Turns out I've been wearing them wrong...

[Michael Lester]

Thought I'd check WWW for any new design finger picks ...ran across this.

[Rick Abbott]

To a person, everyone who has picked up my picks off my guitar has put them on their fingers that way.

As my alarm settles, I usually gently reach out to have them hand 'em over, then I put them on properly and show how they work. They are amazed.

[David Ball]

Oddly enough, there are banjo picks known as "banjo thimbles" that are intended to be worn that way. They're used for stroke style banjo playing (aka clawhammer, frailing, etc.) where the back of the nail comes down to strike the string, rather than the front of the nail coming up to strike the string (as on steel). The thimbles are used to cover the nails and act as a sort of substitute nail.

[Dave Grothusen]

I had a student one time that just bought a guitar. We set up facing each other and I was going to show him the basic picking groups. I noticed he had his picks on upside down. I told him to turn them over and he said the guy at the music store told him that was how to wear finger picks and he said he was getting along pretty well with them that way and refused to turn them over. I told him to pack up and get out. If he would not listen to me about something that basic I said there was nothing I could teach him. I don't think he ever learned to play steel.

[Ian Rae]

I suspect people confuse them with false nails, which of course is their function, but not like that!

[Ake Banksell]

I have sold both a pedal-steel and a banjo. Both times my ”customers” put the picks on like that akward way. My experience is people usually don’t play these type of instruments just because of the picks. Especially not guitar players, they wrinkle their nose and say Noo it’s not for me!
But personally, I don’t mind.

[Mike Bacciarini]

When I worked at Rickenbacker in the 70s, we ran across one of these in Bill Myer’s office.....

Yikes!

We jumped back as if we’d seen a tarantula or a demonic tomato slicer.....




You could plow a small field with that puppy....

[Ake Banksell]

When I worked at Rickenbacker in the 70s, we ran across one of these in Bill Myer’s office.....

Yikes!

We jumped back as if we’d seen a tarantula or a demonic tomato slicer.....




You could plow a small field with that puppy....

Who invented such a horrible tool?

[Patrick Thornhill]

[Mike Beley]

I haven't contributed to the forum in a meaningful way in a long time (or ever)...but here ya go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLa83lqBKKU