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(@duffmaster)
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Has anyone else here ever tried thumb picks, like the ones on the bottom of this page - http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/picks&cat=6

I actually like them a lot. I got one from my friend a few days ago, and they elimate slipping and dropping, and I seem to have more string control. Has anyone else found that these things work nice?

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(@ricochet)
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Yeah, I like thumb picks and use 'em a lot. One I especially like for electrics is Fred Kelly's Speed Pick.

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(@hawkfoggy)
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Personly i don't really care what kind of pick i got . heck some times i don't even use a pick.
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(@doug_c)
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I haven't tried any of the more conventional ones, but I did get a "Sharktooth Crossover Pick" awhile back, and it's pretty slick. http://www.strum-n-comfort.com
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(@forrok_star)
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I've used them before while I still looking for my own original picking style and favorite pick. I finally settled on using the dunlap 46 and 60. I really don't need anything heavier than those. I can get everything I want from them and then some. Everyone at sometime in their playing will find what works for them to get their guitar to talk.

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(@duffmaster)
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Yucko! I don't play with anything less than a whole 1mm thick

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(@tinsmith)
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I use them occasionally.

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page=products/pip&id=45&pmh=products/picks

Just the thumb. I use differant kind for fingers or none at all.

I'm toying with the idea of using a thumb pick exclusively.


   
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(@dogbite)
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to adjust a thumbpick place in very hot water for a few moments.
then while pliable, bend to suit thumb.
then immerse in cold water.
tada.

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(@duffmaster)
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I have the metal variety.

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(@demoetc)
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I tried the clear ones years ago; had to hold them over a flame to soften them and then shape and then stick under cold water as someone else mentioned - because they really didn't have lefty thumbpicks back then ;)

I tried the metal ones back then too - easier to shape but not what I liked, and then I forgot about the whole thing up until a few months ago when I got a lap steel. It's part of the sound in many ways, that and fingerpicks.

The thing I hate most is when I pull or pick at a hangnail on my left thumb and then put the pick on. It feels like my thumb's gonna explode or something. Really painful. It does however make me more aware of not pulling on those hangnails!

I'm thinking of trying the Fred Kelly's though. They look pretty cool. The Speed Pick and the Slick Pick. Right now it's the heavy and medium Dunlop white ones.


   
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(@bmizell)
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When I am not using my own fingers I use thumb picks. I also like the Dunlop L. mostly. I modify mine though.
What I do is take some 320 grit sand paper and sand them down from 52 thousands of an inch to around 25 thousands of an inch on a slight taper back from the tip to end at thumb. Then take polishing grit paper to slick them back to original surface finish, so they won't grab on the strings. They come out between a regular light and medium pick sound.

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(@zacharias)
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went to L&M to buy one today, but they were just like an extended fingernail, I don't pick with the top of my thumb but the side, are dunlops to the side?

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(@duffmaster)
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Yes there is a variety that the pick part is on the side of your thumb.

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(@off-he-goes)
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I never was a fan of finger and thumb picks. I bought some hoping they'd provide a bit more clarity for finger picking live. I couldn't get used to them, and I looked like Edward Scissorhands. It was a very unnatural feeling.

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(@greybeard)
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Zach, I think they were finger picks. :lol:

What you are looking for are thumbpicks:

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