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For decades, the guitar pick has constantly slipped from my fingers. Finally discovered something that works -- poster putty! While it needs to be changed occasionally since it gets dirty, it provides just enough adhesion to keep the pick from slipping, yet I can easily disconnect from it. This is my 3.5 mm stone pick!
Mark
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01-12-2020 02:37 PM
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Interesting and inexpensive solution which would work with any pick.
For me, going to a smaller pick eliminated pick slippage. With a small teardrop or jazz III size pick, I can feel the forward or top edge of the pick respectively between my fingers and immediately know the orientation and position of the pick. With the standard Fender shaped pick (351), I had problems with slipping. I think that was because there was no tactile cue as to position.
I use one of three picks- D'Andrea ProPlec small teardrop (358), larger D'Andrea pick (651) cut down to the Dunlop Jazz III shape, and the Dunlop Ultex Jazz III if I want a brighter tone. While the ProPlecs are smooth, they do not slip around between my fingers in these smaller sizes. The Ultex has raised letters as well.
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I have some Blue Chip picks, and it can be difficult to move the pick deliberately. The material the pick is made of seems to have built-in lubrication for sliding across the strings, but it sticks to my fingers so that I can remove my finger or thumb and the pick remains stuck to the remaining finger even if it's underneath the finger. It won't fall off. I can't do that with most other picks.
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I find after so many decades of playing them, the Fender heavy pick is the only one I can really use on stage - it’s big enough to really hold on to and if it slips (or I grind a tip playing hard) I just rotate a touch more to the next tip. Other picks I try just don’t stay in place for me.
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Originally Posted by neilspeers
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Originally Posted by p1p
I have more ‘regular’ picks for sitting around the hose and some oddball ones like wooden or super thick or super pointy.
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Isn't it interesting how there are so many different preferences for many aspects of playing guitar? Most people hands are pretty similar in size and function- humans are fairly standardized physically- yet we have a lot of different experiences in what "works" for each of us.
I'm 6'3" and have proportionally sized hands, yet I prefer a small teardrop plectrum. Someone else may prefer a large pick. Pat Metheny plays with a light 351 Fender pick that he turns and uses the shoulder. Jerry Garcia liked a 2 mm thick Adamas graphite pick; Bob Weir likes the Dunlop red Jazz II with the rounded tip. Some like 5 mm thick gyspy jazz picks, some like stone picks. I have a stainless steel 351 sized pick with a pointy tip that I've had for 35 years, but rarely use it because it sounds bad and chews the heck out of the strings- a failed experiment. And some people prefer no pick at all!
I just ordered a pack of Fender 347 heavies, since I've never tried those and this thread got me thinking about it.
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I do something with my picks I haven't seen anybody else do--like Cunamara above, I'm a big guy with big hands and I prefer a small teardrop (Fender Extra Heavy) but I use it upside down...and to solve a lifelong issue of dropping the pick, I paint the grip half with "liquid paper". It adds just the right amount of extra grip with my natural finger perspiration without being too sticky.
Santa brought me a Blue Chip for Christmas sized as close as I could determine to the Fenders I've been using for 25+ years to be...jury's still out.
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Simple. I drill a 5mm dia hole right in the centre of each D'andrea Pro Plec 351 - 'centre' meaning central to the widest part. Had to make a simple jig to get them all the same. I guess the hole could be reamed out larger if need be.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
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When I first started playing I used to score my picks with a box cutter so they would have more grip. I haven't had to do that in a very long time because now I hold the pick firmly enough so that it doesn't go flying. Everyone is different. I am sure it would be different if I had sweaty hands.
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Originally Posted by goldpark
Monster Grips: The Ultimate Grip for Guitar Picks and More!
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What kind of pick is this thumb pick on picture? Black and red one!
Tks
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Looks like the Black Mountain Universal Thumb Pick. They are sold by Elderly Instruments.
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