lefty picks

[mandomaybe]

Don't know which post I saw it in, but I think I saw a reference to left-handed picks. Maybe I'm missing something, but this is a joke, right?

[gregjones]

No......

Not with beveled picks---rightys & leftys exist.

Depends on which edges your wear pattern develops.

There's a thread that tells which is which.

[Miked]

If I were a lefty, I would not hesitate in contacting Matt Goins at BlueChip Picks. He will get you the bevel you need.

I would have also thought that it was a joke, but after spending some time in the Cafe and reading up on the pick posts, I learned a little bit about the differences between various mandolin picks. You could put a bevel on yourself, but I figure Matt has it down to a science.

[JeffD]

If you were to use a typical pick, right handed, for a long time, it would wear in a certain way. If you were to play left handed, it would wear out differently.

Many of the new picks do not wear out, the material is just that strong. So in order to have that warn in sound, the manufacturer puts a bevel on the pick, so it is shaped as it would be if it had been very worn.

So when you get one of these picks, you need to be sure to get right handed or left handed.

[Dave Schimming]

Blue Chip picks have a lefty bevel option.

[Mandolusional]

Wegen can be purchased with a left-handed bevel as well.

[Bluegrass Boy]

Don't you need lefty strings with the lefty pick?

[DryBones]

Don't you need lefty strings with the lefty pick?

now that would be silly... the next thing you will be telling us is that we need lefty sound holes

BTW, Wegen and Blue Chip picks can be ordered with a lefty bevel. I have both!

[Michael Cameron]

Mr. Goins(BC) has the greatest pick material I ever tried(MANY). Not only that,he puts a nice,subtle bevel,like no other. I'm sure glad not everybody prefers BC picks;then,the price'd probly be higher. Still worth every penny.

My best pickin' bud is right-handed,plays right handed;but,holds the pick at such an angle(backward?) that it is worn like a Lefty. He's so good,I don't care how he holds the pick!

Thank you,Matthew Goins! May I have another?

[Tim2723]

now that would be silly... the next thing you will be telling us is that we need lefty sound holes

Yeah, then somebody will tell is we need lefty bracing. Oh wait...that's right.

[gregjones]

If I were a lefty, I would not hesitate in contacting Matt Goins at BlueChip Picks. He will get you the bevel you need.

Sorry, that won't work.

I did and he said if you play right handed you need a right had bevel.

The Red Bear site and threads on this forum led me to believe that, although I play right handed, I needed a left hand bevel.

I ordered two left handed Blue Chips and they have the bevel this right handed player needs.

[DryBones]

plain and simple: if you hold the pick in your left hand you need a lefty bevel, right hand...righty bevel.

[Barbara Shultz]

Not that I'm an expert, by any means... but the way I understand the right bevel vs left bevel, wouldn't necessarily be if you were playing right or left handed. It would have to do with how you hold your pick! You could easily be playing right handed, BUT, the way you hold your pick, the 'other' edge of your pick is what hits the strings first, which would mean you needed a left-bevel.... am I right?

Barb

[gregjones]

Not that I'm an expert, by any means... but the way I understand the right bevel vs left bevel, wouldn't necessarily be if you were playing right or left handed. It would have to do with how you hold your pick! You could easily be playing right handed, BUT, the way you hold your pick, the 'other' edge of your pick is what hits the strings first, which would mean you needed a left-bevel.... am I right?

Barb

Yes.

[Mandolusional]

Not that I'm an expert, by any means... but the way I understand the right bevel vs left bevel, wouldn't necessarily be if you were playing right or left handed. It would have to do with how you hold your pick! You could easily be playing right handed, BUT, the way you hold your pick, the 'other' edge of your pick is what hits the strings first, which would mean you needed a left-bevel.... am I right?

Barb

I think I understand what you're saying. For instance John Reischman angles his pick "back" so his picks bevel "lefty," even though he plays right-handed.

[Jim Broyles]

plain and simple: if you hold the pick in your left hand you need a lefty bevel, right hand...righty bevel.

Not true. This is what Greg is saying, and I agree. It depends which edge of your pick hits the strings first. Tailpiece side first for a righty = lefty bevel. Either no bevel of lefty bevel works for me. So-called righty "speed bevel" is a slow down bevel when I try to use it.

[Bob Borzelleri]

I've been looking for a left handed music stand.

[DryBones]

ok, I stand corrected. I just played around with pick angles and see the point... or in this case the bevel. pretty uncomfortable for me to play that way but I guess it's all on how you learned and what works best for you.

[Philippe Bony]

Don't know which post I saw it in, but I think I saw a reference to left-handed picks. Maybe I'm missing something, but this is a joke, right?

That's not a joke, but we hear again the same old (righty) jokes...

[mandroid]

DIY bevels , perhaps?
Try a thick pick and a fingernail file to make a neutral pick left (or right) 'handed'.

thumbpicks excluded, probably have to get them made with the thumb loop proper, in the first place..