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Topic: Keeping Finger Picks on?
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Kenny Davis
Member From: Great State of Oklahoma
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posted 30 July 2005 09:33 PM
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Well, I have to admit that everytime this subject comes around, I usually just smirk, and chuckle at some of the remedies. After getting to a level of playing "out" or professionally, I have never had a problem with losing a finger pick. Then came last night...Right in the middle of Panhandle Rag, I blew the index finger pick. It stayed on, but not in a playable position. I have laid the blame on two things: 1. Resonator Guitar
2. Pro Piks single wraps By nature, you play a resonator harder than a pedal steel, plus the Pro Piks are "softer" than the old Nationals I've always used. With that said, coupled with my "novice" status on the reso - Must have led to the mishap. Therefore, since it didn't come completely off, and it was during a jam session - I consider the incident a "non event", and I will continue to boast that I've never blown a finger pick!
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Doyle Mitchell
Member From: Loraine,Texas 79532
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posted 31 July 2005 09:02 AM
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Donny, I would like to try a set of those Stevens picks you are talking about , where can I order them? I've got a smashed nail growing back, this might be what I need for the problem, could you post an order place please. Thanks Doyle |
Tony Davis
Member From: Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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posted 02 August 2005 05:25 AM
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OK...I found my Shrink Tube in my shed....slips over the bands of the picks real nice....hold a cigarette lighter under it and it shrinks to fit the band real tight......I have never felt so comfortable with finger picks after 30 odd years..they grip but feel so comfortable.
Its called shrink tube...prob cant get it at Tandy or Radio Shack but any electrical outlet where they sell plugs ..sockets ..wire etc should have it
I really works
Tony |
Gregg Thacker
Member From: Farmers Branch, Texas, USA
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posted 03 August 2005 08:40 PM
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I have some finger picks that have the foam nose pads on them. I also have the single band propicks. When I use the propicks, I lick my finger tips before putting on the picks and they stay on pretty darn well. The picks that hace the foam rubber on them seem to be more confortable. Also one key issue is not to have them tooo tight where they cut off the circulation in your fingers.Gregg ------------------
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Jim Sliff
Member From: Hermosa Beach California, USA
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posted 03 August 2005 10:11 PM
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Fiddle rosin works great - borrow it at a gig and with any luck you can accidentally step on the player's fiddle when using it...;-) |
Harold Parris
Member From: Piedmont, Alabama USA
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posted 06 August 2005 06:25 PM
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Just a dab of Gorilla Snot before starting to play will allow you to loosen up on the finger bands and your picks will stay on too. It smells like it is basically a rosin paste. As said earlier, fiddle rosin, or even going to the pine thicket and harvesting a little raw rosin would work if you can't readily find the little jars of Gorilla Snot.------------------
EMCI Double 10 Guitar, Nashville 400, Session 400, and Evans FET 500 HiVolt, and Gretsch Nashville Pro Steel Amp, Keith Hilton Digital Sustain pedal and Seymour Duncan KTG -1, Hughes&Kettner BATT
Harold Parris email hparris9@aol.com |
Mike Shockley
Member From: Lufkin, Texas, USA
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posted 07 August 2005 07:40 PM
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Look on the net for PRO-GRIP. It is made to make your pistol easy to hold if your hands are sweaty. Just a touch on your pick fingers tips and a touch on your bar fingers and you won't drop either one and it isn't sticky and comes off when you wash your hands. I have used it for years.--Mike |
Owen F. Clark
Member From: Maine, USA
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posted 09 August 2005 06:20 PM
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I'm a 71 year old kid that just started playing steel about 21/2 years ago.I ran into the problem at the get-go. I had some of that stuff they call Liquid Bandage from the drug drug or grocerie store. I clean the inside good with alcohol and paint the them with two coats. It smell a little like medicine but it works for me. Usually will last for several gigs. |
Joy Wofford
Member From: Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
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posted 07 September 2005 03:33 PM
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I'm adding onto this post at this late date because I've tried out an idea that was listed here by member Tony Davis...and it works great!Electrical wire shrink tubing put on over the "sleeves" of your picks is so easy to do. It's comfortable padding, easy to apply, and it keeps the picks from slipping. Just use a lighter, or as I did, a hairdryer, and presto, it's on. What more could you want?
And oh yes......it's CHEAP! I got mine at a Menards store here, which is like a Lowes or Home Depot place. You really gotta try this if you're having trouble with picks slipping or if they are biting into you. Thanks Tony, I'm a convert! Joy |
Gary Walker
Member From: Morro Bay, CA
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posted 07 September 2005 11:07 PM
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Spit, hahaha. |
Tiny Olson
Member From: Tribes Hill, NY, USA along the Erie Canal in the beautiful Mohawk River Valley
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posted 08 September 2005 09:37 AM
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I'm with Bob Hoffnar. I really like the Showcase 1941s. I too, have been using the same pair for several years and have several extra sets in reserve. I got them through Herby Wallace.Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" Olson |
John Daugherty
Member From: Rolla, Missouri, USA
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posted 08 September 2005 11:47 AM
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In my 50 years of using finger picks, I know of no reason for a pick to slip off your finger except..... not being tight enough. That's why they are bendable and have little holes.------------------
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Brett Day
Member From: Greer, SC, USA
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posted 08 September 2005 01:49 PM
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I have no problems with keeping my fingerpicks on. Usually, if they slide around on my fingers, I try to put my fingers farther to the edge of the picks. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10 |
Michael Garnett
Member From: Fort Worth, TX
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posted 08 September 2005 05:09 PM
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I'm with Brett. I haven't been picking very long, but I started with 20 gauge dunlops and hated them, too flimsy. I got some Nationals and they were too hard to shape to my hand. So, I tried one more time, and picked (HA) up a pair of JF picks at the Newman booth when they were in Dallas last. Very little shaping required, and they fit right, stay put, and have really helped my right hand technique. Their website has them for $3.00 a pair. I'd say if you're frustrated, it'd be worth the money just to try them out. I've never heard of anyone disappointed with them.
http://jeffran.com/accessories/accessories.htm -MG Also maybe look here: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/004750.html |
Glenn Suchan
Member From: Austin, Texas
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posted 21 February 2006 05:31 AM
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Bringin' this old thread back to the surface 'cause I've got some new items to recommend.I have very dry fingers and frequently my picks fly off while playing. My fix: lick my fingers. Recently, I discovered something way better. Fingertip moistener. The kind you use for sorting paper money or file copies, etc. I had some lying around the house and decided to try it. In a word, it's great!. You just rub your finger and thumb tips across it a couple of times. Then rub the finger tips together until it's worked in (a few seconds will do). And stick yer picks on. It seems to be a similar concept to the "Gorilla Snot" and Elmer's "Glue Stik", so these are two more choices to the possibilities. I now keep a container in my pack-a-seat. Here are a couple of links to some brands I've tried.
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=458554&&An=text
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=51425319&pfp=BROWSE Keep on stickin' ...er pickin'!  Glenn[This message was edited by Glenn Suchan on 21 February 2006 at 05:33 AM.] |
David Mason
Member From: Cambridge, MD, USA
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posted 22 February 2006 07:36 AM
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I've always been a spit man, but there are times and places where I just don't want to lick my fingers - I know where they've been, after all. Something about Joy Wofford's FIRST solution appealed to me, mainly that I HAD some silicon sealant goo right here. It really, really works! So far! You just spread a little layer inside the bands with a toothpick and let it dry. If I get famous now that my picks stay on, the guitar mags will all be talking about the "Seal-All" brand for decades to come - good time to buy stock, probably. |
Ron Sodos
Member From: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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posted 22 February 2006 10:02 AM
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I have fiddle rosin. I use my pocket knife and scrape some powder off. I put the powder on my fingers and slip my picks on. Not only do they not come off, I have to pull them off when it is time to take them off. |
David Wren
Member From: Placerville, California, USA
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posted 22 February 2006 03:34 PM
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Plastic picks.... never had a problem, and a real nice tone, get a little bounce outta them too. Plastic picks get chicks!
(Just kidding Patty :-) )
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Dave Wren
'95Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box
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John McGann
Member From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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posted 22 February 2006 04:37 PM
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You mean they're supposed to come off when you are done playing?(Dang...maybe it was the Super Glue...)[This message was edited by John McGann on 22 February 2006 at 04:38 PM.] |
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