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Blues Vintage:
Hi Old Man Ned,

How is it working out for you?
I started using a thumb pick recently also. I used to pick with my bare fingers.
I wanted to try it out for more volume and force in my bass lines (and was also sorta fed up with my sore right thumb).

When playing songs with "the dead thumb" or walking bass I'm doing alright, but I struggle with songs driven by the alternating bass.
With the thumb pick getting tangled up in the strings somehow, messing up a solid beat. Maybe I need to adjust a little more, getting used to it.
I thought about shortening the pick with a file a little bit. Did you encounter this also?
Are there other guitar players using a thumb pick who have some tips?

Old Man Ned:
Hi Blues Vintage

I found using the thumb pick a bit of a struggle. At first I had to use it right at the base of my thumb as I still had a dressing on my chopped up thumb. Now the dressing is off I can use the thumb pick a bit more conventionally but I too get it tangled up with other strings.

Most of my playing at the moment is done with a plastic thumb covering. And though it sounds a bit rubbish is toughening up the newly formed skin on my thumb. I'm hoping I can ditch the thumb pick in a few weeks and return to playing with my bare fingers as the thumbs healing up really well. I much prefer the sound I get from using bare fingers.

All the Best,
Ned

Blues Vintage:
Some more on thumbpicks over at Stefan Grossman's Woodshed Forum;


Any benefits of using a thumb pick?

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/stefangrossmansguitarworkshop/any-benefits-of-using-a-thumb-pick-t5458.html

Bluesgal:
Here are my faves.

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