Holding pick but playing with the side edge

Willie

Are you sure that you still care about the pick position?

gypsydream

Pick position? YES! YES! In fact I believe it's a key to everything! If I get it sorted out, I'll become the best gypsy jazz player on the planet! No, that's a bit over the top. Let's just say, one of the best. ( now is that a prime example of sarcasm or just me trying to be funny)

h24015

For 62 years I've used the sharp point of the pick. A couple of weeks ago I was getting frustrated with my pick getting hung on the strings during a fast passage. I remembered reading on this forum about people playing with the side of the pick. I thought that's wacky. Then I tried it.

ChristopheCarington

For the sake of putting this to bed, this is how most players would hold a 351 style pick IF played on the round side @gypsydream:

The person who arguably popularized this was Bireli Lagrene. You can see him holding his purple Tortex 500 the same way here:

https://youtu.be/iaLqpFmqlZ8

However, he flips it around to play with the pointed end when he wants a different feeling, like here:

https://youtu.be/f2x6QviWcOo

And for reference of a rhythm specialist, here's Hono Winterstien playing with the pick the same way as well:

https://youtu.be/r0AWGDqYNf8

billyshakes

https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/108855#Comment_108855

Yeah, I'm familiar with the Brits and their opinions on their sense of sarcasm. I served with the RAF for 3 years and lived in the UK. Hope you didn't miss my emojis there, Holmes. 😜