I’m a sucker for shiny trinkets & am totally satisfied with the picks I have, but I got an email today offering ProPiks.
Has anyone used them, especially the split finger picks, and how would you compare them to National NP2’s or Dunlops?
First, the comfort, then how they sound,
Full disclosure: I generally use Shelors on my fingers & Blue Chip on my thumb, but frequently play with the Nationals. I used to use Dunlops, but they fell out of favor with me.
Hi @BanJoe Yes I use Stainless Steel, Single Band, (ie Not Split Band) Angled Propiks . I tried lots of other makes and finally settled on the SS 2-ANG Propiks.
I use a Jim Dunlop Clear Plastic Thumb Pick. I really like these They are very durable and what 's more they are very inexpensive. They last ages and I have only ever had one snap on me.
I own a set of Sammy Shelors and a Blue Chip thumb pick which I like but my go to picks are the ProPiks and the Jim Dunlops.
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I have spilt band brass ProPiks that I really like but I’ve never used nationals so I can’t compare them. They are a lot more comfortable to me than the Dunlop’s that I had.
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Your bit of wisdom is spot on. As my mother would say, “No what what happens, something good will come from it.”
I kinda like the theory behind the split band. Glad to hear they are comfortable.
I heard Jens Kruger talking about finger picks and why he doesn’t like stainless steel (like the Sammy Shelor’s.) He said driving long distances to gigs, then the changes in temps from A/C to hot outdoors would cause his fingers to swell. His Nationals were easier to adjust than the stainless steel. Makes sense. There are days my wedding ring is tight and other days it’s quite loose.
So my Shelors are my primary picks, but I keep Nationals for fat finger days.