I have played Picky Picks, and they were really tinny and thin sounding to me. I know some great pickers who use them, but they didn’t work for me. I played National NP-2SS for many years - frankly, I bought a tube of them and never changed. I’ve recently started trying the other popular finger picks, and I have found the following:
-NP2SS are so much less comfortable than most popular offerings, and my cuticles quit tolerating them in the last couple of years;
-Shelors are extremely comfortable, maybe still the most comfortable picks I’ve played; but they are bright and all of the other things that come with stainless picks. Once I started really playing 3 finger again, after a decade foray into claw hammer style, I realized that I didn’t like stainless as much as I thought - I like the nickel silver more;
-Bob Perry Power Picks are comfortable, loud, and stellar in all regards. I actually ordered BP Signatures, and got the power picks by mistake, and I was very happy;
-Ordered the BP signatures to compare, and they are the bee’s knees. They are comfortable, and sound great, probably more balanced in my playing style, which is somewhat light, than power picks;
-Hoffmeyers, which are lighter and different than the BP Signatures, but equally comfortable and great sounding. They are touted as the closest to the old Nationals, which I haven’t played for 20+ years. I can’t comment on that part.
My bottom line is that the BP Signatures and Hoffmeyers are interchangeable - not the same, but I haven’t yet picked a favorite between the two. Ned Luberecki and Noam Pikelny play the Hoffa, and McCoury plays the BP signatures - tough to argue inferiority with any of those guys. I don’t know what Ben is currently using. If I was playing in a loud jam or band, I’d use the power picks. In a regular scenario, I like the BP Signatures and the Hoffmeyers equally.