Problems holding plectrum

[SurveyofSociety]

Every so often I've trouble keeping a plectrum in my fingers and it just slides out. Am I alone on this or has anyone any suggestions? I use Pickboy carbon nylon "reefer" picks and the odd Dunlop Jazz III.

[notjonahbutnoah]

Ifn you don't do many pick-slides, I can vouch that the dunlop max-grips are titties. They DO NOT slide.

[Special J]

http://www.everlystrings.com/star_picks.asp

[blueballoon]

[clay sails]

I constantly drop picks. Its absurd. Sometimes right in the middle of a kickass crescendo and [insert sound effect] no more pick.

[Orange Jackson]

I have that problem with new picks, something about the a coating that is on a new Dunlop pick that will wear off after a little use. Once a pick is about 2 weeks old it will not slip around so much.

 

 

I also re sharpen some of my older picks with a little sandpaper. My picks last a pretty long time that way and they do get good grip to them as they age.

[jerry_picker]

Johnny Winter uses a thumb pick for that reason.

 

[caveman]

I mod picks with key identifiers.

 

[DaleH]

80 grit sand paper and scratch them up on the butt end.

[NHLfan2010]

 

Never actually used it, but it was the first thing that came to mind when I read your post.

[metalheadUK]

Apparently, heating up a needle and poking holes in the grip end, then sanding any burrs off works really well with plastic picks.

 

[Riggins]

I thank god every day that I don't have this problem.

 

I use regular ol' celluloid medium picks (a la Fender) and the minute moisture from my skin is just enough to give them some grip.

 

Whenever I drop one it's from doing stupid guitarist tricks.

[Pope on a Rope]

I mod picks with key identifiers.

 

Is that weed just above and to the left of your Gorilla Glue?

[steve_man]

Never actually used it, but it was the first thing that came to mind when I read your post.

 

I've used this stuff, and it works well.

 

Also, instead of paying money for the picks with the stars punched in them, I've just taken a hole punch and put a hole in the center of a pick. Works prett well.

[6StringSling]

I buy a dozen black Dunlop 1mm Nylon picks at a time and glue 600grit sandpaper over both sides leaving about 1/4' of the tip showing. Works great.

[magnido45]

check this product out:

 

 

http://www.groovetubes.com/Power_Pick_-_large_-_Acoustic_Guitar_and_Bass_P2095.cfm

[MrNixon]

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or you can learn that theres a little bit of technique when it comes to your articulation

[caveman]

Is that weed just above and to the left of your Gorilla Glue?

 

No that table is under a huge cottonwood and stuff drops out of that tree all the time.

 

[DonK]

I've had this problem (30+ years) that I have a pick collection numbering in the hundreds of varieties (and thousands of picks in total). In just the past few years, there have been a bunch of new pick designs that attempt to mitigate the grip problem. A few are:

 

- MaxGrips from Dunlop (including Jazz III Max Grips).

- Brain Picks w/ "Cat's Tongue Grip" (out years before the MaxGrips; Dunlop basically copied the Brain Picks"

- BlueFrost picks from Clayton

 

All of the above are so grippy that it can be hard to move them between your fingers, so if - like me - you like to extend the pick in some situations and retract it in others, you may not like any of these.

 

Clayton makes regular celluloid triangle picks with a cork ring on either side (like one of those three-hole paper reinforcements), except Clayton's QC is so bad that the rings are hardly ever centered on the pick.

 

There are the Cool Grip picks with rubber dimples that wear off w/i ten minutes; same for the similar Ibanez picks. But both of these makers also offer picks with an embedded sandpaper grip that doesn't wear at all.

 

There are a bazillion other varieties.

 

If you want to try a few of these, PM me and I'll send you a sample.

[DFB]

I have this problem too.I use Dunlop tortex or Gator Grip pix.I think it's more on my end though.I never had slippage before.

V-Picks seem to hold their grip pretty good.

[Mark Wein]

See if this is helpful:

 

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[cobberdig]

also the tighter you grip your pick between thumb and finger, the quicker the lactic acid will build up in your arm and your hand will eventually give way involuntary.

[MrNixon]

 

also the tighter you grip your pick between thumb and finger, the quicker the lactic acid will build up in your arm and your hand will eventually give way involuntary.

 

 

this is also true, bio wise. work on your technique until you dont have to think about it, then you can be as relaxed as you'd like with any pick! seriously, all these pick 'cures' work, but you dont really need them.

[Belva]

I use Pro Grip. Much like Gorilla Snot, but you can get it at your local bowling alley. I don't like picks with ridges or holes. But my fave pick was one that my dog chewed up the grip part of. Now that it's worn out I need to figure a way to train here to chew my picks.

[dgo ratt]

check out cool pics...non-slip grip