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Topic: Fix for finger picks coming off |
Mark Payne
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2023 9:11 am |
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| i have tried almost everything to keep my finger picks on but have no luck.I then got this idea. take a small of two side sticky scotch tape and put a small piece on the pads of fingers. slide on picks and they will not come. You will have to pull the picks off |
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 30 Jan 2023 12:02 pm
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| I have never had a problem using spit. |
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Larry Baker
From:
Columbia, Mo. U.S.A.
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 12:58 pm
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I agree with Robert. might sound a little gross, but it works really well in my opiniion.
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 1:23 pm
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| Coat the inside of the picks with fingernail polish. After it dries, lick your fingers and put the picks on. Stick like glue! |
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Chris Tarrow
From:
Maplewood, NJ
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 1:25 pm
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| nose pads for glasses |
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Tim Russell
From:
Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 2:08 pm
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Heat shrink tubing works great for me.
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Justin Emmert
From:
Greensboro, NC
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 4:27 pm
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| Washing them in hot water and dish soap always does it for me. |
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Bob Sigafoos
From:
San Clemente, Calif. , U.S.
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 4:46 pm
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Coat the inside of the picks with fingernail polish. After it dries, lick your fingers and put the picks on. Stick like glue! |
I've done that for years except I don't slobber on my fingers! In addition I use a red polish for #1 finger and green for #2 finger. If you do this slop on three or four heavy coats of polish and let dry overnight. Or... buy a set of finger picks from Ron Landis with those dimple/gripper thingies on the inside. Those work well too. |
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 4:52 pm Picks
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Like all you, I’ve used them all the last 50 years..lately I’ve been using the ACRIs ..very comfortable and precise..don’t fall off.. $12/pair. 
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Raybob Bowman
From:
S. Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 5:15 pm
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spit works.
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2023 6:21 pm
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If a set of picks are fitted smooth and even around your fingers, It takes very little to keep them on.
If they are bent sharp to like a hex shape, The sharp bends on 1 pick will catch on the sharp bend of the other pick, One of the picks is going to fly for parts unknown. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 1 Feb 2023 1:57 am
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If the blades of your picks are bent sufficiently round your fingertips (about 90 degrees), and your fingers are bent back on themselves in the manner of Jeff Newman, then the act of picking pushes the pick on to the finger.
If your picks are too straight or your fingers too upright, the action tends to lever them off.
A anug fit is also important, so spend time with your pliers.
Ironically, I have experienced Susan's panic after deliberately taking them off and then dropping one!
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Dennis Bailey
From:
Fort Worth Texas
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Posted 1 Feb 2023 6:21 am
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| I put a small piece of double stick tape on just the finger nail of middle and index finger. I tried putting the tape on my finger tips but couldn't feel the strings as well. |
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 1 Feb 2023 6:21 pm
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I fought them buggers for Decades... and I found a solution:
I bend them so the top is tighter than the bottom (SIDE of the "arms")... so really, they now push themselves ON instead of off.
... J-D.
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Was it JFK who said: Ask Not What TAB Can Do For You - Rather Ask Yourself "What Would B.B. King Do?"
A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
I say it humorously, but I mean it. |
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Nigel Mullen
From:
Cassilis, New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 3 Feb 2023 2:49 pm
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| I find coating the inside of the picks with correction fluid works really well. |
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Patrick Townsend
From:
Hartselle, AL
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Posted 3 Feb 2023 3:12 pm
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Newbie here but Ive dabbled in lap, reso, and banjo quite a bit.
Ive never had a problem keeping fingerpicks on. My nemesis is the thumbpick.
Mediums are nearly always too tight and cut off my circulation and large is too big and wont stay secure.
If I find one thats a comfortable enough wrap, theres always something else I hate about it, too short, too long, too stiff, not stiff enough, too pointy, not pointy enough.
Its maddening. but you gotta have em, esp on reso and banjo. I can do fine on lap with bare fingers which is great but Im going back to picks in preparation for my first PSG. |
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 3 Feb 2023 7:17 pm
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| J D Sauser wrote: |
I fought them buggers for Decades... and I found a solution:
I bend them so the top is tighter than the bottom (SIDE of the "arms")... so really, they now push themselves ON instead of off.
... J-D. |
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Was it JFK who said: Ask Not What TAB Can Do For You - Rather Ask Yourself "What Would B.B. King Do?"
A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
I say it humorously, but I mean it. |
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Alan Bidmade
From:
Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 4 Feb 2023 8:38 am
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Erv Niehaus always recommends gorilla snot.
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 4 Feb 2023 10:36 am
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| Lick your fingers. Done. |
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Bryan Daste
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Kenny Davis
From:
Great State of Oklahoma
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Posted 4 Feb 2023 10:09 pm
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I love these threads everytime they come up!
I'll share my tips again:
Good luck!
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 4 Feb 2023 11:24 pm
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| I take a dremel tool or some #60 grit sandpaper and rough-up the inner surface of the finger pick. The increased friction keeps the pick on my finger. |
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Bobby Hearn
From:
Henrietta, Tx
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Posted 5 Feb 2023 9:59 am
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| I like Kenny’s idea, except for the screw trick. You’d have to cut the protruding part of screw off to keep from snagging other strings. I like the clothes pin idea, I tried vice grips but they were too heavy and cumbersome. |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2023 11:41 am
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3 M company makes a stair safety strip, Cut a strip that will fit the inside flat in a thumb pick, Peal the backing tape, and place in pick. Put the pick on and it stays where placed.
PS Rub the sand paper surface lightly on a rock or brick or other hard surface. There seems to be some long spears sticking out of the sand paper surface you may regret. |
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J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
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Posted 5 Feb 2023 12:23 pm
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I see, some of you are desperately looking for a hard solution.
Well, pick yer color:
... J-D.
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Was it JFK who said: Ask Not What TAB Can Do For You - Rather Ask Yourself "What Would B.B. King Do?"
A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
I say it humorously, but I mean it. |
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