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I need some help. I use Dunlop Tortex .73 picks-the yellow one with the turtle on them. As I am playing the pick slowly rotates in my hand and eventually will end up sideways. Drives me nuts!! I've used different picks,same thing. Even the Snarling Dog ones that are covered with grips. Sometimes it takes 10 or 15 minutes,sometimes it occurs right away. I'm getting frustrated. Been playing off and on for a few years and this is a new thing for me. Any tips? Besides go finger style lol? Thanks in advance!
 
I have had that happen when I used to pick constantly at a 45 degree angle. I learned to pick flatter and solved that. Sometimes when strumming I still have it (espc if I'm trying to be quiet) but thereyou just have to grip harder.
 
I would make sure that you are holding the pick so that the bulk of it is under your thumb and tucked into the crease of your first finger.

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Thanks for the replies! Mark-I think you nailed it. I USED to hold it like the top picture,but lately I hold it right at the the tip of my finger. Thanks so much!
 
Been fighting pick roll for a long time.
Some solutions that I still use today...and all work with a great degree of success are:

Best:
http://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Snot-...405266301&sr=8-1&keywords=gorilla+snot+guitar



Also drill holes or the Sticky Cork :
http://old.fusedimprov.com/Studio_Pics_and_Picks/Picks_files/DSCN1669.jpg
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OR redesign your own:
http://fusedimprov.com/images/custom-picks.html
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AND newer are Pointless Picks... Some don't like these but I find them great for smoother rhythms.
Not so much for lead or shredding but Rhythm isn't bad at all... I like them and zero pick rotation issues.
http://www.pointlesspicks.com/

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May sound like a sarcastic answer but honestly, teach yourself to play with the fat shoulder of the pick instead of the point. The tone is better, far less resistance for faster picking as the shoulder rolls over the string. Then it doesn't matter which end of the pick you end up with. I switched over a couple years back and can barely play with the point now! Way happier especially with the tone improvement. Lots of famous players (like Robben Ford and Matt Schofield to name 2) play like this so it's not an odd thing.
 
Jeremy_Green said:
May sound like a sarcastic answer but honestly, teach yourself to play with the fat shoulder of the pick instead of the point. The tone is better, far less resistance for faster picking as the shoulder rolls over the string. Then it doesn't matter which end of the pick you end up with. I switched over a couple years back and can barely play with the point now! Way happier especially with the tone improvement. Lots of famous players (like Robben Ford and Matt Schofield to name 2) play like this so it's not an odd thing.
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This is also a Scott Henderson thing too. I tried it for a bit and decided that I wasn't as into the sound for the stuff that I'm playing. Totally valid approach though.
 
I've only ever had that happen to me when playing a constant strummy part on an acoustic. Just have to be aware of the grip.
 
I throw picks around like crazy while playing, but it is because I have a really weak grip with my arthritic thumbs. It sucks, but I just keep plenty of spares at the ready.

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I used to have that problem.... I would line up a couple picks and put two or three dots of super glue and let them dry. Those little "braille dots" would keep the picks from spinning in my fingers.

I can't do the "edge of finger" thing that mark shows above because of an old injury to my right index finger. It doesn't bend well. I hold the pick with my thumb and index extended... and then my middle finger is slightly curled and supports the back edge of the pick. My ring and pinky are tucked under... I use the nail of my ring finger to do pinch harmonics, not my thumb.

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Jeremy_Green said:
May sound like a sarcastic answer but honestly, teach yourself to play with the fat shoulder of the pick instead of the point. The tone is better, far less resistance for faster picking as the shoulder rolls over the string. Then it doesn't matter which end of the pick you end up with. I switched over a couple years back and can barely play with the point now! Way happier especially with the tone improvement. Lots of famous players (like Robben Ford and Matt Schofield to name 2) play like this so it's not an odd thing.
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Steve Morse does this as well and he even brings up the frugality of it, in that his picks last twice as long. I use all points and edges of the picks for different things. I've never really had a problem with the pick spinning in the manner described, although I can easily see how it could/would happen.
 
Dogsinotpalc said:
Steve Morse does this as well and he even brings up the frugality of it, in that his picks last twice as long. I use all points and edges of the picks for different things. I've never really had a problem with the pick spinning in the manner described, although I can easily see how it could/would happen.
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Steve Morse, Robben Ford, Matt Schofield, Scott Henderson.... geez that's a pretty hard hitting list!
 
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