Fingerpick Question (and a thank-you)

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UBach	Fingerpick Question (and a thank-you)		Lead	[-]
Posts: 166 11/15/06 00:40:15	Tags : None First off, I dl your arrangement Poor Boy, and I love it Paul! I don't play it as fast as the default file though-- I slow it down to around 75%, and I emphasise the alternating bass parts. I prefer this to my ear. Thanks Paul! So I realize that my typical playing with bare fingers on my tricone is leaving an important tone out of my canvas, so I am diving into the murky waters of getting some fingerpicks and a thumb pick on Thursday/Friday. This will allow me to continue to play the guitar fingerstyle, and give me the overpowering volume that the tricone has. What are the recommended thumbpick and finger picks? I assume I will need 1 thumbpick and 3 fingerpicks (I don't use my pinky at all-- maybe as an anchor every now and then!). Are fingerpicks placed under or over the nail? They seem that they will slow me down considerably, but I find that when I play the tricone in open E/G I play more expressively with my phrasing than the usual busy work I do on my wodden guitars. So I don't think the learning curve with them will be too bad on the tricone-- I couldn't handle it with a wood guitar.
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Paul Kucharski	Re: Fingerpick Question (and a thank-you)	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1133 11/15/06 11:58:48	You're welcome! Glad you like it. It's always been a favorite of mine. The fingerpicks I personally prefer are called fingertone picks by Propik. These picks give you substantially better volume while leaving the fleshy part of the finger still exposed. They are easier to get use to as well because the pick acts more like a nail replacer/enhancer and you still can contact the string with your fingers. The other thing I like about these is that I can use my nails in general and if I break one and need "something" to get by on until it grows back, the fingertone picks are close enough to the nail that they can act as reasonable substitutes. As for thumbpicks, just a good stiff thumbpick should work for you. I like the National white plastic ones and some of the Fred Kelly Slickpik. Viewing the world through rose colored glasses is deceptive and viewing the world through poop colored glasses will make everything look like crap.See the world clearly, think positively, and act to make things better.
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UBach	Re: Fingerpick Question (and a thank-you)	#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 166 11/20/06 12:48:32	So I bought some Dunlop finger picks-- 15 gauge instead of the heavier 20 or 25 gauges. They didn't have the propiks, but they seem to be very similar. I hate them. HATE. I have not even given them 15 seconds chance because when playing they hook into the string and actually slow you down incredibly. I assume this means that I must push them further up my finger so not much of the pick is hanging over my nails, but that is an exercise in frustration because it takes forever to bend them in shape enough to stick on your finger in the proper placement, and stick strongly enough all without cutting off circulation. Ridiculous. I will give them 5 minutes of my time tonight-- this will be the longest 5 minutes of my life.
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Paul Kucharski	Re: Fingerpick Question (and a thank-you)	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1133 11/21/06 09:33:04	*Quote:* They didn't have the propiks, but they seem to be very similar Who's they? They have them at Elderly instruments (the link I provided). Anyway, I never got use to style of picks that hang above the finger myself. The fingertone style feels more like playing with your nails. At least you can actually feel the string as you play. In either case though, it DOES take some getting use to having something wrapped around your finger. I hooked my picks on the strings quite a few times before I got use to them. I also banged them together between my fingers and hooked them together between fingers. Adsjusting them can be trying at times to be sure. Give youself a month and use them for short intervals. I do know what you mean about the pain factor of the bands cutting off your circulation. That can only be resolved with getting the bands tightened just right. One of the drawbacks to plastic picks is that you need to adjust the bands by running them under hot water to soften them up. Viewing the world through rose colored glasses is deceptive and viewing the world through poop colored glasses will make everything look like crap. See the world clearly, think positively, and act to make things better.
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UBach	Local Store	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 166 11/21/06 09:48:58	Hi Paul, I bought the Dunlop fingerpicks at my local store. They seem near identical to the Propik 'fastpicks'. It seems that the 'fingertone' picks go under the nail? This would be great! Although I would be concerned about the extra stress on the nail-- does this increase nail breakage? I'll snoop around the various local stores, although I doubt I'll see any fingertones, so I'll have to get em through the net...
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Paul Kucharski	Re: Local Store	#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1133 11/21/06 19:26:51	They do sit under the nail, but they put no stress whatsoever on the nails. You won't have a problem with that at least. Viewing the world through rose colored glasses is deceptive and viewing the world through poop colored glasses will make everything look like crap. See the world clearly, think positively, and act to make things better.
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thumbuster	Re: Fingerpick Question (and a thank-you)	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 17 04/26/07 07:50:46	I gotta add my 2 cents worth, lol. I have tried most every pick I can find but the ones I like and use are from acutab. They are the Sammy Shelor models made from stainless, they are very stiff and half as thick as most but the fit is the making of them. They extend further up the finger and are very comfortable. At 33 dollars a set they are not cheap but are well worth every cent. I know Paul, for that much they should play themselves but I'd buy another set in a heartbeat. I have small hands but due to old aurther my joints have swelled to where I now wear a size 13 ring and most pick are a real problem to keep on. No problem with these though. Warning though. Never let anyone else put your picks on cuz it took me 2 months to get them so they would fit right again and I try to play every day but it still took that long, he really bent 'em. Well that's about 20 cents worth but I had to add. Oh UBach, anything Paul tells you is straight scoop. He's a wealth of information and sure has helped me a lot in the past.
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