Anybody using a metal thumb pick?

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 24 Apr 2006 6:31 pm

Isn't that a plastic pick, Colby?

Gareth Carthew · Post by **Gareth Carthew** » 25 Apr 2006 12:11 pm

I'm undecided.
I've only been playing steel for a few months now.
I've use a metal thumb pick for Dobro and a plastic thumb pick for bluegrass banjo for years. At the moment I'm using a plastic pick for steel but I swap now and then. I haven't really settled on one or the other yet.

Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 25 Apr 2006 12:38 pm

I decided to give my metal Propik another try--first go-round I just couldn't get a good fit but this time I shaped it a little more carefully. I'm not sure yet but this time I'm liking it more than the last. I'll definitely give it more of a shot.
I DO NOT like the Dunlop metals.

Don Barnhardt · Post by **Don Barnhardt** » 26 Apr 2006 6:49 pm

Just another plug for the Propik. You have to shape them to your thumb but once they fit they don't slip,they're comfortable and they don't scratch. I use them on my electric steels, dobro and banjo. Best pick I've ever used.

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 5 May 2006 7:10 am

We at "Steel Guitar Nashville" , stock the metal thumb pick, I can't believe how many we sell, HUNDREDS!
So---------> Someone out there is likeing them , and a lot! One thing sure, when you size them to your thumb, they stay where you put them, and they don't wear out.
AND, the tone they deliver matches the metal fingerpicks.

Do I use one? Naw, but who cares! Ha!

Bobbe[This message was edited by BobbeSeymour on 05 May 2006 at 08:11 AM.]

Doug Seymour · Post by **Doug Seymour** » 5 May 2006 8:19 am

I used one from 1947 til 1970~ when I backed over it with my car @ Greg Cutshaw's folk's house. Never could get it back in the right shape after that. Used a real short shank on it & was surprised years later when I read in Joe Wright's book that he cut down the shank on his thumb picks.[This message was edited by Doug Seymour on 05 May 2006 at 09:20 AM.]