Pistol-Picks (https://www.pistol-picks.com/) are one of the most unusual picks I’ve ever seen in my life.
I think you’ll agree with me.
There’s an arm on it that you use as a handle. You grip the handle like you were holding a gun. I guess that’s where they got the name. That means your fingers don’t have to do all the work of holding the pick at the same time you are picking the strings. It’s very easy on the fingers and I found that I can play a lot longer than I normally could.
They claim the picks “won’t twist or slip”. I’ve heard that claim before from other companies that either drill a couple holes in their picks or added a rubber coating to them. Maybe there was less slipping than before but they still moved in my fingers. Pistol Picks were different. It’s that handle working again. Even if I only hold the handle but don’t hold the pick part of it at all, it still won’t slip and twist with me deliberately tugging on the pick (I didn’t use all the force I could muster but some respectable pulls and tugs). The pick stayed put just like they claimed.
If you are anything like me, you drop picks all the time. The arm/handle keeps me from dropping my pick because the palm of my hand holds it better than my fingers ever could. If I don’t drop it, I don’t lose it. If you need to adjust your amp or guitar and you need to re-grip your pick, you don’t have to look at it or mess around with it to find the best spot to hold it again. Slightly loosen your grip it and pull back a bit. A V-shaped notch in the pick directs your fingers to the spot where the pick sounds the best. Directly down the centerline of the pick. Ahhhhhhhh (sounds of a choir signing)
The material they used to make Pistol-Picks is polycarbonate, the same material as Lexan. It’s known to be really tough stuff. I’ve got a lot of hours using these picks and they just keep going without any signs of wear or cracking. But how do they sound? Too many picks make a dull thud sound when you are playing. Pistol-Picks don’t. They have a clean bright sound that I love. That arm lets me do a pick scrape across all the strings at once. What a cool sound that makes. (hint: crank up the flanger when you do the all-string pick scrape and you’ll get chills from what you’ll hear)
Yep, I’m lovin’ these picks.
There’s a guide to holding them on their website. https://www.pistol‑picks.com/images/PP_Instructions.pdf
I got it right away but they are a different kind of guitar pick and if you need directions, give it a look.
I haven’t found them in the traditional music stores yet but eBay, Wish, Reverb and other online sites have them. Pictures and links are below to help you find them.
I think you’ll agree with me.
There’s an arm on it that you use as a handle. You grip the handle like you were holding a gun. I guess that’s where they got the name. That means your fingers don’t have to do all the work of holding the pick at the same time you are picking the strings. It’s very easy on the fingers and I found that I can play a lot longer than I normally could.
They claim the picks “won’t twist or slip”. I’ve heard that claim before from other companies that either drill a couple holes in their picks or added a rubber coating to them. Maybe there was less slipping than before but they still moved in my fingers. Pistol Picks were different. It’s that handle working again. Even if I only hold the handle but don’t hold the pick part of it at all, it still won’t slip and twist with me deliberately tugging on the pick (I didn’t use all the force I could muster but some respectable pulls and tugs). The pick stayed put just like they claimed.
If you are anything like me, you drop picks all the time. The arm/handle keeps me from dropping my pick because the palm of my hand holds it better than my fingers ever could. If I don’t drop it, I don’t lose it. If you need to adjust your amp or guitar and you need to re-grip your pick, you don’t have to look at it or mess around with it to find the best spot to hold it again. Slightly loosen your grip it and pull back a bit. A V-shaped notch in the pick directs your fingers to the spot where the pick sounds the best. Directly down the centerline of the pick. Ahhhhhhhh (sounds of a choir signing)
The material they used to make Pistol-Picks is polycarbonate, the same material as Lexan. It’s known to be really tough stuff. I’ve got a lot of hours using these picks and they just keep going without any signs of wear or cracking. But how do they sound? Too many picks make a dull thud sound when you are playing. Pistol-Picks don’t. They have a clean bright sound that I love. That arm lets me do a pick scrape across all the strings at once. What a cool sound that makes. (hint: crank up the flanger when you do the all-string pick scrape and you’ll get chills from what you’ll hear)
Yep, I’m lovin’ these picks.
There’s a guide to holding them on their website. https://www.pistol‑picks.com/images/PP_Instructions.pdf
I got it right away but they are a different kind of guitar pick and if you need directions, give it a look.
I haven’t found them in the traditional music stores yet but eBay, Wish, Reverb and other online sites have them. Pictures and links are below to help you find them.
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