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Charley Paul
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2019 11:35 am |
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What’s everybody using for fingerpicks that are READILY AVAILABLE?
I’ve been having great success with Golden Gate thumpicks and Propick 1’s. Switching to Propicks was a big deal for me. I have been using Dunlop fingerpicks for banjo for the past 20 years. As you can imagine, change doesn’t come easily...
Anybody else? |
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Bobby Nelson
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2019 3:50 am
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| Golden Gate smalls are my favorite thumb pick. There is another thread about Hoffmeyer picks, which has a lot of info on people's likes and dislikes with finger picks. I'm a fan of the Hoffmeyers. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 10 Mar 2019 4:19 am
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I'm using Showcase 1941 finger picks. They are supposed to be the same as the original National's. I was introduced to them by Herby Wallace about 15 years ago.
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Paul Pearson
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2019 4:53 am Finger picks
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| I to am a fan of the showcase 1941 best picks you can use imo I bought my first set at a steel show to me they are better than the Jeff Newman picks great fit and great tone |
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Bruce Bjork
From:
Southern Coast of Maine
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Posted 10 Mar 2019 6:44 am
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Fred Kelly slik pick thumbpick (orange ones) and National NP2 finger picks.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2019 1:27 pm
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I use a Golden Gate thumb pick.
I was using a National until my grandson broke it, bless his heart. 
Erv |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2019 9:05 pm
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Currently National NP2 and either John Pearse or Fred Kelly SlickPick thumbpicks.
Also fingers.
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2019 9:14 pm
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One more NP2’s with Fred Kelly thumb pick. 
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Tommy Detamore
From:
Floresville, Texas
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Posted 13 Mar 2019 4:22 am
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Longtime National devotee here, but I’m loving the Pro Piks now. With Nationals and some of the others I’ve tried (Hoffmeyer, Showcase, Newman, etc.) I spend more time trying to get the bands shaped to my liking than I do the blades. The Pro Piks for me are perfect in that regard right out of the box. I just tighten them some, bend the blade a bit, and I’m good to go.
Also, I always have had issues keeping my picks on. (I pick hard and sweat a lot )The Pro Pik bands have more surface area and smaller holes which helps keep them on. Also, the smaller holes help avoid getting that “hex†shape in the bands as you tighten them. Those “points†that develop due to the hex shape can snag on the adjacent pick sometimes. Plus the price is right. My favorites are the Vintage-style #1.
YMMV of course 
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Joseph Carlson
From:
Grass Valley, California, USA
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2019 9:31 am
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| White Fred Kelly on the thumb and brass 2 band Pro Piks... very comfortable! |
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 14 Mar 2019 11:27 am
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| Jack wrote: |
| I'm using Showcase 1941 finger picks. |
Me too.. used the NP-2s for a long time but I had some of these laying around unopened for quite a while. I finally tried 'em and I think I like these better from a comfort standpoint. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Mar 2019 7:20 pm
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https://www.elderly.com/accessories/picks/fingerpicks
I think I posted this before somewhere, but Elderly has a great selection of finger picks. Several models that they send out for cobalt plating.
I'm still using up my supply of JF's but if I didn't have those, I believe I'd like to try the cobalt ones like the Showcase 41's or NP2's .
Those Bob Perry's look interesting too. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 8:46 am
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I just got a set of (4) NP2's, and shaped-up two and tried them out for a while.
I liked them very much.
I can dig in real hard with these.
The guy said that Jeff modeled the Horseshoe picks after these. Not sure if that is the case but they feel real stiff (in a good way) like Jeffs, but I never had to shape Jeffs as much.
I also bought a few of the blade-thumb-picks, and a tapered-powder-coated bar, at the Dallas show.
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 9:27 am
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Ever since my original National (German nickel) finger picks wore out, I've been using ProPik vintage style finger picks, which I get from Guptill Music:
https://www.guptillmusic.com
I use either National (white) or Dunlap (tortoise-shell) medium thumbpicks.
Keep on pickin'
Glenn
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 11:00 am
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| Pete Burak wrote: |
I just got a set of (4) NP2's, and shaped-up two and tried them out for a while.
I liked them very much.
I can dig in real hard with these.
The guy said that Jeff modeled the Horseshoe picks after these. Not sure if that is the case but they feel real stiff (in a good way) like Jeffs, but I never had to shape Jeffs as much.
I also bought a few of the blade-thumb-picks, and a tapered-powder-coated bar, at the Dallas show.
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How are you liking the tapered bar, Pete? Do you see any advantages over the usual straight-sided bars?
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John Talbott
From:
Castle Rock, Colorado, USA
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Posted 26 May 2020 10:33 am Finger Picks
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Anybody heard of or had experience with "Diamond" Titanium finger picks?
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 26 May 2020 11:13 am
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I'm waiting for the mail person to deliver a second Propik"Reso"that matches the one they sent a few days ago,for some reason I had trouble ordering 2picks,A very nice guy at Deering banjos straightened out my stupidity,I've been using Dunlops since 1972 so this is a big deal for me.
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Posted 26 May 2020 5:11 pm
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https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=357636
about vintage Nationals, a lot of people on ebay/reverb are misrepresenting common ones as the Oval 8's that are so coveted by banjo players.
The real ones are still sporadically available, I think reproductions by Yates Banjos and Doug Hoffmeyer are good picks.
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Darren Mortillaro
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 27 May 2020 2:40 am
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While we're on the subject...
Anyone know how to tighten a loose plastic thumb pick, and conversely how to loosen a tight plastic thumb pick? |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 27 May 2020 4:22 am
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Dip in boiling water, but be careful!!! Don't burn yourself. Use tongs or a needle nose pliers to dip for a few seconds. After dipping, then reshape. The hot water makes the plastic pliable. You may have to do this a time or two to get it right. Don't soak and check that it's not too hot to handle before re-shaping.
This works for polycarbonate, basic plastic picks. Some the other materials such as thermoplastic Cool and Ultex picks don't respond so well. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 27 May 2020 4:53 am
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Darren,
They make thumb picks in different sizes.
Just find one in the size you like.
Erv |
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Richard Lotspeich
From:
North Georgia
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Posted 27 May 2020 3:15 pm picks
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Some (most) thumb picks can be held close to a standard light bulb to heat enough to shape. Tenderly though.
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Darren Mortillaro
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 28 May 2020 1:19 am
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| Cool, thanks, I'll try that. I live on a desert island in the middle of nowhere, so supplies are hard to come by. |
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