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Post by washboardchris on Sept 4, 2012 14:07:45 GMT
Hi, I have played with fingerpicks for years with no problems(both plastic and metal) while searching you tube I found clips of both Jerry Douglas and Bob Brozman and notice that they both wear there picks very near the tips of there fingers with a lot of the blade of the pick extending past there finger tip.I just wonder what advantage they find in doing it this way.
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 4, 2012 14:26:56 GMT
I do too. It is more accurate than wearing them so they are short. They protrude forward and the tip kind of sits where a long fingernail would be. I think...  Shine On Michael |
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Post by gaucho on Sept 4, 2012 19:22:27 GMT
When I do that, I tend to get the strings caught in between my finger and the pick. Sloppy technique, no doubt!
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Post by mitchfit on Sept 5, 2012 13:52:35 GMT
..."When I do that, I tend to get the strings caught in between my finger and the pick. Sloppy technique, no doubt!"...
same here. the only difference i've experienced is the pick getting "snagged" on the string when really digging in for a volume boost, followed by it flying merrily across the room. at that point, it is usually only relocated by remembering where the sound of the old metal national 0.15 picks bounced to a stop.
in my experience, finding them with your feet is ~highly~ undesirable.
eventually, i started curling the point of the pick dramatically upward in olde school banjo configuration, up under the fingernail. now nothing extends beyond the fingertip except the nail. luckily these haven't come unattached and jetted off into uncharted flight paths.
[yet] ;-)
by patiently working the pick across a hardwood surface, while rolling it toward the tip in a dragging motion, even the edges of the tip can be [double] radiused inward. the spherical segment shape that results leaves no noisy sharp edges remaining.
after becoming accustomed to the new metal/nail option that remains, you can vary the tone of the note by altering which engages the string last.
i know, sounds corny.....works for me, though.
mitchfit
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Post by washboardchris on Sept 5, 2012 14:23:26 GMT
Hi,I find that about 1/8th of an inch past the ball of my finger is fine for me, anything longer and I have problems.
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 5, 2012 15:01:41 GMT
I went through all kinds of problems with fingerpicks when I first started using them, but over time and with a lot of perseverance I got used to them and haven't lost one 'thrown a shoe' for many years.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Jaco on Sept 9, 2012 9:58:46 GMT
Washboard
I've also seen Brozman using those finger picks and they appear to me to be very long. I'm struggling with the National finger picks I have...same problem getting caught in between strings.
Best,
Jaco
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 9, 2012 11:18:06 GMT
You just have to keep struggling until you can do it. Unless you are doing something wrong, which I am sure you are not, it just takes a lot of time and perseverance. There is no easy way. It used to happen to me too, but I stuck with it and broke through the barrier.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Jaco on Sept 10, 2012 0:26:10 GMT
michaelI'm not giving up .......it may take more time, perhaps a lot more time, but the end result will be "that sound" you mentioned. Best, Jaco
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