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not finger/thumbpicks? you can do a lot more "steel-sounding" stuff with them, chord voicings and double/triple/quadruple stops and the like.
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If you are open to paying a stupid amount of money for a pick, I got one of those repurposed metal picks from isbey design and I gotta tell you...it's become my go to. It was $15 which is INSANE, but pretty rock solid gift idea if you have a birthday coming up or something.
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Yeah this, plus I would find using a normal guitar pick really ergonomically weird on a lap steel...dubkitty wrote:not finger/thumbpicks? you can do a lot more "steel-sounding" stuff with them, chord voicings and double/triple/quadruple stops and the like.


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Oddly enough, the first experiment with picks was fingerpicks. They didn't do much for me... they feel awkward, especially the thumb one, which isn't at the angle I want it to be. Plus. I'm nowhere nimble enough to be thinking about needing multiple picks... plunking away at one string taxes me enough as it is.coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yeah this, plus I would find using a normal guitar pick really ergonomically weird on a lap steel...dubkitty wrote:not finger/thumbpicks? you can do a lot more "steel-sounding" stuff with them, chord voicings and double/triple/quadruple stops and the like.but obviously not frowning on your experimentation HA
The one that looks white-ish in my pic is actually a cheapie metal one. It's not bad... I like the extra scrape-y sounds on the thicker strings. I suspected it'll be a go to alongside preparations.cosmicevan wrote:If you are open to paying a stupid amount of money for a pick, I got one of those repurposed metal picks from isbey design and I gotta tell you...it's become my go to. It was $15 which is INSANE, but pretty rock solid gift idea if you have a birthday coming up or something.
Of my array, the wooden pick is the least successful. I thought the thick felt ukulele pick would be a joke, but it is surprisingly viable. The green one with the textured grip in the centre that comes to more of a point is a bass pick (I think?) and it seemed handy.
For the absurdity of it, I kinda like the giant triangular one too. Makes me feel a little prog.
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How do you go about ordering one of those? I can't find a website other than their Facebook, which I don't have, but they look really nice and I've been wanting to try some metal pickscosmicevan wrote:If you are open to paying a stupid amount of money for a pick, I got one of those repurposed metal picks from isbey design and I gotta tell you...it's become my go to. It was $15 which is INSANE, but pretty rock solid gift idea if you have a birthday coming up or something.
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MrNovember wrote:How do you go about ordering one of those? I can't find a website other than their Facebook, which I don't have, but they look really nice and I've been wanting to try some metal pickscosmicevan wrote:If you are open to paying a stupid amount of money for a pick, I got one of those repurposed metal picks from isbey design and I gotta tell you...it's become my go to. It was $15 which is INSANE, but pretty rock solid gift idea if you have a birthday coming up or something.
I found him on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/isbeycustomdesigns/
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Fair enough. I also find fingerpicks awkward so just play with my fingers.Heraclitus Akimbo wrote:Oddly enough, the first experiment with picks was fingerpicks. They didn't do much for me... they feel awkward, especially the thumb one, which isn't at the angle I want it to be. Plus. I'm nowhere nimble enough to be thinking about needing multiple picks... plunking away at one string taxes me enough as it is.coldbrightsunlight wrote:Yeah this, plus I would find using a normal guitar pick really ergonomically weird on a lap steel...dubkitty wrote:not finger/thumbpicks? you can do a lot more "steel-sounding" stuff with them, chord voicings and double/triple/quadruple stops and the like.but obviously not frowning on your experimentation HA
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Thumb picks never felt right on upstrokes for me any time I’ve tried them over the years. I try to not kid myself about my picking technique, but every so often. Probably would feel even weirder now that I’ve settled on little jazz picks.
I might try middle and ring finger picks again, though—I could maybe see that enhancing the occasional bit of pick and fingers I do.
I might try middle and ring finger picks again, though—I could maybe see that enhancing the occasional bit of pick and fingers I do.
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yeah i like a lot about using a thumb pick (trimmed back to nearly nothing) but couldn't pull off tremolo picking with it, which i do enough that It's An Issue
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Saw this today: https://m.thomann.de/de/fender_j_mascis ... K4QAvD_BwEtremolo3 wrote:Was?
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