During my normal Saturday morning routine of hot tea, steel-cut oats and magazine browsing, I happened upon the ZeroGravity Orbit Guitar Pick in the latest copy of a Musician’s Friend catalog. Guitar Picks really haven’t changed much over the years, so this one easily caught my eye. Attached to the actual pick is a soft rubber ring that you place around your index finger. Then you grip the pick with the same index finger and thumb in the designated areas. It looks awkward to me, but the idea is to make you hold the pick correctly for optimal playing. You can get one for $2.99 or three for $7.99.
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What kind of idiot can’t hold a guitar pick. Its not as though it is a golf club or something.
Could be helpfull … I more then once lost my pick during a performance when accidently hitting the strings too hard or in a wrong angle.
It even ended up inside of my (spanish) guitar a couple of times.
Didn’t happen too often in the 30 years of guitar playing, but this special pick could be helpfull.
To people having trouble holding the pick due to reumatism of arthrosis to the MCP-joints this pick could be helpful. It makes it possible to relax the muscles when you don’t have to play during a performance e.g. in a band, without losing the pick.
So maybe not so idiot as one would think …