Variety Pack: Black Mountain Picks - Right Handed

They're not cheap, but these picks are the right tool for the job, plain and simple. I decided to give these a try after being frustrated with the Dunlop thumbpicks for a long time - only one thickness, large was way too small, and XL was obscenely large. These picks, however, are super comfortable with no loss of circulation, yet snug enough to stay put. I originally ordered the variety pack so that I could pick a favorite and stick with that, but I actually have found them all useful for different purposes. Red and gray are both good for my normal playing style, electric like Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins. Black is really useful for acoustic jams with a singer, when it's nice to have more projection and definition of the bass notes when fingerpicking. And blue is what I prefer for playing rock with my band, as I find a thinner pick better for more consistent volume of pick attack, and better for things like quick, repeated downstrokes. I also accidentally put one pick through a pretty rigorous stress test when it fell on the ground and then I unknowingly stepped on it with shoes on. I heard a loud crack and figured it was surely destroyed, but I was wrong! Picked it up, moved the colored part back into position since it was pressed tight against the pick part, and now there's no sign of any damage! Compare that to the Dunlop ones, of which I have broken 3 or 4 just from normal use. Consider me a loyal customer!

Arrived early exactly as advertised im happy with my purchase

I've been playing banjo since 1994. I've tried about every flavor of thumb pick around. Invariably they are a little uncomfortable, or they squeak on the strings. I've had luck modifying picks in the past using heat, files, sandpaper, and solvents (even gun oil on a metal pick). But for all the fooling around, the plastic picks eventually break, or I loose a metal pick. I tried these Black Mountain picks on a whim. I had low expectations because I have high standards for a pick. OMG the Black Mountain pick JUST WORKED out of the box. No sanding, no fitting, no fooling around. I did try the four picks in this package until I found the one that I liked best (and that was a hard choice because I liked 3 of the four quite well). I jammed with the black-on-black variant for hours. No pain, never slipped, no string squeak! Are you serious? After, 150 years of finger picking someone finally created the freaking perfect thumb pick! While I would have wished this had come from some kin in Alabama or maybe the Sierras, it looks like the winner was a Canadian in Vancouver BC. After bit of research, I heard one of the bits (maybe a spring) was made in Chicago. I might not have these details exactly right, but I LOVE that this was created in North America and built in North America. Good ideas are hard to come by and I'll take one from my Canadian brethren with the same gratitude I would from my backwoods uncle! Lastly, in the little information sheet that comes with these, the creators suggest, "In order for a thumb pick to feel natural you should expect to play with it for at least fifty hours." I'm guessing that's for people that haven't ever used a thumb pick (maybe for guitar players)? Because I'll tell you, after about 45 seconds, I was wailing on my 5-string like I'd owned that pick for years. Black Mountain - Y'all expect another order for a passel of these from me, 'cus I'm buying enough of these to last me for the rest of my life! Hands down this is the best thumb pick I've ever owned!

Super efficace tiens bien sur le pouce

Wonderful product, I wish I'd have found these years ago, my only advice to the manufacturers, a little felt or spandex, or something on the thumb clip would make a big difference! I have big hands so it's a little tight on my thumb and was uncomfortable at first, but after gluing some felt on the underside made it much more comfortable! All in all, an excellent product!