Tim posts a video, I open it, immediately put a like and then I listen.

I am sure this is great news for many aspiring fingerstyle players to get into this difficult style. I will be following closely as I have never, ever watched one of you videos without learning something. Even the pieces which are well beyond my abilities deliver something I can apply to improve my playing. Thank you Tim!

Enjoyable and considered. I have played guitar with thumb and fingers OR flatpick for over 50 years, as well as bluegrass banjo and dobro with thumb and fingerpicks for about 30. I decided a mere few weeks ago to transition to thumbpick and fingers on guitar, because I wanted the flexibility to swap between single string lines with a pick and fingerpicking. I've tried loads of thumbpicks over the years and never been happy with two things - pick angle and volume balance between the thumbpick and fingers. I had a Fred Kelly bumblebee lying around and tried again. In just a couple of weeks I was well on the way to solving both problems. With the bumblebee, you can alter the pick angle so it is very similar to how you would hold a flatpick for when you want to do lead lines, and you can also alter the amount it protrudes, which helps with volume balance (the black mountain is pretty good, but you DON'T get the ability to change pick angle). I'm looking forward to part 2, but in the meantime, if you are a fingerpicker like me, what helped me most to make the change was NEVER, EVER to use the bare thumb or thumbnail again. You have to spend time experimenting with thumb angle to get the feel right, and swapping back to just the thumb wrecks that. Time for that later on, maybe. Thank you Tim and see you in part 2.

I have lots of thumb picks and my brother in Arizona said he got the Black Mountain Thumb picks and they are amazing so I have 4 on order .

I always have a Thumbpick in my pocket😅. Thanks for share Tim, have a nice day.

the most useful video ive seen in while<3

Can’t wait to see other thumbpick tutorials, especially those with easy songs)

I think I'm the first guitar player in the world who have thumbpick's problem...i need more than tutorials... seriously

I would really appreciate if you could do a video on "House of the rising sun" by Tommy/Chet. Thanks for arguably the best lessons on Tommy's tunes out there!

Very good lesson Tim.  I do not know anyone locally that is a thumb picker so, I have a lot of questions and you answered many of them in this video.  Thank you, sir!

Great video 👍

Great video Tim !!!! 👏👏👏👏 Love Fred Kelly heavy derling slick pick

This seems like a great concept. Loved your Deep river blues and Windy and warm lessons. None finished, yet. Man with a green thumb is in line. I have to agree they are taking me so long just by being so hard. Subscribed on the first video. Looking forward to this series.

I have tried to use a thumbpick several times, and it's never felt comfortable for me so I never continue using it. One of the more comfortable was the Dunlop light, but it's too tight for my thumb, even in the large size...funny you're mentioning the Dunlop being the ones you use. I tried to put mine in boiling water using 2 tweezers to try and open but that didn't work to open it up, it seems to spring back. I'll try the steam on a tea pot, not sure if that's hotter or not. A heat gun is much higher than boiling water, maybe that would work better.

With this said, I just got the Fred Kelly Slick Picks. They have a rounder tip and much more comfortable as well as much smaller in general. The Bumble Bee picks look too big for me, I mostly like to fingerpick, not really a strummer. The Slick Pick is much smaller, Large size feels good for me. I normally like an extra light or light if I do strum, but mostly fingerpick. The Fred Kelly Slick Pick is much more comfortable than the Dunlop for me, just the way it curves over the thumb, not as far onto the nail like the Dunlop. Light, Medium and even Heavy all feel comfortable. This is just my experience. I got a 3-pack that had one light, one med and one heavy. Been using the light mostly.

Tim, ik hoor niemand over welke snaren het beste zijn om het plastic geluid (tick tick soms) van de thumbpick te minimaliseren. Coated/non coated. 80/20, PB. Ooit over nagedacht? Interessant?

Looking forward too easy thumbpick lessons. Trying Dunlop L white and see what happens after lesson.

From my experience I noticed that Zookie thumbpicks have more elastic plastic. But they didn't come up to me because of their bevel, which I just drank. The best thumbpick - the one that you make for yourself! As for the thumbpick game, I independently mastered it in three days, parsing yours, Tim, version of Tommy Emmanuel's ''Fuel''

I really struggle with size - either too tight (numb thumb) or too loose. I have started to warm with a flame and bend to size. I also shave down the pick blade to a smaller size. Off the shelf, the National picks worked well for me.

I’ll start looking around

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