Keeping Finger Picks on?

Tiny Olson · Post by **Tiny Olson** » 8 Sep 2005 8:37 am

I'm with Bob Hoffnar. I really like the Showcase 1941s. I too, have been using the same pair for several years and have several extra sets in reserve. I got them through Herby Wallace.

Sincerely,
Chris "Tiny" Olson

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 8 Sep 2005 10:47 am

In my 50 years of using finger picks, I know of no reason for a pick to slip off your finger except..... not being tight enough. That's why they are bendable and have little holes.

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Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 8 Sep 2005 12:49 pm

I have no problems with keeping my fingerpicks on. Usually, if they slide around on my fingers, I try to put my fingers farther to the edge of the picks. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10

Michael Garnett · Post by **Michael Garnett** » 8 Sep 2005 4:09 pm

I'm with Brett. I haven't been picking very long, but I started with 20 gauge dunlops and hated them, too flimsy. I got some Nationals and they were too hard to shape to my hand. So, I tried one more time, and picked (HA) up a pair of JF picks at the Newman booth when they were in Dallas last. Very little shaping required, and they fit right, stay put, and have really helped my right hand technique.

Their website has them for $3.00 a pair. I'd say if you're frustrated, it'd be worth the money just to try them out. I've never heard of anyone disappointed with them.
http://jeffran.com/accessories/accessories.htm

-MG

Also maybe look here: http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/004750.html

Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 21 Feb 2006 5:31 am

Bringin' this old thread back to the surface 'cause I've got some new items to recommend.

I have very dry fingers and frequently my picks fly off while playing. My fix: lick my fingers. Recently, I discovered something way better. Fingertip moistener. The kind you use for sorting paper money or file copies, etc. I had some lying around the house and decided to try it. In a word, it's great!. You just rub your finger and thumb tips across it a couple of times. Then rub the finger tips together until it's worked in (a few seconds will do). And stick yer picks on. It seems to be a similar concept to the "Gorilla Snot" and Elmer's "Glue Stik", so these are two more choices to the possibilities. I now keep a container in my pack-a-seat. Here are a couple of links to some brands I've tried.
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=458554&&An=text
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=51425319&pfp=BROWSE

Keep on stickin' ...er pickin'!

Glenn[This message was edited by Glenn Suchan on 21 February 2006 at 05:33 AM.]

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 22 Feb 2006 7:36 am

I've always been a spit man, but there are times and places where I just don't want to lick my fingers - I know where they've been, after all. Something about Joy Wofford's FIRST solution appealed to me, mainly that I HAD some silicon sealant goo right here. It really, really works! So far! You just spread a little layer inside the bands with a toothpick and let it dry. If I get famous now that my picks stay on, the guitar mags will all be talking about the "Seal-All" brand for decades to come - good time to buy stock, probably.

Ron Sodos · Post by **Ron Sodos** » 22 Feb 2006 10:02 am

I have fiddle rosin. I use my pocket knife and scrape some powder off. I put the powder on my fingers and slip my picks on. Not only do they not come off, I have to pull them off when it is time to take them off.

David Wren · Post by **David Wren** » 22 Feb 2006 3:34 pm

Plastic picks.... never had a problem, and a real nice tone, get a little bounce outta them too.

Plastic picks get chicks!
(Just kidding Patty

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John McGann · Post by **John McGann** » 22 Feb 2006 4:37 pm

You mean they're supposed to come off when you are done playing?

(Dang...maybe it was the Super Glue...)[This message was edited by John McGann on 22 February 2006 at 04:38 PM.]