These finger picks are made for banjo and lap steel guitar players. I ran across them on Amazon. I wasn't sure how well it would work for bass strings, like whether they'd stay on if playing fast on bass strings, but they work great. Only thing is, I am using them upside down, the opposite way they are intended to be worn. They are made to be like fingernails, basically, as that's how many banjo players play, with their nails. But if you flip them backwards the pick part is on your tips, and then you can play like you always play with fingers, and they don't come off.
Now it may be that my fingers just happen to be the right size to be able to do this without them coming off or being too uncomfortable but they really do work great for me. I like the sound of playing a bass, particularly flatwound strings with a pick, but I am not good at playing with a pick. After 30 years of playing with my fingers, I just can't adapt, and I can play much faster with my fingers than with a pick. These allow me to have it both ways.
I am actually playing tapewound strings on a German built Warwick fretless 5 string, and damn the sound great, especially on the B string.. Which is kind of the opposite of how it is with a regular pick, for me anyway it always sounds too scrapey.That's what's awesome about these, you don't get that sound of hitting the string with the side of the pick that I've always though ruins playing with a pick, but that also might be a flaw that was more because of my inadequate picking that the fault of the pick. I even tried felt covered picks, and still it was a little scrapey.
With these, plus a little compression, you get that thap-thap kind of sound you hear primarily on like 1960s recordings, such as Paul McCartney on his violin bass, etc. But they are also good for punk rock or metal, for example. No scrapes. They are perfect, obviously they really work for me, but maybe you will want to try them out if you are like me and really don't like playing with a pick, even if you know it sounds good.
So I thought I'd share that in case anyone cares about this besides me. If you copy and paste the following into the Amazon search bar, you will see what im talking about.
And maybe if anyone else has tried this, maybe with other brands or types of finger picks, you know, share the info so other people can try. I doubt there are any then fit my fingers as well, but you know, I'm not ruling it out.
Fred Kelly Picks D7FF-L-3 Delrin Freedom Finger Pick Large Guitar Pick, White (Pack of 3)
Now it may be that my fingers just happen to be the right size to be able to do this without them coming off or being too uncomfortable but they really do work great for me. I like the sound of playing a bass, particularly flatwound strings with a pick, but I am not good at playing with a pick. After 30 years of playing with my fingers, I just can't adapt, and I can play much faster with my fingers than with a pick. These allow me to have it both ways.
I am actually playing tapewound strings on a German built Warwick fretless 5 string, and damn the sound great, especially on the B string.. Which is kind of the opposite of how it is with a regular pick, for me anyway it always sounds too scrapey.That's what's awesome about these, you don't get that sound of hitting the string with the side of the pick that I've always though ruins playing with a pick, but that also might be a flaw that was more because of my inadequate picking that the fault of the pick. I even tried felt covered picks, and still it was a little scrapey.
With these, plus a little compression, you get that thap-thap kind of sound you hear primarily on like 1960s recordings, such as Paul McCartney on his violin bass, etc. But they are also good for punk rock or metal, for example. No scrapes. They are perfect, obviously they really work for me, but maybe you will want to try them out if you are like me and really don't like playing with a pick, even if you know it sounds good.
So I thought I'd share that in case anyone cares about this besides me. If you copy and paste the following into the Amazon search bar, you will see what im talking about.
And maybe if anyone else has tried this, maybe with other brands or types of finger picks, you know, share the info so other people can try. I doubt there are any then fit my fingers as well, but you know, I'm not ruling it out.
Fred Kelly Picks D7FF-L-3 Delrin Freedom Finger Pick Large Guitar Pick, White (Pack of 3)
