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Originally Posted by Socalbill
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03-09-2018 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by marcwhy
What's cool about these is that you can play upstrokes (-you can strum with it) as well as use it like a traditional thumbpick. Also, you can grip it with your index like a flatpick and it will feel like playing with one. So it can be the best of both worlds.
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+1 for Strum n Comfort Dick Elliot uses them ...not sure how long but I'd bet a while.....
...I've never tried them, and no affiliation, etc.............
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Good on anyone who get on with a thumbpick. I have tried numerous times and always end up giving up in utter frustration. Using as a flatpick is what always doesn't work for me. I always end up going back to hybrid picking with a flatpick. Ah well...
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I'm working with the Kodiak crossover pick now.
Smaller--thinner--strap than the Sharktooth.
A few pictures, taken just now w/ my iPhone.
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Thanks for the photos of that. Very helpful to tell that it wouldn't work for me; with a pick, I like to have my thumb very close to the strings- actually brushing the strings- and only let a very tiny bit of the tip the pick show, so the strap would be running into the strings all the time for me. I may just need to learn to use proper finger style technique!
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
(One appeal for them, esp to older players, is that it makes it easier to hold a pick. Some of us find it hard to hold a normal pick. (Or to hold it steady for a long time, such as during a set.) This is a big help with that.
I should make some videos about my experience with it soon. Again, not for everyone but it might be for more people than we tend to think at first blush.
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I think I've found the one for me:
The pick on the bottom right is a Sharktooth. The one to its left is a Kodiak. (The image is of a bear but the glare on this picture obscures this.) The Kodiak has a sharper point. The pick that is 'strapped in' is also a Kodiak but it has been shaped by the pick maker Greg Atkins. This is his particuar preference. (There are special versions for Ron Eschete and Les Wise.) I think this is the one for me. I like the sharper point and the angle. Video to come....
Charlie Garnett - Franken Tele
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