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01-15-2015, 07:19 PM
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Learning to use a thumb pick is like...
Learning to ice skate. I'm all over the place here! I guess eventually I'll get it. Hope I don't poke my eye out
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01-15-2015, 07:29 PM
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Hey Barry, I can relate.
After years of putting it off, I finally took the plunge a few months back and started playing a bit with a thumb pick. Like anything else it takes a lot of practice. I've been making decent progress except for palm muting on boom chick style alternating bass songs. That is a nut I'm not certain I will ever crack. Oh and I always wear my glasses when I play with a thumb pick. 
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01-15-2015, 07:30 PM
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I've never left a thumb-pick I left untouched…by my bench grinder (to shorten them) and emery boards (to smooth them).     I shorten them so my thumb stroke is not affected. I don't have to lift to accommodate the long tip.
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01-15-2015, 08:23 PM
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01-15-2015, 08:24 PM
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01-15-2015, 09:22 PM
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I saw one of your old posts regarding sanding down thumb picks and did that too - it was easy..I sanded down the pick part to a nub and beveled it. Made a big difference rather than trying to handle a long pick. I'm still learning to thumb pick - but that was good piece of advice you posted and made my learning curve a little shallower. Thank you.
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01-15-2015, 10:13 PM
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Learning to use a thumb pick is like...
Try a Fred Kelly speed pick. I love these. It has a little nib that gives you good control as well as good strong tone.
Elderly sells them. Can't patch in link here very easily on mobile phone.
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01-16-2015, 05:12 AM
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01-16-2015, 10:12 AM
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Is like wiping my *** with my hand.
It's messy but I'll do it if I have to
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01-16-2015, 09:03 PM
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Thanks everyone.
Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk
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01-17-2015, 03:22 AM
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I struggled at first and tried all different types - then I read somewhere that the recommended course of action was to find the one that felt most comfortable on your thumb and learn to live with it!
So I now use unaltered medium dunlops (white plastic) and I'm fine with them now
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01-17-2015, 09:04 PM
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Long time user. It took me about a week to become accustomed to using one. I can now play any thumb pick, any length, any material but prefer them long (stock) and polycarbonate at this point.
The Fred Kelly Delrin (soft nylon) got me started out and from there I learned of the advantages of polycarbonate. One poster mentioned lifting the thumb versus shortening the blade, preferring to do the latter. I would suggest that the hand is too close to the strings if that's the case. Hence the long blade on every thumb pick made. The finger stroke isn't quite right when too close. I know, I know; to each his own but I think experimenting with technique will provide its own best answers and mute any arguments.
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01-17-2015, 09:46 PM
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I'm going to make a few of different lengths and see which one is easiest to use. I think the finger picks are going to end up being the easier of the two types of picks. The thumb pick reminds me of when I first tried to learn travis picking - that rub your head and stomach at the same time thing all over again...
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01-17-2015, 10:06 PM
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It took me 2 months before I was at break even, and could play most of my old repertoire with the thumb pick. And i didn't really make significant progress until I sanded them down. It felt like trying to play guitar with a canoe paddle at first.
Now that I'm over the hump, I find that I'm preferring them longer and at stock length for most picks. I didn't plan it that way but the shortened picks were like training wheels on a bike. Now that I finally got it, I no longer need them shortened. Hope that is of some use, Gary
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