3 x Stainless Steel, Open Design, Metal Finger Picks for Guitar, Banjo, Dobro, etc. Fingerstyle picks. Banjo picks, fingerpicks, finger picks for acoustic guitar. Adjustable large medium or small

Buy national thumb pick

Very disappointing. Tough and rough to wear. Waste of time and money

Not good for fingerstyle Guitar. Tapping is impossible and they're too thick

Very comfortable.

My skin isn't as resilient as it once was so I've decided to make a serious attempt to get used to using guitar picks. So, I bought a set of these and two sets of plastic/celluloid picks (Dunlops and Guitar Geek). They are all inexpensive enough so value for money is about the same all round. The metal picks are for the fingers only, no thumb pick. For me I've found these metal picks much more natural to use and get used to than the plastic ones. The plastic ones have a more pronounced and pointy tip which protrudes beyond your finger length, the Pick Geek ones (not pictured) are the pointiest. Now, I can see that if you are already used to using the plastic picks there may not be much point in abandoning them for the metal ones. I can also see that, perhaps with determined practise, the pointiness of the plastic ones could lead to a more precise and probably faster picking action. But, for me, the metal felt better, nearer to natural immediately, so I've worked with them. Another point in favour of the metal ones is that as the metal is malleable they mould to the shape of your fingers better and become both comfortable to wear and yet still secure. The plastic ones (I got a large and a medium set), despite trying the drop them in hot water trick to break them in, both still feel tight and restrict the circulation to the end of my fingers. As the metal set did not include a thumb pick I've used the thumb pick from either plastic set. Both are fine and I have got used to them readily enough. So, now, it looks like my new technique will be a hybrid, plastic thumb but metal fingers.

If you use fingerpicks these will do you. They also last forever.

These picks are amazing. I have been learning the banjo for a while but I just hate traditional picks. I hate how clunky they feel and how much they make me feel separate from my instrument. I love my banjo. I love the connection we have and the intimacy of playing it. I don't want chunky crap in the way of the strings. At the same time, straight fingertips sounds muddy and I feel like I'm hitting a speed plateau. I put these picks on and immediately played faster. The volume is 2-3 times that of bare fingertips and there is no adjustment period. I didn't feel like I needed to spend a lot of time getting used to them and transitioning from bare to picks. Also, I was able to bend the third pick to make it work for my thumb and it works great for me. It's not perfect but I still like it better than a traditional thumb pick, even filed down. I have smaller fingers so it might not work for guy with big thumbs but for women and men with small thumbs I think it would work to tweak it for a thumb pick. I highly recommend them.

I'm experimenting with different finger pics. These are quite light gauge compared to others I've owned in this ring ended style and I like that and, e.g., compared to the National pointed end style. They're easy to bend to adjust to your personal finger attack and position. The tone they produce is of course metallic so that's a matter of taste - personally I'm tending back to more mellow plastic tone e.g. Alaskas, Fred Kellys or other plastic types. Note that these under the finger types aren't as good for down sweeping across the strings as they catch the strings. Summary if these suit your style 5* - for me 4*