picks and turn them at an angle on my fingers so I am picking the string with the flat of the pick as they don't seem to "scratch" like that. I never liked the plastic thumb picks as the plastic never holds up and eventually breaks, I tried metal thumb picks but found them too "scratchy". A good few years back I bought a Herco thumbpick, not the all plastic ones they have now but a metal one with a plastic pick riveted to it. I like this but found the pick part too heavy and as I use 0.75 nylon flatpicks decided to round off the pick part of the Herco and superglued a nylon flat pick onto it. This works extremely well for me and as a bonus it can rotate on the rivet if I want to use the wider radius of the back edge instead of the point. The superglue holds them forever, when they wear down too much I slice them off with a stanley blade and glue a new on. |
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