Sticky fingers for pick playing

[Rockin Mike]

Does anyone use anything on their fingers to help keep a flatpick from slipping out? I've never used anything in the last 10 years but I've often wondered if there is something good, like violin rosin or that tacky stuff some people use when they have to flip through a big pile of paperwork.

[icecycle66]

A lot of people use Gorilla Snot. It's made out of tree sap.
It works pretty good. But, if you plan on going between the pick and your fingers, it could cause trouble with sticky fingers on the strings.

I wrap a thin piece of that cloth-like medical tape around the pick. It is rough so it give good grip, and if you really need some tack you can rol up one of the sides of the tape for extra stick-in-placeness.

[lowendblues]

I clamp my picks (the end that you hold between your fingers), in a vise, and crank it until it leaves the little impressions. It adds just enought "texture" to hold on to.

[lowfreq33]

Check out a company called Cool Picks. They make several different designs that have a grippy or tacky surface to help you hold in to your pick.

[ghiadub]

bow rosin

[germ_77]

An old guitar teach I used to talk to drilled a good sized hole through his picks, I tried it a few times and worked great but now I use those jazz III picks and they have tons of grip so I rarely lose it.

[grendle]

Use Dunlop tortex picks and drill a hole in the middle ( what ever size you like) works like a charm. I drill em 10 at a time lol .

[clodhopper]

Nose grease.

[chokeslam512]

I actually take a razor blade and cut some cross hatches in the grip surface, works like a charm.

[chokeslam512]

Originally Posted by clodhopper

Nose grease.

Lol.

[Russell L]

This thread is the antithesis of the "Nose Grease" thread. LOL, but both are viable questions.

I have dry fingers, so a pick always wants to slip away from me. Whenever I first pick up a pick (that sounded stupid), I always lick my fingertips, kinda like how you'd do that for turning a page in a book. It gives me the grip I need, but, of course, it wears off quickly. It helps to first take a sip of something sticky, like a Coke. On second thought, I could just dip my pick in the Coke, huh?

[KenHR]

Originally Posted by chokeslam512

I actually take a razor blade and cut some cross hatches in the grip surface, works like a charm.

This is what I do, too. Learned it from a Dimebag Darrell interview in Guitar World when I was a kid.

[OldFenderPlayer]

I had the same issue with the pick slipping. I bought a pick that had a sticky pad already on it (I can't recall who made it) and it worked great, but the store only had them in the standard, small size, and i like a larger pick. After switching to a "medium-sized rounded triangle" pick I don't have nearly the slippage issues. There isn't any special coating or texture, it just has more surface area.

[StrangerDanger]

When I used a pick, I used the Snarling Dogs for this purpose. They are hard to drop.

[Eugene Festus]

I use Everly Star picks. Instead of having to drill a hole in your picks. They come pre-drilled with the grippy shape of a star.

[grendle]

Originally Posted by Eugene Festus

I use Everly Star picks. Instead of having to drill a hole in your picks. They come pre-drilled with the grippy shape of a star.

Yep that's where I got the idea. Their hard to find though and I like the orange tortex pics. Found the star shape to cut into my thumb a bit too. The hole IMO works better than roughing them up,surprisingly well actually.

[Gibbsalot]

Dunlop Max Grip

Dunlop Manufacturing :: Guitar Picks :: :: Max-Grip

I've used snarling dogs and the gatorgrip ones, both would slip.

[Epidrake]

It may be hard to believe but these handmade acrylic picks are great and once they warm up they don't slip out of your fingers. They have great tone and speed because they don't flex. They are expensive but they last and last.
V-Picks Guitar Picks, Guitar Pick

[Tallicaman1979]

ESP make bass picks with a rubbery/sandpaper feeling grip on them...work fantastic...but depends on the thickness you want...only really found them in 1.0mm