Ivorscamperflamboyd - Posted - 02/27/2012:  15:47:32

Does or has anybody used these? They look good to me as you can feel the string.

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kmwaters - Posted - 02/27/2012:  15:57:59

I don't think so.

eMike - Posted - 02/27/2012:  18:03:25

I don't want to feel the strings.  I want to attack them with my picks.  But I haven't tried these.  Try them and see if they work for you.  It sounds like they may be more for the guitar picker.

Edited by - eMike on 02/27/2012 18:08:53

boonjoer - Posted - 02/27/2012:  18:15:38

I think that my fat fingers would get pinched in there somehow. But by all means, try them and let us know what you think. Won't cost us anything :)

BadTaco - Posted - 02/27/2012:  18:42:15

Tried them.

Just could not throw them far enough. Horrible, evil, perverted things.

pickingfive - Posted - 02/27/2012:  18:46:20

My bet is there are some pickers that would like them.  I have not tried them, nor do I plan to try them.  My guess is I would not like them.

Gymbal31 - Posted - 02/27/2012:  19:05:16

I knew a guy who used them.  His picking sounded horrible.

Course, he had a crappy banjo too, so that might have had something to do with it.

jorgito - Posted - 02/27/2012:  19:35:17

Useless for me. The end of the pick movement could be quite normal after fitting them to my fingers, but not the rest of it. Try them if you want, but keep some normal ones near, just to compare...

banjoken - Posted - 02/28/2012:  03:00:27

Those are not picks for playing banjo with picks as we do, actually they are made for people that like to play with their fingernails and don't have any. That little arch goes where the fingernail normally would be and you pick with the underside of the pick, as you would with your nail.

Ivorscamperflamboyd - Posted - 02/28/2012:  04:24:21

Now I'm in two minds whether or not to buy them. I'd prefer to try them in the shop but nowhere sells them near me. hmm...

Gymbal31 - Posted - 02/28/2012:  05:51:20

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Originally posted by Ivorscamperflamboyd



Now I'm in two minds whether or not to buy them. I'd prefer to try them in the shop but nowhere sells them near me. hmm...

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I can see why you are of two minds.  Opinions are so divided.

beegee - Posted - 02/28/2012:  06:46:27

Looks like the worst of both worlds to me.

dixiedawg80 - Posted - 02/28/2012:  06:59:03

Ive tried them. In my case I found that I couldn't attack the strings and get any king of decent sound. The way I understand it is that they are for guitar pickers.

Jody Hughes - Posted - 02/28/2012:  07:24:58

If your intentions are to play bluegrass on your banjo I think they would be a waste of money.
Why not use your bare fingers if that sound interests you or a traditional fingerpick? They are making quite a number of fingerpicks these days that aren't uncomfortable to wear.

archtop717 - Posted - 02/28/2012:  07:26:41

Playing Banjo, fine.  I guess you can get used to anything if you use them all the time.  If you want to play Bluegrass, good luck.  They look like they would bend if you play anything driving, fast or with any kind of force.  my 2 cents......  I wouldn't use them on a bet.

Edited by - archtop717 on 02/28/2012 07:27:23

DeanT - Posted - 02/28/2012:  09:01:21

Think of it this way, if they worked better than what everyone is using, then everyone would switch to them. If they worked as good as what every one is using, then at least we would know about it and some people would be using them. If they sucked, then people who've tried them wouldn't keep using them, and probably wouldn't tell anyone about them. I've seen them in the catalogues and websites quite often, but so far, have never seen or heard of anyone using them for banjo. So I'm betting they suck. From a personal experience viewpoint, I used to use Alaska picks with guitar. I tried them with banjo early on and they didn't work at all. I couldn't get any drive or power, and it was like a ripping my fingernails out kind of torture.

OM45GE - Posted - 02/28/2012:  09:08:50

I tried something very similar (it may even have been these) years ago and didn't like them at all for either banjo or finger style guitar.

janeway - Posted - 02/28/2012:  09:16:10

Absolutely awful, tried them , then chucked them in the bin.  

Ivorscamperflamboyd - Posted - 02/29/2012:  11:32:06

Sounds good people. You make sense. I currently use #2 split propiks, they good enough, but I like playing with bare fingers too. I just thought it might be interesting.