Re: The Thumb and The Pick
In this vid, watch how Paul Hoffman - Greensky Bluegrass is holding the pick with 3 fingers, which is different from almost everybody else: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTJJdlswFPE
Thumbpicks: I have a pretty extensive collection of thumbpicks recommended by Banjo hangout and tried a lot of them on mandolin. The metal ones (Greipel/Dr. Sherpa, Dunlop, Propik etc) sounded awful, the Kelly speedpick, Blue Chip JDCrowe and the Kroyden from American Made Banjo had nice tone but the blade was at the wrong angle and I couldn't really strum chords with a rigidly held blade.
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