On Monday, September 26, 2005 10:20 AM,
Ray Paquet <raypaquet@...> wrote:
I'd be interested in learning what others do with the flat pick when
they switch to fingerpicking in the middle of a song, and then back
again to flat picking.
In those situations, I tend to "palm it", in other words I slide the
pick towards the palm and sort of wedge it there with my middle
finger. However this method limits the freedom of fingerpicking.
To go back to flat picking, I use my thumb to slide the pick back
into position.
I'm thinking of maybe designing a device that would hold the guitar
pick about 2 inches from the flat pick position (5 mm), and allow
full freedom of fingerpicking. It would then be easily retrieved to
go back to flat picking.
I'm not sure if there would be much demand for a device like this.
Maybe there's already something similar on the market.
Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated.
I saw Joe Pass live many times and he used to put the pick in his mouth when
he switched.
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Bob Schwartz
