What's the pick you use for the best grip?

[peshikthe]

i use a tp35 bluechip and its a great pick i usually rub it on my jeans between playing.....very nice grip on my bluechip....

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by Mobilemike

I've started using the larger triangle shaped picks in some cases instead of the standard 351 shape - I find that the little bit of extra material there makes it easier to hold onto the pick and gives me better control.

I like Blue Chips a lot. The new (ish) Dunlop Primetones have a great grip surface on them - possibly the best I've felt - but I don't like the tone of them nearly as well as the Blue Chips.

I like the Wegen Bluegrass picks (the ones with the holes) but I don't find that the holes make them any easier to grip than other picks.

-Mike

mike we seem to be in complete accord.

Large triangles ARE easier to grip, and BC are still the best, (I use mostly TAD-50s now. I use Wegen TF140s form y 12 string and a rather bass biased "Roy Smeck" style guitar.

Two points :-

1. If you find picks slip out of your fingers - you may be holding them TOO hard - lighten up and so will they.

2. Triangular picks are simply better value - i.e. three times as many playing points !

OK - three points (sic) - triangular picks have a tad (sicsic) more density and so you may find that a thinner tri-pick is as good as a thicjker teardrop.

and

P.s. (I ran out of numbers) - I use a Stanley knife and cut little lines (hatching) on my BCs to make them a little more grippy.

P.p.s. Primetones look like BC (I'm sure tat isn't a conicidence) but the material is very "clacky" - no tme but lots of attack.

That's it for now.

[DanPanther]

I made the ones below. I took 3 picks to make one pick.
It gives me the feel and grip of a thick pick, but the option to choose the flexibility by changing the middle pick.
Cut, and superglue together.
Please excuse the dirt, but I use them.

Dan

[juice22]

I've used Pickboy Pos-A-Grips for years and never like anything better.

I've tried a few of the more expensive options but these are what I always gravitate back to.

[JLT]

Due to nerve damage in my right thumb and forefinger, I need these picks to have some sort of non-slip surface. I've used Cool picks, but now I'm just buying some clear stair tread tape (1" wide) at my local Ace Hardware and stick a half an inch of it on one side of the pick. Works for me.

[panrzem]

Originally Posted by bizango1

For best grip I use Moose Picks. They have grippy foam attached and they even sell peel off foam that you can apply to your favorite picks. They even have foam gripped carbon fiber picks.

http://www.guitarmoose.com/

I second or add one to the last who love these picks. I picked some up and they are great. Able to hold on to them with no slipping.

[Paleolith54]

Originally Posted by Jamos5790

Topic^^

Just wondering what pick you use when you have issues of the pick either slipping out or spinning in your fingers.

I've tried
Tortex=slip out a lot
Clayton Frost Byte= do ok but spin in hand
Dunlop Nylon=ok but also spin
Dunlop Max Grip= best I've tried but still spin some and occasionally come out

I was thinking of trying maybe the Star picks or Cactus pick but just looking for which ones ya'll have had good experience with.

Blue Chip.

[6L6]

Find a pic you like and then get a hole punch. Punch a hole through the center of
the pic and you'll never drop another one!

[1newbie]

BlueChip

Cool picks - less expensive.

[blue]

Thick... Doesn't matter if it's rough like tortex, or the ones I'm currently using, slick V-picks. Thick.

Try some tortex Bass picks. I think they are 2 mm. Or get a sampler of V-picks if you want to spend more, but not a crazy amount.

[Stringbuzz]

I've been trying the fender nylon "corona" which have a sandpaper like texture, but I still have problems when my fingers are really dry.

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[dkoloff]

Guitar Moose Carbon Picks with the Soft Grip are some I have been ordering lately and sound good and have a nice comfortable grip.

[drive-south]

I like "cool" picks. Durable and provide good grip. I usually pay $.75 each. Can't beat them especially at that price.

[Inyo]

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[JLT]

Originally Posted by panrzem

I second or add one to the last who love these picks. I picked some up and they are great. Able to hold on to them with no slipping.

They're still sending out free samples if you want to try one. I got one last weekend. Pricy, but they seem to work as advertised. I'll find out for sure when I do a gig this weekend.