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rseebaugh - Posted - 10/20/2009: 17:16:23
I've been using a pair of Sammy Shelor narrow band picks, and I like the way they feel and sound. But, I'm having trouble with them wanting to slide around on my fingers. So, I've been considering buying some Gorilla snot to try. Has anyone tried this ? If so, can you get it back off of the picks, or does it end up building up on them and getting all gummy. I've never actually seen gorilla snot, so I don't know. Someone was telling me that Dave Evans uses it on his picks, which got me thinking about trying it.
D.W. - Posted - 10/20/2009: 17:20:55
Sounds like Rubber cement.
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KingStudent - Posted - 10/20/2009: 17:22:37
I've used this stuff for years on guitar flatpicks with good results. As far as I can tell it's basically kind of dried-out pine sap or pine tar. You warm it up slightly with your finger, and just rub your finger in it a little bit, not too much. Gives a good grip on a plastic/nylon/composite flatpick, although I don't know what would happen with fingerpicks.
KingStudent
Oldpiper - Posted - 10/20/2009: 18:00:49
A little powdered fiddle rosin works.
Fred USN(SS) Ret.
rseebaugh - Posted - 10/20/2009: 18:24:06
I never thought of fiddle rosin. Maybe I'll try that.
Thanks.
banjologist - Posted - 10/20/2009: 18:37:42
Or try decent quality rubbery Tyre-Paint, apply to the picks' insides with cotton-tips, works wonders for me; sweat may dissolve it in time but it's easily removed with windex & a new lot applied. (24-48 hrs to dry.)
Jon Priebe
jazzylynne - Posted - 10/20/2009: 18:52:52
Spit. Lick you fingers and put on your picks, they will stay on great.
Lynne
kirbonite - Posted - 10/20/2009: 19:04:58
I have excema on my fingers and my picks slide around.
I use gorilla snot.. It kinda stinks when you first put it on but
it will keep your picks stable.. If you don't use it for a while.
It dries up.. so keep using it. the spit trick may work too.
Sometimes I have skin flaking off my fingertips, I've been using acri
picks which don't slide around but they are actually too big.. the folds on
my fingers push them forward. so I have to resize them some. use
rubber wheels from my dental handpiece but a dremel tool would have suitable
bits.
K.
Grum - Posted - 10/20/2009: 19:53:08
I lick my thumb for some added friction on guitar flatpicks. Havnt had any trouble with metal finger or thumb picks.
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cfs1 - Posted - 10/20/2009: 20:08:27
super glue should hold them, just be careful when scratching your.........when scratching
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3fingers - Posted - 10/20/2009: 20:11:07
Ronnie I'v got some I use on my guitar picks, give me a holler if you want to try it out first you more than welcome. I'v cleaned it off a guitar pick no problem so I would say you could a finger pick as well. I can either give it to your wife at church or if yall are practicing over at Craigs I can drop it off, just let me know.
Craig
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Edited by - 3fingers on 10/20/2009 20:12:46
Peter O - Posted - 10/20/2009: 21:12:05
I'm with Lynne. Simple but effective, Lick and stick. Pete.
eagleisland - Posted - 10/21/2009: 05:15:06
Gorilla snot dries out and rubs off after a while. You'll have no worries using it with your finger picks.
Lately, I've been using the lick and stick more and more.
eagleisland
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thkidd - Posted - 10/21/2009: 07:49:56
You probably have to be careful to remember not to lick your fingers if you're using the gorilla snot (one or the other, but not both).
Darrell
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rseebaugh - Posted - 10/21/2009: 08:35:23
Thanks guys. I've got a bunch of great ideas to try now. I've actually never tried licking my fingers when I put them on. I'll give that a try as well. Craig, thanks for the offer on the gorilla snot. Since it doesn't appear to be very expensive, I'll probably pick up a can. I mostly just have trouble on some of the fast instrumentals on stage. I must get too sweaty. It really stinks if you actually fling one off on stage. I've done that before, but not for a long time. I just have to keep pushing my picks in between breaks to keep them tight.
double E - Posted - 10/21/2009: 09:41:55
Gorilla Snot is pretty good stuff. I dont use it all the time, but when my picks want to slide off or I sweating more than normal I use it. Works good. So far it hasnt been a problem with gumming up on the picks. I also use a product called Sekur-Grip, its not quite as tacky as Gorilla Snot, but works pretty good and doesnt seem to dry up as quickly in the can as gorilla snot. I dont remember where I got it from right off. Janet Davis, or First Quality most likely. www.sekur-grip.com
double E
farley - Posted - 10/21/2009: 11:57:31
I think I'd rather have Gorilla Snot on my Shelor fingerpicks....than Monkey Crap on my 1941's. Just think about licking, and sticking those. Farley
Brian T - Posted - 10/21/2009: 13:29:23
I'm comfortable with Propik fingerpicks. I switched from the single band to the double band type. Fairly fiddly to get the 4 bands bent just right. That stopped the picks from rolling.
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Prewar3 - Posted - 10/21/2009: 14:57:17
I had the same problem with the shelors and I took a peice of fine sand paper and roughed up the inside of the pick. That did the trick for me. Jim
Jim Prewar3
kirbonite - Posted - 10/21/2009: 16:45:01
funny
quote:
Originally posted by farley
I think I'd rather have Gorilla Snot on my Shelor fingerpicks....than Monkey Crap on my 1941's. Just think about licking, and sticking those. Farley
kirbonite - Posted - 10/21/2009: 16:48:08
I use teh double banded pro pik as well sometimes. they do stay on better.
even the large are slightly too small for my fingers.
I have had picks fly off because I have to use medication on my fingers. so I've
used gorilla snot quite a bit. it'll work. I don't always want to lick my fingers
because of my condition so that's the second best option.
K.
mastertone250 - Posted - 10/24/2009: 13:56:41
Dave uses it, cuz he lets his picks stick out about 1/2 inch from his fingers. The band is barley over the tip of his finger.
quote:
Originally posted by rseebaugh
I've been using a pair of Sammy Shelor narrow band picks, and I like the way they feel and sound. But, I'm having trouble with them wanting to slide around on my fingers. So, I've been considering buying some Gorilla snot to try. Has anyone tried this ? If so, can you get it back off of the picks, or does it end up building up on them and getting all gummy. I've never actually seen gorilla snot, so I don't know. Someone was telling me that Dave Evans uses it on his picks, which got me thinking about trying it.
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scaggs7 - Posted - 10/25/2009: 06:17:15
I have always stuck my fingers in my mouth ,then put the pick on.
It lasts till you take the picks off.
Contristo - Posted - 11/23/2009: 09:13:58
I've always used the "lick and stick" approach with my picks and, as noted above, the picks stay on until you pry them off. However, in this day and age where everyone is terrified of swine flu, I'm starting to think that sticking my fingers in my mouth on a regular basis is probably not such a good plan. Has anyone else reached that conclusion and switched to Gorilla Snot? Does it work as well (with as little muss and fuss)?
Contristo
jazzylynne - Posted - 11/23/2009: 12:40:30
You could wash your hands first then lick them.
Gomer - Posted - 11/23/2009: 19:54:08
I have gorilla snot on my shellors. I think the stuff is rosin, wax and some type of solvent. You only need a bit. . . those picks will stay where you put them.
Yung-Picka - Posted - 11/24/2009: 13:33:41
just tighten the picks?
BanjoDiva - Posted - 11/24/2009: 20:03:54
quote:
Originally posted by Yung-Picka
just tighten the picks?
That's my trick. Tried Gorilla Snot once. Felt like I had wipe my hand on a pine tree. Never again.
rseebaugh - Posted - 11/24/2009: 20:34:12
I tried the gorilla snot on my Shelor picks, but they still seem to want to slip. It doesn't seem to matter how much I tighten them, they still want to work their way out my fingers. So, I finally gave up and bought me another set of Dunlop .018. They feel better because they don't sit as far up my fingers. Even though I have the Shelor narrow bands, they seem to hit so far up my fingers that the my first joints work them down. My fingers aren't really all that long, so at this point, I'm of the opinion that the Shelor picks are just too long for me. I think it's more the joints of my fingers shoving them down when my fingers bend, than the picks actually slipping. But, the next time we have practice, I'll try switching around some again. sure do like the way the Shelors feel when they hit the strings, if I could just quit working them farther and farther out my fingers.
goldtopia - Posted - 11/24/2009: 23:29:02
If you go to the zoo you can get gorilla snot for free, but you had better be prepared for a hasty retreat.
rseebaugh - Posted - 11/25/2009: 09:21:58
quote:
Originally posted by goldtopia
If you go to the zoo you can get gorilla snot for free, but you had better be prepared for a hasty retreat.
Now that 's funny.
kirbonite - Posted - 11/25/2009: 10:24:46
I use Acri picks now. I see they get negative reviews on the searches but I love them. They're considerably less than Shelors but they are long. I have large hands and use a medium on my index finger and a large on my middle finger, however; I file them to fit. Don't know if you'd want to go grinding on something as expensive as a Shelor but if you're tinkerer then maybe.
I have excema and the Acri's stay on although the metal is thicker than dunlops and many people hate that.
reller - Posted - 11/26/2009: 18:57:02
I have always had the same problem with my picks (especially when I get in a hurry) As a competition pistol shooter I always dusted my hands with the rosin it comes in shaker bottles like baby powder. That did not work for the picks I guess just not enough surface area. When I first read this thread a few days ago I saw the wetting your fingers in your mouth and tried it. Give them a couple of minutes while your tuning up and the picks seem to be welded to you fingers. Thanks for asking this question I had never even thought of good old saliva. 25 years of trying to solve pick problems and the answer was in my mouth all along.
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