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Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 2:17 pm |
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| WHAT ARE THE CLOSEST FINGER PICKS AVAILABLE TODAY TO WHAT JEFF NEWMAN RECOMMENDED AND SOLD?........CLARK |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 3:33 pm
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I used Newman picks for a while but ended up with National NP2s. If you are following Jeff's right hand method they work equally well.
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Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 3:38 pm Finger Picks
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| THANK YOU IAN.......CLARK |
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Richard Lotspeich
From:
North Georgia
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 5:00 pm picks
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NP2,,spend time shaping them and they're just as good,,they are available..and wont cost you 50 bucks
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 5:27 pm
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www.elderly.com National NP2 or Showcase 41. Both are very similar even if you have to do a little shaping.
They sometimes have these cobalt plated, although they list some of them out of stock at the moment. They also show NP2 coming in stainless.
Might poke around over there. I'm thinking of getting a couple pair of the cobalt when they come back in stock. |
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Gene Tani
From:
Pac NW
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 6:02 pm
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I've seen nickel/silver alloy, cobalt plated and stainless steel recently, but I haven't seen any chrome plated finger picks since the long gone days of the BJ's.
Where can you find chrome nowadays? |
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Gene Tani
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Pac NW
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 9:45 pm
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Warren Yates, Greg Allen, Randall Wyatt and others make really nice chromed picks but they're only marketed to banjoistas.
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Jason Putnam
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2020 5:13 am
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https://diamondtipicks.com/
I found these but haven’t bought them yet. Looks interesting though.
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Willie Crisel
From:
Charlotte, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 25 Feb 2020 8:28 pm
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| pro picks for me,,they don't hurt as bad,after a while |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 29 Feb 2020 12:43 pm
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The only picks I can wear for more than 20 minutes without pain are Sammy Shelor picks. They have a much deeper "pocket" that wraps your fingertip & secures the picks. They also are made of an alloy that reduces the "clicking" noise when you contact or "snap off" a string.
They don't have anything like the ridiculous dunlop "discomfort curve" or weird multiple "octopus grips.". They are just longer /deeper than other picks, are slip resistant and so darned comfortable I forget I have them on! They look like the tip would stick out way too much, but that's just an illusion.
I had them recommended to me for banjo playing - but I found they were even better for Dobro and pedal steel! They are NOT cheap but I'd pay twice the amount...or more. They are THAT different and that much better than any other pick, no matter how you tweak and modify others.. I get them at The Pick Shoppe, but I think some other shops have them.
and FWIW I use a Blue Chip JD Crowe Model thumbpick,
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