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animalchin
12-05-2002, 07:57 PM
ive been wondering this for a while. when i play sometimes when i get into a solo or something around my fingernail will start to hit the string when i pluck it. i didnt know if this is a bad habit i should fix. also when i play my pick is pointed kind ok pointed more up towards my head than at my stomach. i didnt know if that was bad or not either.
Coco(R)
12-05-2002, 11:16 PM
???
Black Star
12-06-2002, 03:48 AM
well if it feels comfortable to you, and your able to do what you wanna do with your picking techinque, i wouldn't change anything.

i kinda need more info about the problem to help you out.
animalchin
12-06-2002, 09:02 AM
its natural to me its just every once in awhile after the strings scrating my fingers they start to hurt.
Coco(R)
12-09-2002, 07:16 PM
the pick slides off ur finger? if it does try getting some picks with letters or something.
animalchin
12-09-2002, 09:50 PM
yea i have one, but i dont want to use it much since its kind of "special" since its from vegas, when my parents went. next time im at a store im going to get some.
jaytee
12-09-2002, 10:39 PM
http://www.guitarlodge.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=893&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

if you are looking for a better way...heres an older thread to read....and yeah...lotsa people have their own way to hold the pick and there are lotsa ideas....but at the end of this old thread is a website you should have a look at....and i think there are other sites as well....but id hafta look a bit more to find them....
Jamezo
12-10-2002, 04:28 PM
What is a pick with "letters", and how can it help?
jaytee
12-10-2002, 04:31 PM
he just means a pick with some texture on it....sometimes companies print their names with letters raised or a design and the texture helps keep the pick from slipping so much....kinda like grip tape on a skateboard...also an idea someone brought up here before....grip tape your pick...
Super_smack1
12-10-2002, 07:46 PM
The cyberfret mainsite as a lesson on the best ways to hold a pick. got pictures and everything you shouldprobably check that out. i think its under teh first fret section.
fizz
12-10-2002, 07:49 PM
Picks with letters are also supposed to absorb your sweat as well.

I change my picking angle when I'm playing, normally when Im playing its 90 deg. When I'm going for a pinch harmonic its usually more angled.
animalchin
12-10-2002, 09:35 PM
i angle mine for a pinch too, and ive been trying to keep it at 90. im going to get some picks with letters soon
distr0ided
12-11-2002, 12:58 AM
a small piece of duct tape on both sides worked wonders for me, then i kept losing the ones id tape and got sick of makin new ones, so i just said screw it
Aginor
12-12-2002, 03:09 PM
If your finger nails are hitting the string it probably means your holding the pick too near the point but if it works for you then I'd stick with it. My guitar teacher always tells me to keep my thumb straight when I'm picking which I'm having trouble getting used to. Anyone else ever have problems with that?
SwampDonkey
12-12-2002, 03:48 PM
Maybe it means you should cut your fingernails :p