I just wanted to share with you my today delivery from Thomann. It is thumb pick, “special” pick and slide from company Black Mountain from Canada.
I started few weeks ago with thumb pick… first with Dunlop medium which Tommy Emmanuel and Joe Robinson recommend… but of course I was digging more about this gear and I got really interested in Black Mountain.
With this topic I would like to inform that something like this exist and I am really happy to try them all.
Anyone here using it in long term? I know there is already a topic for that, but I got all picks and slide, so it is slightly different. If anyone is interested in anything I can do my best to answer you before you even think before buying it. Keep in mind I am medium beginner.
Small bonus as reminder for future me: Mike, this is treat for staying on exercise bike for 13 days in a row and today next session is waiting for you. Remember you are doing it for loosing some weight to feel better and being more healthy. Also If you get to live like this with results, you can expect new guitar… someday. Probably Furch.
Enjoy the BM thumb picks, I have three sitting next to me as I type. Much better than the Dunlop style wraparounds but took a little getting used. Think they featured in one of my recent Diary recordings !
@TheMadman_tobyjenner Great. How long do you play with them? Do you have some samples of your playing?
Yeah… I got BM and Dunlop by me and when I try them they feel different even they both serve to the same thing. If I dont count it should be easier to strum and flatpick with BM.
@Socio Thanks for share! I know this technique. People are using it also for different brands… good for me it looks like it fits good from factory to my thumb, so time will show.
@TheMadman_tobyjenner Great music. Checked few videos and it makes me tap foot and vibe with you.
Only one thing I dont globally understand… and you are doing it too…
When you play phrase then you move your fingers/shape without touching string up the neck and then went back for the same position you played the phrase.
Is it just some “vibe habit”, something with timming or it has more deeper secret in?
I did not start learning any phrases or improvisations yet, so maybe that is root why I dont understand this “unnecessary” movement.
It is a way of ensuring you add space to your playing. It is too easy, especially at the start, to cram too many phrases into an impro, moving away and back allows the piece to breath. You then find it creeps into other, maybe set pieces. Another suggestion Justin makes about adding space is to play a phrase or lick then take your hand off the neck and place it on your thigh, for a few beats or a bar or so, before playing the next phrase.
